| Year | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| No. | 1223.14 | 968.63 | 473.41 | 1088.33 | 700 | 1800 | 3100 | 2100 |
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| No. | 2100 | 3500 | 3900 | 3500 | 2600 | 2100 | 1700 | 1300 |
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| No. | 2500 | 2100 | 1400 | 1400 | 1400 | 1200 | 1100 | 1200 |
| Year | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||
| No. | 1200 | 1100 |
Operational Definitions
The number of persons who have been unemployed for 3 months and more at times of enumeration per 100,000 persons in the labour force based on the General Household Surveys.
Footnote
All figures are collected from Census and Statistics Department and Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics since 1991.
All figures, except those for 1981, are average of the estimates obtained from the four quarterly reports of the General Household Survey of each year. Figure for 1981 is the average of the estimates obtained from the last two quarterly reports of the General Household Survey conducted in 1981.
All figures, except those for 1981, are average of the estimates obtained from the four quarterly reports of the General Household Survey of each year. Figure for 1981 is the average of the estimates obtained from the last two quarterly reports of the General Household Survey conducted in 1981.
