January 2025 issue of “Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics” now available

     The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (January 15) the January 2025 issue of the "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" (HKMDS).
      
     Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains two feature articles entitled "Hong Kong's External Direct Investment Statistics, 2014 to 2023" and "Crime Situation of Hong Kong in 2023". Statistics presented in the "Crime Situation of Hong Kong in 2023" article are based on the data source from the Hong Kong Police Force.
      
"Hong Kong's External Direct Investment Statistics, 2014 to 2023"
      
     Hong Kong is an international financial centre and commercial hub for multinational corporations to manage their investments and businesses around the world. It is also an important gateway for overseas companies to enter the market of the mainland of China (the Mainland) as well as a platform for facilitating the Mainland enterprises to gain access to the global market. External direct investment (DI) between Hong Kong and the rest of the world, including the Mainland, is very sizable. Analysis of Hong Kong's DI statistics over the past years is useful in understanding the characteristics and trend of DI in Hong Kong.
      
     This feature article presents the salient features of Hong Kong's DI statistics in the past decade.
      
     For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Balance of Payments Branch (2) of the C&SD (Tel: 3903 7016; email: di@censtatd.gov.hk).
      
"Crime Situation of Hong Kong in 2023"
      
     In 2023, a total of 90 276 crimes were recorded in Hong Kong, representing an increase of 29%. Major crimes that recorded increases included deception, theft, blackmail and burglary. This feature article gives an overview of the crime statistics in 2023.
      
     For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Statistics Office, Crime Wing of the Hong Kong Police Force (Tel: 2860 8438; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).
      
     Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing about 130 tables. It collects up-to-date statistical series on various aspects of the social and economic situation of Hong Kong. Topics include population; labour; external trade; National Income and Balance of Payments; prices; business performance; energy; housing and property; government accounts, finance and insurance; and transport, communications and tourism. For selected key statistical items, over 20 charts depicting the annual trend in the past decade and quarterly or monthly trend in the recent two years are also available. Users can download the Digest at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1010002&scode=460).
      
     Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the Statistical Information Dissemination Section (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).