Latest reading: Retail sales expanded 1.5% in month-on-month seasonally adjusted terms in June, which contrasted May’s 0.4% decrease. June’s figure...
Retail Sales in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong economy recorded an average growth rate of -2.6% in retail sales over the decade to 2024, above East & South Asia's average of 6.8%. In 2024, Hong Kong's retail sales growth was -9.0%.
Hong Kong Retail Chart
Note: This chart displays Retail Sales (ann. var. %) for Hong Kong from 2014 to 2024.
Source: Macrobond.
Hong Kong Retail Data
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Sales (ann. var. %) | -25.5 | 6.5 | -3.3 | 13.8 | -9.0 |
Retail sales deteriorate in June
Latest reading: Retail sales slid 0.3% year on year in June (May: +1.9% yoy). Fuel, supermarkets, clothing and food sales all contracted in June. Still, June’s data was the second-best reading in over a year, and hints at an incipient recovering in goods spending following fourteen consecutive months of contractions up to April 2025. Meanwhile, the trend improved notably, with the annual average variation of retail sales coming in at minus 7.1%, up from May's minus 8.0%.
Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years
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