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East AsiaHong Kong
Capital Hong Kong · Median age 47
1 mobility routeZero-presence routeTropical
The practical read for Americans weighing life in Hong Kong: what the catalog knows about daily-life signals, costs, residency routes, and source freshness — with honest gaps where we have not sourced it yet.
Practical snapshot
Cost of living25
HealthcareUnknown—
Safety93
Climate resilienceUnknown—
1 mobility route
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Hong Kong in eight lenses
Every lens is a live, normalized signal (0–100, higher is better). Absent indicators show as Unknown — never guessed.
Cost & taxes
25 · WeakerCost of living25
Tax burdenUnknown—
Healthcare
UnknownHealthcareUnknown—
Safety & crime
55 · MixedSafety93
Low crime17
Climate
UnknownClimate resilienceUnknown—
Language & integration
86 · StrongEnglish proficiency86
Migrant acceptanceUnknown—
Freedom & rights
72 · StrongRule of law80
Political stability70
Low corruption83
Personal freedom85
Freedom of speech41
Property rightsUnknown—
LGBTQ+ acceptanceUnknown—
Reproductive rights75
Economy & work
91 · StrongEconomic freedom100
Competitiveness92
Innovation74
Startup ecosystemUnknown—
Job marketUnknown—
Prosperity91
Ease of doing business98
Quality of life
74 · StrongLiveabilityUnknown—
Happiness71
Life satisfaction71
Work–life balance49
Internet speed88
Education94
Low traffic71
Fit summary
Where this country is strong, and where to look closer
Strengths
- Economic freedom100
- Ease of doing business98
- Education94
- Safety93
Look closer
- Low crime17
- Cost of living25
Country facts
The structured record
Facts imported for this country. Blank fields render as Unknown.
- Avg Precipitation
- 2400 mm
- Avg Temperature
- 23.3°C (73.94°F)
- Beer Consumption
- 25.69 liters_per_capita_year
- Best Time To Travel
- October-December
- Borders
- China
- Citizenship By Birth
- Yes
- Citizenship By Descent
- Yes
- Citizenship By Marriage
- 0 years
- Climate
- Subtropical; hot and humid summers with occasional heavy rainfall; mild and dry winters with occasional cold spells
- Climate Category
- Balanced Seasons
- Coffee Consumption
- 2.98 liters_per_capita_year
- Consulate Locations In The Us
- New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
- Country Code
- 852
- Country Intro Blurb
- Home to the ancient Mayan city of Copán where history is carved in stone
- Country Motto
- Asia's World City
- Crypto Currency Status
- Legal to use/Undefined
- Currency
- Hong Kong dollar (HK$)
- Date Format
- DMY
- Distance From New York City
- 12985 km
- Driving Side
- Right-hand traffic
- Dual Citizenship
- Conditional
- Economy
- Finance, trade, services
- Famous Dance
- Punta
- Famous Festival
- La Ceiba Carnival
- Famous Music
- Punta
- Fertility Rate
- 0.7
- Funny Fact
- It sometimes rains fish here
- Gambling Legislation
- Regulated
- Haiku
- Mayan Copán sleeps / Caribbean meets rainforest / Scarlet macaws soar
- Handgun Legislation
- Permitted
- Humidity
- 78
- Hype Video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK45oCw--4I
- Independence Day
- 1997-07-01
- Interesting Fact
- Home to the ancient Mayan city of Copán where history is carved in stone
- Interesting Tradition
- Holds the Rain of Fish festival where fish allegedly fall from the sky
- Language
- Chinese, English
- Life Expectancy
- 85,5
- Mandatory Military Service
- No
- Mcdonalds In Country
- 10
- Medical Cannabis Legislation
- Illegal
- Migration Rate
- 1.6 per_1000_population
- National Animal
- White-tailed deer
- National Anthem
- Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ
- National Anthem Audio
- https://nationalanthems.info/cn.mp3
- National Dish
- Plato típico
- National Pastime Or Sport
- Football (Soccer)
- Number Of Americans Living In Country
- 13827
- Number Of Migrants
- -20.9 thousands
- Obesity Rate
- 32.6
- Passport Validity
- 10 years
- Population
- 7498100
- Quintessential Souvenir
- Lenca pottery
- Quirky Tradition
- Celebrates "Feria Juniana" a festival with music food and parades
- Rainless Days Per Year
- 120
- Representative Novel
- Prisma Combi-Método de Español para Extranjeros by Equipo Prisma (Spanish textbook widely used in Honduras, representing its role in language education)
- Reproduction Rate
- 0.76
- Residency For Naturalization
- 3
- Same Sex Marriage Legislation
- No Recognition
- Spicy Food Consumption
- 1
- Strangest Law Still On The Books
- Illegal for a father to be in the delivery room
- Tallest Building
- Torres Igvanas Tara Eco City (122.5 mt)
- Tea Consumption
- 0.02 liters_per_capita_year
- Time Zone
- GMT+8
- Tobacco Use Female
- 0.027
- Tobacco Use Male
- 0.164
- Total World Heritage Sites
- 0
- Us Emigrants 1990
- 7599
- Us Emigrants 1995
- 10698
- Us Emigrants 2000
- 13796
- Us Emigrants 2005
- 13370
- Us Emigrants 2010
- 12976
- Us Emigrants 2015
- 13261
- Us Emigrants 2020
- 13827
- Visitors Per Year
- 34 millions
- Voting Status
- Universal and Compulsory
- Weirdest Local Superstition
- Breaking a mirror brings 7 years of bad luck
- Wine Consumption
- 0.21 liters_per_capita_year
Daily life & the American lens
What Tuesday actually feels like
Lived-experience narrative, English-comfort layers, and community voices.
Not yet sourced
Daily-life rhythm, the American-lens friction points, and community voices for Hong Kong come from verified field research and practitioner communities. That editorial layer is not committed to the Product Engine catalog yet, so we are not inventing it here.
Sources & freshness
Where this page comes from
Real provenance for the live figures above: named sources, verification status, and recent regulatory changes.
Verified data points
0Stale
0Unverified
102| Source | Confidence | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATO Institute | — | unverified | — |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | — | unverified | — |
| CitizensOS Destination Facts — Country DB (Primary workbook) | — | unverified | — |
| EF Set | — | unverified | — |
| Freedom House | — | unverified | — |
| Global Life-Work Balance Index | — | unverified | — |
| IMD | — | unverified | — |
| Legatum | — | unverified | — |
| Numbeo | — | unverified | — |
| Ookla | — | unverified | — |
| Our World in Data | — | unverified | — |
| Transparency International | — | unverified | — |
| World Bank | — | unverified | — |
| World Happiness Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | — | unverified | — |
| World Justice Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Population Review | — | unverified | — |
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