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Hong Kong Retail

Hong Kong Retail

Retail Sales in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong economy recorded an average growth rate of -2.6% in retail sales over the decade to 2024, above East & South Asia's average of 6.8%. In 2024, Hong Kong's retail sales growth was -9.0%.

Hong Kong Retail Chart

Note: This chart displays Retail Sales (ann. var. %) for Hong Kong from 2014 to 2024.
Source: Macrobond.

Hong Kong Retail Data

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Retail Sales (ann. var. %) -25.5 6.5 -3.3 13.8 -9.0

Retail sales record quickest growth since December 2023 in May

Latest reading: Retail sales grew 1.9% year on year in May (April: -3.3% yoy). The print marked the best reading since December 2023 and put an end to fourteen straight contractions. The recovery was led by strong growth in clothing and department stores, while declines in fuel and consumer goods sales slowed. Meanwhile, the trend improved, with the annual average variation of retail sales coming in at minus 8.0%, up from April's minus 9.2%.

Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years

How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Hong Kong retail projections for the next ten years from a panel of 1 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable retail forecast available for Hong Kong retail.

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