Hong Kong’s economy showed a modest pickup in momentum in the fourth quarter of 2025, with quarter-on-quarter GDP growth rising to 1.0%, up from 0.7% in the previous quarter. The latest figures, updated on 30 January 2026, highlight an acceleration in activity at the end of the year on a quarter-over-quarter basis.
The “actual” reading of 1.0% reflects the change in GDP from the current quarter compared with the previous one, while the earlier 0.7% figure measures the change in the prior quarter relative to the quarter before it. The improvement signals a gradual strengthening in Hong Kong’s short-term growth trajectory as the city moves into 2026, though the data remain framed within a context of incremental rather than rapid expansion.
