Health in Hong Kong

404 indicators covering health for Hong Kong.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 60-64, male 8.5% 2025 up 24.1% 2nd
Population ages 60-64, female 8.4% 2025 up 39.9% 1st
Population ages 55-59, male 7.2% 2025 down 18.1% 26th
Population ages 55-59, female 8.0% 2025 up 3.8% 9th
Population ages 50-54, male 7.1% 2025 down 20.5% 36th
Population ages 50-54, female 8.4% 2025 down 3.6% 4th
Population ages 45-49, male 6.8% 2025 down 6.2% 60th
Population ages 45-49, female 8.5% 2025 up 4.1% 4th
Population ages 40-44, male 6.9% 2025 up 0.3% 85th
Population ages 40-44, female 9.0% 2025 up 5.5% 7th
Population ages 35-39, male 6.8% 2025 up 4.1% 120th
Population ages 35-39, female 7.9% 2025 down 7.1% 37th
Population ages 30-34, male 6.7% 2025 down 2.7% 154th
Population ages 30-34, female 6.6% 2025 down 25.9% 141st
Population ages 25-29, male 5.4% 2025 down 21.4% 198th
Population ages 25-29, female 4.6% 2025 down 38.0% 207th
Population ages 20-24, male 3.9% 2025 down 41.9% 217th
Population ages 20-24, female 3.2% 2025 down 47.1% 217th
Population ages 15-19, male 4.3% 2025 down 22.8% 215th
Population ages 15-19, female 3.4% 2025 down 25.9% 217th
Population ages 10-14, male 4.6% 2025 up 12.9% 210th
Population ages 10-14, female 3.6% 2025 up 9.4% 217th
Population ages 05-09, male 3.8% 2025 down 8.5% 214th
Population ages 05-09, female 3.0% 2025 down 10.0% 217th
Population ages 00-04, male 3.3% 2025 down 29.6% 214th
Population ages 00-04, female 2.5% 2025 down 32.2% 216th
Hospital beds 4.89 per 1,000 people 1985 down 3.0% 27th
Tuberculosis death rate 1.6 per 100,000 people 2024 down 40.7% 113th
Incidence of tuberculosis 66 per 100,000 people 2024 down 38.3% 74th
Tuberculosis cases 4,900 cases 2024 down 37.2% 89th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 100.0% 2024 up 0.3% 1st
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 94.8% 2024 down 1.3% 90th
People practicing open defecation, urban 0.0% 2024 95th
People using at least basic drinking water services 100.0% 2024 up 0.3% 1st
People using safely managed drinking water services 100.0% 2024 up 0.4% 1st
People using at least basic sanitation services 94.8% 2024 down 1.3% 101st
Tuberculosis case detection rate 65.0% 2024 up 6.6% 162nd
Tuberculosis death rate in people without HIV 1.6 Deaths per 100 000 population 2024 down 40.7% 108th
People practicing open defecation 0.0% 2024 129th
Hospital beds per 1,000 people 4.89 per 1,000 people 1985 down 3.0% 27th
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases 0 2025 65th
Tuberculosis treatment success rate by type 82 2023 up 22.4% 108th
Tuberculosis case detection rate 65.0% 2024 up 6.6% 166th
People using safely managed sanitation services 94.8% 2024 up 22.1% 26th
Child mortality 0.181 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 24.3% 202nd
Reported cases of measles 9 Cases 2024 down 82.0% 119th
Sex ratio at birth 1.08 male births per female births 2024 up 0.1% 10th
Adolescent fertility rate 1.15 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 64.2% 213th
Life expectancy at birth, by sex 88.13 years 2023 up 1.8% 2nd
Deaths by age group 76 deaths 2023 down 63.3% 169th
Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality 0.0712 2023 down 3.8% 224th
Mortality rates at age 65 0.8785 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.5% 229th
Mortality rates at age 25 0.0324 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.8% 215th
Sex ratio in life expectancy 1.06 2023 down 0.6% 145th
Sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality 5.29 years 2023 down 7.3% 102nd
Sex gap in life expectancy versus GDP per capita 5.29 years 2023 down 7.3% 102nd
Annual death rates at different ages in males 1.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.5% 234th
Annual death rates at different ages in females 1.23 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.3% 231st
Life expectancy 85.51 years 2023 up 2.2% 3rd
Male life expectancy at birth 82.84 years 2023 up 2.5% 3rd