Statistics
Year 1981 1986 1991 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
% 16.27 15.33 16.22 17.18 17.20 20.82 21.63 20.35
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
% 20.73 20.63 21.96 19.90 17.72 16.39 15.62 19.95
Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
% 18.51 18.05 19.94 19.64 21.39 18.77 19.52 19.87
Year 2017 2018
% 19.06 20.24

Operational Definitions

The public expenditures as percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). With the exception of the figure for 1981, public expenditures includes government expenditure, total expenditure of the trading funds, the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Provisional Urban and Regional Councils, and payments from the Lotteries Fund.

Footnote

Figures for 1999 onwards are collected from Census and Statistics Department.
Figure for 1984, 1989 and 1995 are collected from Information Service Department.
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