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Hong Kong

How well is Hong Kong respecting people's human rights?

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Hong Kong at a glance

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Quality of Life

Economic and Social Rights

(2021)

Summary score

N/A

How well is Hong Kong doing compared to what is possible at its level of income?

Right to

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% of income adjusted benchmark achieved

HRMI score

100%

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Bad

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Good


Safety from the State

Civil and Political Rights

(2023)

Summary score

6.3

How well is Hong Kong's government respecting each right?

Right to freedom from

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Score

10

Very bad

Bad

Fair

Good


Empowerment

Civil and Political Rights

(2023)

Summary score

2.2

How well is Hong Kong's government respecting each right?

Right to

0

Score

10

Very bad

Bad

Fair

Good


Source: HRMI 2024 rightstracker.org

Quality of Life

Compared with all other high-income countries, Hong Kong is performing close to average when we look across the rights for which we have data (this comparison is calculated using the 'Income adjusted' benchmark).

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Safety from the State

Hong Kong's Safety from the State score of 6.3 out of 10 suggests that a significant number of people are not safe from one or more of the following: arbitrary arrest, torture and ill-treatment, forced disappearance, execution, or extrajudicial killing.

For civil and political rights, we don't have sufficient data across East Asia and Pacific countries to allow for a regional comparison. However, when compared to the other countries in our sample, Hong Kong is performing close to average on the right to be safe from the state.

Empowerment

Hong Kong's Empowerment score of 2.2 out of 10 suggests that many people are not enjoying their civil liberties and political freedoms (freedom of speech, assembly and association, democratic rights, and religion and belief).

For civil and political rights, we don't have sufficient data across East Asia and Pacific countries to allow for a regional comparison. However, when compared to the other countries in our sample, Hong Kong is performing lower than average on empowerment rights.