Wealth and income percentiles in Hong Kong
How much net worth or income does it take to be in the top 10% or top 1% in Hong Kong? Model estimates for 6.3 million adults aged 20+, reference level 2025.
Net worth thresholds in Hong Kong
Net worth is private assets (property, deposits, securities, business ownership) minus debt, per adult. Thresholds show the minimum net worth needed to belong to each group.
| Group of adults | Threshold, HKD | Threshold, USD |
|---|---|---|
| Median (top 50%) | HKD 865,000 | USD 110,000 |
| Top 10% | HKD 5,380,000 | USD 685,000 |
| Top 5% | HKD 8,900,000 | USD 1,130,000 |
| Top 1% | HKD 25,600,000 | USD 3,270,000 |
| Top 0.1% | HKD 103,000,000 | USD 13,100,000 |
| Average (mean) | HKD 2,840,000 | USD 362,000 |
Income thresholds in Hong Kong
Income is a harmonized pre-tax economic income per adult used for cross-country comparison. It is broader than wages and includes capital income, pensions and some imputed components.
| Group of adults | Threshold, HKD | Threshold, USD |
|---|---|---|
| Median (top 50%) | HKD 286,000 | USD 36,500 |
| Top 10% | HKD 998,000 | USD 127,000 |
| Top 5% | HKD 1,610,000 | USD 205,000 |
| Top 1% | HKD 3,880,000 | USD 495,000 |
| Top 0.1% | HKD 14,300,000 | USD 1,820,000 |
| Average (mean) | HKD 528,000 | USD 67,300 |
Hong Kong in a global context
Hong Kong has 0.11% of the world’s adults. About 41.5% of them are in the world’s top 10% by net worth and 4.1% are in the global top 1%. By income, the shares are 44.1% and 6.3%.
The median adult in Hong Kong is in the global top 12.6% by net worth and the global top 11.2% by income. Hong Kong is home to about 0.46% of the world’s top 1% by net worth.
Data quality and sources
The curves for Hong Kong are built from the World Inequality Database’s 127-percentile estimates (2026 update), which combine tax records, surveys and national accounts; where a country has few direct sources, WID fills gaps from similar countries. The score shows how much direct national data stands behind the estimates, from 1 (strong direct national sources) to 5 (mainly imputed). The notes describe the national sources we have reviewed.
| Measure | Score | National data reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| Net worth | 3 | UBS publishes median, mean and millionaire counts for this country (used as a cross-check). These are country-specific model estimates, not a complete official distribution. |
| Income | 5 | Hong Kong C&SD publishes a direct official household-income distribution in bands. The open-ended top group weakens the extreme tail, but the main distribution is directly observed. |
The advanced tool also offers national source tracks for Hong Kong based on official statistics (Advanced options → Comparison basis). They use their own definitions and are not added to the global total.
Amounts are converted at fixed exchange rates of 2026-10-09; they do not adjust for purchasing power. Thresholds in the extreme top are modelled and uncertain.
Frequently asked questions
How much net worth do you need to be in the top 1% in Hong Kong?
About HKD 25,600,000 in net worth (assets minus debt) per adult, according to the WealthPercentile model for 2025. The top 10% starts at about HKD 5,380,000.
What is the median income in Hong Kong?
The median adult in Hong Kong has a broad pre-tax economic income of about HKD 286,000 a year. This measure is broader than wages: it includes capital income and some imputed components, so it is higher than a typical payslip.
How many adults in Hong Kong are in the global top 1%?
About 4.1% of adults in Hong Kong are in the world’s top 1% by net worth, and 6.3% by income.
How reliable are these numbers?
They are model estimates. The data-quality score for Hong Kong is 3/5 for net worth and 5/5 for income, where 1 means strong direct source coverage and 5 means mainly modelled.