Hong Kong’s economy grew by an estimated 5.2% in real terms in the third quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier, up from 4.2% in the second quarter, according to advance government figures.
Investment rose by 7.3% year on year, while private consumption expenditure increased by 2.8%, the Census and Statistics Department said on 3 November.
A government spokesperson attributed the stronger expansion to accelerating export growth and solid domestic demand. Across the first three quarters of 2026, real GDP increased by 5.1% from the same period a year earlier.
The third-quarter figures are advance estimates and may be revised. Overall economic growth does not mean that every sector or household has experienced the same improvement.
Source: Census and Statistics Department: advance GDP estimates.
