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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Hong Kong: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Hong Kong is placed 3rd of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 337.4 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 2.7 (2024).
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Mobility & Trade
3rd
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Hong Kong on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
337.4
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 13th of 177 by UNCTAD
Hong Kong: 337.4. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Eastern Asia
- 1,313 China
- Land neighbours
- China 1,313
2.7
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Hong Kong: 2.7. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Eastern Asia
- 1.4 Macau
- Land neighbours
- China 4
4
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 7th of 139 by World Bank Group
Hong Kong: 4. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Eastern Asia
- 4 Hong Kong
- Land neighbours
- China 3.7
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
61.45
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
Hong Kong: 61.45. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Eastern Asia
- 61.45 Hong Kong
- Land neighbours
- China 21.32
02Over time
Which way Hong Kong is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
Hong KongWorld median
Hong Kong fell from 556.21 in 2006 to 349.93 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Hong Kong World median 2026 349.9 56.21 2025 337.4 60.84 2024 374.5 55.22 2023 390.1 54.78 2022 400.9 51.49 2021 414.1 52.64 2020 435.8 47.86 2019 436.0 51.05 2018 458.4 52.03 2017 469.3 49.87 2016 466.0 48.09 2015 485.0 49.13 2014 484.0 48.08 2013 520.2 51.32 2012 536.0 47.44 2011 557.8 50.26 2010 572.3 50.51 2009 518.2 53.04 2008 555.5 51.68 2007 587.8 55.78 2006 556.2 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
Hong KongWorld median
Hong Kong fell from 4.004 in 2007 to 4 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Hong Kong World median 2023 4.000 2.900 2018 3.920 2.706 2016 4.069 2.734 2014 3.827 2.753 2012 4.121 2.773 2010 3.877 2.746 2007 4.004 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
Hong KongWorld median
Hong Kong rose from 24.68 in 2000 to 61.45 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year Hong Kong World median 2024 61.5 0.975000 2023 59.7 0.690000 2022 62.5 0.565000 2021 60.6 0.550000 2020 57.3 0.680000 2019 56.0 0.625000 2018 54.8 0.480000 2017 51.1 0.630000 2016 49.4 0.865000 2015 48.1 0.790000 2014 44.9 0.760000 2013 41.0 0.645000 2012 41.6 0.630000 2011 42.0 0.535000 2010 43.6 0.560000 2009 42.6 0.780000 2008 40.5 0.595000 2007 40.0 0.660000 2006 39.5 0.445000 2005 38.0 0.570000 2004 34.8 0.535000 2003 31.9 0.530000 2002 29.3 0.510000 2001 25.9 0.490000 2000 24.7 0.430000
03In context
Hong Kong beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Hong Kong and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 3rd | 337.4 | 2.7 | 4 | 61.45 |
 China | 9th | 1,313 | 4 | 3.7 | 21.32 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Hong Kong in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Hong Kong is ahead of the world, and behind
24 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Hong Kong does better than the middle country measured.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.49425.325.494▲ Improved since 2014
Hong Kong: 25.32 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 9th of 75 · derived.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4245.3425.42▲ Improved since 2014
Hong Kong: 45.34 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 39th of 170 · derived.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which Hong Kong does worse than the middle country measured.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.20.1231.2▼ Worsened since 2015
Hong Kong: 0.123 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 132nd of 176 · derived.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.45612.664.456No earlier reading
Hong Kong: 12.66 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 21st of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end20
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.34199.7636.34No real change since 2015
Hong Kong: 199.76 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 1st of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.72196.8941.72No real change since 2015
Hong Kong: 196.89 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 1st of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.68396.6579.68No real change since 2015
Hong Kong: 396.65 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 1st of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.73122,792275.73No real change since 2016
Hong Kong: 122,792 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.810042.8Moved since 2012
Hong Kong: 100 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2354.6771.235Moved since 2014
Hong Kong: 4.677 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,3233,063,318223,323No real change since 2015
Hong Kong: 3,063,318 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08941.316.089No real change since 2015
Hong Kong: 41.31 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,78813,690,0001,827,788Moved since 2014
Hong Kong: 13,690,000 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 14th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60227.399.602Moved since 2015
Hong Kong: 27.39 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.27914.415.279No real change since 2013
Hong Kong: 14.41 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,4511,240,250444,451No real change since 2015
Hong Kong: 1,240,250 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.380.306Moved since 2015
Hong Kong: 0.38 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2399.88103.23Moved since 2015
Hong Kong: 99.88 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-0.46-0.133Moved since 2013
Hong Kong: -0.46 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1712.156.171Moved since 2014
Hong Kong: 2.15 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
Foreign Value Added Share of Gross ExportsOECD · 2022 · world median 27.4117.9927.41Moved since 2012
Hong Kong: 17.99 · world median 27.41 · Foreign value added (% of gross exports). OECD, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 4.491 to 66.08.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,26923612,269Moved since 2015
Hong Kong: 236 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83601,836Moved since 2015
Hong Kong: 0 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.6603.66No real change since 2012
Hong Kong: 0 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
No current reading for Hong Kong
Commodity Export Dependence, Cost of Sending Remittances, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index and ICT Services Exports (last 2023). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Hong Kong’s 12 topics
Mobility & Trade is Hong Kong’s best-placed topic of 12. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Mobility & Trade3rd of 1774/4 keys
- Peace & Security15th of 1773/4 keys
- Work & Labour22nd of 1824/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions36th of 1943/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge40th of 1983/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital40th of 1962/3 keys
- Economy & Innovation37th of 1764/4 keys
- Gender & Equality42nd of 1834/4 keys
- Digital & Technology57th of 1983/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties129th of 1983/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture137th of 1842/4 keys
- Energy141st of 1653/3 keys
No standing on Health & Wellbeing, Environment & Sustainability, Risk & Resilience, Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Hong Kong can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
- 3Hong Kong
Eastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Singapore1st4/4 keysHighest in Eastern Asia
Macau2nd2/4 keysThis page
Hong Kong3rd4/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Hong Kong and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Hong Kong on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Hong Kong rank on mobility & trade?
Hong Kong is placed 3rd of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time, Logistics Performance Index and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Hong Kong?
337.4 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Hong Kong?
2.7 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Hong Kong compare with China on mobility & trade?
China is placed 9th of 177, and Hong Kong 3rd. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: China 1,313, Hong Kong 337.4; Container Import Dwell Time: China 4, Hong Kong 2.7; Logistics Performance Index: China 3.7, Hong Kong 4; ICT Goods Exports: China 21.32, Hong Kong 61.45.
How have Hong Kong’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index fell from 556.21 in 2006 to 349.93 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index fell from 4.004 in 2007 to 4 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports rose from 24.68 in 2000 to 61.45 in 2024.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Hong Kong?
No current reading is published for Hong Kong on Commodity Export Dependence, Cost of Sending Remittances, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index and ICT Services Exports. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 24 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Hong Kong’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Hong Kong (banner) — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Hong Kong: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/hong-kong/mobility