International rankings of Hong Kong

The following are international rankings of Hong Kong Hong Kong by categories.

Note: For rankings with negative connotations, the orders are inverted such that the best country/regions are always ranked "1st".


Overall

Overall Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference Remarks
United Nations - Human Development Index 2013 15 187 Singapore 9, S.Korea 15, Japan 15, M.China 91
EIU – Global Liveability Ranking 2014 31 140 Singapore 52, Tokyo 19
Mercer – Quality of Living Survey 2014 71 223 Singapore 25, Tokyo 43
Monocle – Quality of Life Survey 2014 13 25+ Singapore 16, Tokyo 2
The Economist - Where-to-be-born Index 2013 10 80 Singapore 6, S.Korea 19, Japan 25, M.China 49
Legatum Prosperity Index 2013 19 142
Arcadis - Sustainable Cities Index 2015 8 50 Singapore 10, Seoul 7, Tokyo 23, Shanghai 35

Economy

Economic Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference Remarks
International Labour Organisation – Average monthly earnings (PPP) 2012 30 72 Singapore 14, S.Korea 10, Japan 17, M.China 57
International Finance Corporation/World Bank – Ease of Doing Business Index 2014 2 189
CIA The World Factbook – Exports 2013 14 223
CIA The World Factbook – Imports 2013 8 222
World Bank - GDP per Capita (current US$) 2012 27 214
World Bank - GNI per Capita, PPP (current Intl$) 2012 12 184
IMF – Official Reserve Assets 2014 Jan 6 75
WEF – Global Competitiveness Index 2013-2014 7 148 Singapore 2, S.Korea 25, Japan 9, M.China 29
WEF – Global Enabling Trade Index 2014 2 138
IMD – World Competitiveness Yearbook 2014 4 60 Singapore 3, S.Korea 26, Japan 21, M.China 23
Wall Street Journal / The Heritage Foundation – Index of Economic Freedom 2014 1 10+
MIT - Economic Complexity Index 2012 26 144 Singapore 10, S.Korea 5, Japan 1, M.China 22
PwC/World Bank - Overall Paying Taxes 2014 4 189
Grant Thornton - Global Dynamism Index 2013 16 60
FedEx Opportunity Index - Access Index® Rank 2008 1 109
McKinsey - Connectedness Index 2012 2 131
EIU - Digital economy rankings 2010 7 70

Business and Industry

Business and Industry Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference Remarks
EIU – Business Environment Rankings 2014-2018 3 82 Singapore 1, S.Korea 26, Japan 27, M.China 50
Forbes - Best Countries for Business 2013 3 145
World Tourism Organization - World Tourism rankings 2014 May 14 193
WEF – Financial Development Index 2012 1 62
WEF - Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 15 140
EIU – IT industry competitiveness index 2011 19 66 Singapore 3, S.Korea 19, Japan 16, M.China 38
World Bank - Logistics Performance Index 2014 15 160

Education

Education Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference Remark
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Maths
2012 3 65 Singapore 2, S.Korea 5, Japan 7, Shanghai 1
2009 3 65
2006 3 57
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Reading
2012 2 65 Singapore 3, S.Korea 5, Japan 4, Shanghai 1
2009 4 65
2006 3 57
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Science
2012 2 65 Singapore 3, S.Korea 7, Japan 4, Shanghai 1
2009 3 65
2006 3 57
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Problem Solving
2012 5 65 Singapore 1, S.Korea 2, Japan 3, Shanghai 6

Environment

Environmental Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference Remarks
South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission – Environmental Vulnerability Index 2004 128 234
New Economics Foundation – Happy Planet Index 2012 102 151

Health & Safety

Health & Safety Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference Remarks
WHO - Infant mortality (1=lowest) 2005-2010 1 193
WHO - Life expectancy (1=highest) 2005-2010 1 193
UNODC - Intentional homicide rate 2012 or latest data available 6 219
The Economist - Safe Cities Index 2015 11 50 Singapore 2, Seoul 24, Tokyo 1, Shanghai 30

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference Remark
Mercer - Cities with the best infrastructure 2014 6 50 [1]
Airports Council International, Airport Service Quality Awards - Asia Pacific 2013 below 5 75
Skytrax, World Airport Award 2014 4 410+
Skytrax, World Airlines Awards 2014 1 (Cathay Pacific) 100+
The World Factbook – Number of Heliports 2013 24 115
The World Factbook - Expressway density 2012 (for HK) 194 222
United Nations - ICT Development Index 2011 11 155
Akamai Technologies – Internet connection speed 2013 4 188+
Google - Smartphone penetration 2012 8 47
WEF - Networked Readiness Index 2014 8 148

Innovation

Innovation Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference Remark
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patents by origin (residents & abroad) 2012 39 98
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patents by origin (residents only) 2012 58 78
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Trademarks by origin (residents & abroad) 2012 28 98
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Trademarks by origin (residents only) 2012 27 74
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Designs by origin (residents & abroad) 2012 22 97
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Designs by origin (residents only) 2012 27 78
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Resident application design counts per population 2012 13 20+
Bloomberg Innovation Index 2015 34 50
The Boston Consulting Group - International Innovation Index 2009 6 110
Cornell University, INSEAD and WIPO - Global Innovation Index 2014 10 142
World Bank - Research and development spending as % of GDP 2008-2012 average 62 132

Governance

Governance Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference Remark
Transparency International – Bribe Payers Index 2011 15 28
World Justice Project – Rule of Law Index 2014 16 99
The Economist Intelligence Unit – Democracy Index 2012 63 167
Reporters without Borders – World Press Freedom Index 2014 61 180
Property Rights Alliance – International Property Rights Index 2013 14 130
Transparency International – Corruption Perception Index 2013 15 177
Wasada IAC – Joint E-Government Ranking 2014 26 61 Singapore 2, S.Korea 3, Japan 5, M.China 39

Society

See also: Demographics of Hong Kong and Hong Kongers
Social Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference Remark
The World Factbook - Distribution of Family Income (Gini Index) 2011 for HK 129 (1=lowest) 141 Singapore 110, S.Korea 30, Japan 66, M.China 115
Gallup – Potential Net Migration Index (Asia Pacific) 2010-2012 10 (1 meaning highest potential immigration) 28 Singapore 3, S.Korea 18, Japan 15, M.China 12
Walk Free Foundation - Global Slavery Index 2013 22 162
United Nations - World Happiness Report 2013 66 156 Singapore 30, S.Korea 41, Japan 43, M.China 93
Charities Aid Foundation - World Giving Index 2012 19 145

Rankings by Years

The following are international rankings of Hong Kong Hong Kong by years.

Date Contest Host organisation Ranking Note
2002 and 2006 National IQ Rankings [2] IQ and the Wealth of Nations, the University of Ulster 1/185 countries Controversial
2001–05 World's Best Airports [3] Skytrax 1/155 countries
2006 6th Annual Global e-Government Study (Brown University)[4] Global e-Government 20/198 countries
Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006[5] Reporters Without Borders 59/168 countries
Corruption Perceptions Index[6] Transparency International 15/163 countries
World Competitiveness Yearbook 2006[7] IMD International 2/61 economies Economies include those of countries and regions
World City's Skyline/Skyscrapers[8] Emporis Data Committee (EDC) 1/100 major cities Cities ranked by the visual impact of their skylines
Global Competitiveness Report - Growth Competitiveness Index Ranking[9] World Economic Forum 11/125 countries
World's Best Airports[3] Skytrax 2/165 countries
Business Competitiveness Index - BCI [10] World Economic Forum 10/121 countries
Human Development Index - HDI [11] United Nations 22/177 countries
Access Index (p.19)][12] FedEx: The Power of Access - 2006 Access Index 1/75 countries
2007 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index[13] World Economic Forum 6/124 countries
Index of Economic Freedom Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal: 2008 1/157 countries Ranked 1st for 14 years in a row
Leading Centers of Commerce MasterCard study at the Wayback Machine (archived June 4, 2011) 5/63 countries rated 63 cities according to their legal and political framework, economic stability, ease of doing business, financial flow, business center status, and knowledge creation and information flow
World's most expensive cost-of-living Mercer Human Resource Consulting[14] 5/143 cities
World's Best Airports[3] Skytrax 1/155 countries
World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007[15] IMD International 3/55 economies The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007 analyses and ranks the ability of nations to create and maintain an environment that sustains the competitiveness of enterprises
E-readiness Economist Intelligence Unit[16] 4/69 countries e-Readiness is the ability to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to develop one's economy and to foster one's welfare
World's best place for doing business[17] World Bank 4/178 countries Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1–178, with first place being the best. A high ranking on the ease of doing business index means the regulatory environment is conducive to the operation of business. This index averages the country's percentile rankings on 10 topics, made up of a variety of indicators, giving equal weight to each topic
Asia's best corporate governance survey[18] Asian Corporate Governance Association 1/11 countries
Global Financial Centre Index[19] City of London 3/10 cities The GFCI is a ranking of the competitiveness of financial centres based on a number of existing indices in combination with a regular survey of senior industry figures from around the world. Hong Kong ranked third behind New York and London.
IT industry competitiveness index[20] Economist Intelligence Unit 21/64 countries Index measures a supply of skills, an innovation-friendly culture, world-class technology infrastructure, a legal regime and well-balanced government support, as well as a competition-friendly business environment. Those countries possessing most of these “competitiveness enablers” are also home to high-performance IT industries: all but four of the top 22 countries in the EIU are also among the world's top countries in terms of IT labour productivity
Asian Cities of the Future 07/08[21] Financial Time 1/38 cities
2008 Capital Access Index 2007 Milken Institute 1/122 countries
Location Ranking Survey[22] ECA International 15/254 locations
World Competitiveness Yearbook[23] IMD 3/55 economies
Mortalities Due to Air Pollution WHO 8th[24]

References

  1. ↑ Mercer(2014), Quality-of-Living Reports
  2. ↑ National IQs Based on the Results of Intelligence Tests
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "World's Best Airports". Worldairportawards.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  4. ↑ "6th Annual Global e-Government Study (Brown University)". Brown.edu. 2006-08-01. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  5. ↑ "Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006". Rsf.org. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  6. ↑ "Corruption Perceptions Index". Transparency.org. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  7. ↑ "World Competitiveness Yearbook 2006" (PDF). Imd.ch. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  8. ↑ "Emporis Data Committee (EDC)". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  9. ↑ "Global Competitiveness Report - Growth Competitiveness Index Ranking" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  10. ↑ "Business Competitiveness Index - BCI" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  11. ↑ Human Development Index - HDI
  12. ↑ "Access Index (''p.19'')" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  13. ↑ "Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index". Weforum.org. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  14. ↑ "Mercer Human Resource Consulting". Mercerhr.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  15. ↑ "World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007" (PDF). Imd.ch. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  16. ↑ "Economist Intelligence Unit" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  17. ↑ "World's best place doing business". Doingbusiness.org. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  18. ↑ "Asia's best corporate governance survey". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  19. ↑ Global Financial Centre Index
  20. ↑ IT industry competitiveness Index
  21. ↑ "Asian Cities of the Future 07/08". Fdimagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  22. ↑ "Location Ranking Survey". Emailwire.com. 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  23. ↑ World Competitiveness Yearbook
  24. ↑ "Press release: Hong Kong ranked 8th highest in the world for mortalities due to air pollution | Clean Air Network | Our Air, Our Health". Hongkongcan.org. 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2014-01-28.