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Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita was 85.51 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
85.51 years
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
3rd
of 236 countries
All-time high
85.51 years
in 2023
All-time low
57.82 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in Hong Kong, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Hong Kong is 85.51 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Hong Kong peaked at 85.51 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 57.82 years, in 1950.

Hong Kong ranks 3rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in Hong Kong, year by year

Year years Change
1950 57.82 years —
1951 58.72 years +1.6%
1952 59.77 years +1.8%
1953 60.86 years +1.8%
1954 61.92 years +1.7%
1955 62.77 years +1.4%
1956 63.45 years +1.1%
1957 64.05 years +0.9%
1958 64.69 years +1.0%
1959 65.39 years +1.1%
1960 66.15 years +1.2%
1961 66.87 years +1.1%
1962 67.31 years +0.7%
1963 68.02 years +1.1%
1964 68.58 years +0.8%
1965 68.89 years +0.5%
1966 69.29 years +0.6%
1967 69.93 years +0.9%
1968 70.69 years +1.1%
1969 71.03 years +0.5%
1970 71.27 years +0.3%
1971 71.47 years +0.3%
1972 71.67 years +0.3%
1973 72.21 years +0.7%
1974 72.54 years +0.5%
1975 72.82 years +0.4%
1976 73.04 years +0.3%
1977 73.31 years +0.4%
1978 73.58 years +0.4%
1979 73.9 years +0.4%
1980 74.25 years +0.5%
1981 74.6 years +0.5%
1982 74.93 years +0.4%
1983 75.3 years +0.5%
1984 75.67 years +0.5%
1985 76.25 years +0.8%
1986 76.69 years +0.6%
1987 77.06 years +0.5%
1988 77.09 years +0.0%
1989 77.23 years +0.2%
1990 77.45 years +0.3%
1991 77.69 years +0.3%
1992 77.99 years +0.4%
1993 78.33 years +0.4%
1994 78.72 years +0.5%
1995 79.11 years +0.5%
1996 79.45 years +0.4%
1997 79.73 years +0.3%
1998 80.07 years +0.4%
1999 80.39 years +0.4%
2000 80.7 years +0.4%
2001 80.99 years +0.4%
2002 81.18 years +0.2%
2003 81.14 years -0.0%
2004 81.45 years +0.4%
2005 81.68 years +0.3%
2006 81.95 years +0.3%
2007 82.14 years +0.2%
2008 82.34 years +0.2%
2009 82.59 years +0.3%
2010 82.86 years +0.3%
2011 83.16 years +0.4%
2012 83.42 years +0.3%
2013 83.7 years +0.3%
2014 83.93 years +0.3%
2015 84.15 years +0.3%
2016 84.38 years +0.3%
2017 84.66 years +0.3%
2018 84.99 years +0.4%
2019 85.26 years +0.3%
2020 84.71 years -0.7%
2021 85.08 years +0.4%
2022 83.49 years -1.9%
2023 85.51 years +2.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 61.94 years 57.82 years 65.39 years 10
1960s 68.68 years 66.15 years 71.03 years 10
1970s 72.58 years 71.27 years 73.9 years 10
1980s 75.91 years 74.25 years 77.23 years 10
1990s 78.89 years 77.45 years 80.39 years 10
2000s 81.62 years 80.7 years 82.59 years 10
2010s 84.05 years 82.86 years 85.26 years 10
2020s 84.7 years 83.49 years 85.51 years 4

Countries ranked near Hong Kong

  1. 1 Monaco 86.37 years compare
  2. 2 San Marino 85.71 years compare
  3. 4 Japan 84.71 years compare
  4. 5 Republic of Korea 84.33 years compare
  5. 6 Saint Barthelemy 84.29 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Hong Kong?
Life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Hong Kong was 85.51 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in Hong Kong?
The highest recorded value was 85.51 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in Hong Kong?
The lowest recorded value was 57.82 years in 1950.
How does Hong Kong rank for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
Hong Kong ranks 3rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Hong Kong?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hong Kong data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
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Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.