Gender in Hong Kong 158 indicators covering gender for Hong Kong. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Women Business and the Law Index 91.88 2023 up 5.8% 37th Women Business and the Law Index 91.88 2023 up 5.8% 37th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 80.5% 2025 down 4.0% 163rd Share of female employment by economic sector 0.1% 2025 down 21.1% 182nd Total Fertility Rate 0.701 2022 down 45.4% 197th Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 120.09 2024 up 72.3% 4th Women have the same rights to remarry as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 17.49 years 2019 up 11.2% 20th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 17.01 years 2019 up 9.1% 15th Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 93.65 2020 down 18.6% 46th Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 3.4% 2016 down 5.5% 178th Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 7.8% 2016 down 23.5% 169th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 94.5% 2025 up 12.1% 121st Access to justice women row, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2020 — 42nd Gender Development Index 0.972 2022 up 1.5% 87th Female migrants 62.6% 2020 up 6.6% 2nd Time-related underemployment, female 0.8% 2024 down 12.3% 87th Time-related underemployment, male 1.6% 2024 down 23.3% 72nd Age at first marriage, female 29.9 2016 down 1.3% 31st Age at first marriage, male 32.1 2016 down 2.1% 33rd Female homicide victims 13 homicides 2023 down 64.9% 82nd Female homicide rate 0.318 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 66.3% 119th Male homicide victims 15 homicides 2023 down 40.0% 105th Male homicide rate 0.4471 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 40.3% 128th Share of women using contraceptives 66.7% 2017 down 16.1% 30th Discrimination access to credit gender, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Gender of the head of state, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2022 — 9th Inactivity rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 43.01 2025 up 10.7% 20th SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in managerial positions 38.49 2025 up 16.4% 34th Rural population, female 0.0% 2015 — 191st Rural population, male 0.0% 2015 — 191st Urban population, female 53.2% 2015 up 1.7% 1st Urban population, male 46.8% 2015 down 1.9% 13th Gender of chief executive, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2022 — 5th Gender of the head of government, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2022 — 4th Maternal leave benefits 80.0% 2017 unchanged 108th Representation of women in the judiciary 0.78 ratio 2024 — 35th Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone 97 2020 up 2.1% 11th ← Previous Page 3 of 3