Hong Kong's Gross National Income and external primary income flows for the second quarter of 2026

The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released today (September 14) the preliminary statistics on Hong Kong's Gross National Income (GNI) and related figures for the second quarter of 2026. Hong Kong's GNI, which denotes the total income earned by Hong Kong residents from engaging in various economic activities, increased by 7.9% in the second quarter of 2026 over a year earlier to $966.1 billion at current market prices. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP), estimated at $842.4 billion at current market prices in the same quarter, recorded a 6.9% increase over a year earlier. The value of GNI was larger than GDP by $123.7 billion in the second quarter of 2026, which was equivalent to 14.7% of GDP in that quarter, mainly attributable to a net inflow of investment income. After netting out the effect of price changes over the same period, Hong Kong's GNI increased by 5.3% in real terms in the second quarter of 2026 over a year earlier. The corresponding GDP in the same quarter increased by 4.3% in real terms. Hong Kong's total inflow of primary income, which mainly comprises investment income, estimated at $664.6 billion in the second quarter of 2026 and equivalent to 78.9% of GDP