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Hong Kong vs Philippines

93 shared metrics.

Hong KongLeads in 50

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PhilippinesLeads in 43

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Hong Kong

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Identity

Formal name: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Hong Kong sits near the top of global life-expectancy tables despite extreme urban density.

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Philippines

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of the Philippines.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

The Philippines now counts more than 7,600 islands, so even the country count depends on definitions.

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Analysis

Hong Kong leads in 50 of 93 shared metrics, while Philippines leads in 43.

Hong Kong's Credit Card Ownership is 22.6x that of Philippines (71.63% of adults vs 3.0% of adults).

Hong Kong's Population Density is 17.6x that of Philippines (7.2K /km² vs 385.32 /km²).

Hong Kong's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 13.1x that of Philippines (28.76% of GDP vs 2.0% of GDP).

Hong Kong's GNI Per Capita is 11.8x that of Philippines ($57,070 vs $4,470).

Hong Kong's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 6.2x that of Philippines (6.4K kWh/person vs 884.68 kWh/person).

Key Comparisons

Credit Card OwnershipHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

71.63% of adults

Philippines

3.0% of adults

Population DensityHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

7.2K /km²

Philippines

385.32 /km²

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Hong Kong leads

Hong Kong

28.76% of GDP

Philippines

2.0% of GDP

GNI Per CapitaHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

$57,070

Philippines

$4,470

Electricity Use (Per Capita)Hong Kong leads

Hong Kong

6.4K kWh/person

Philippines

884.68 kWh/person

Exports (% GDP)Hong Kong leads

Hong Kong

120.09%

Philippines

47.41%

153% higher

Comparison of Hong Kong and Philippines across 93 metrics
				Winner
Credit Card Ownership	71.63% of adults	3.0% of adults	2261% higher	Hong Kong
Population Density	7.2K /km²	385.32 /km²	1763% higher	Hong Kong
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	28.76% of GDP	2.0% of GDP	1307% higher	Hong Kong
GNI Per Capita	$57,070	$4,470	1177% higher	Hong Kong
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.4K kWh/person	884.68 kWh/person	621% higher	Hong Kong
Exports (% GDP)	181.79% of GDP	25.77% of GDP	605% higher	Hong Kong
Milk Consumption per Person	105.85 kg/person/yr	15.66 kg/person/yr	576% higher	Hong Kong
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$75,195.99	$11,794.14	538% higher	Hong Kong
Broadband Access (%)	40 per 100 people	7.0 per 100 people	471% higher	Hong Kong
Foreign Patents	21.5K	3.9K	452% higher	Hong Kong
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	4.9 per 1k	1.0 per 1k	390% higher	Hong Kong
Imports (% GDP)	177.72% of GDP	40.11% of GDP	343% higher	Hong Kong
Elderly Population (%)	22.67%	5.5%	313% higher	Hong Kong
Meat Consumption per Person	137.08 kg/person/yr	37.04 kg/person/yr	270% higher	Hong Kong
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	365 per 100 people	117.28 per 100 people	211% higher	Hong Kong
CO2 Per Capita	4.5 t/person/yr	1.5 t/person/yr	198% higher	Hong Kong
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.6K kg oil eq/person	550.79 kg oil eq/person	184% higher	Hong Kong
Protected Land (%)	42%	16%	163% higher	Hong Kong
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.0 per 1k	0.79 per 1k	158% higher	Hong Kong
University Enrollment Rate	120.09%	47.41%	153% higher	Hong Kong
Tourist Arrivals	3.57M	1.48M	141% higher	Hong Kong
Corruption Perceptions Index	76 pts	32 pts	138% higher	Hong Kong
Seafood Consumption per Person	65.79 kg/person/yr	28.39 kg/person/yr	132% higher	Hong Kong
Digital Payments Used	92.77% of adults	40.33% of adults	130% higher	Hong Kong
Safe Drinking Water (%)	100%	48.48%	106% higher	Hong Kong
Land Area	1.1K km²	298.2K km²	100% lower	Philippines
Government Debt (% GDP)	0.10% of GDP	39.9% of GDP	100% lower	Philippines
Irrigated Land	10 km²	16.3K km²	100% lower	Philippines
Renewable Energy (%)	0.40%	28%	99% lower	Philippines
Airports	2.0	244	99% lower	Philippines
Coastline Length	733 km	36.3K km	98% lower	Philippines
Teen Birth Rate	1.1 per 1k	31.89 per 1k	96% lower	Philippines
Population	7.31M	118.28M	94% lower	Philippines
Renewable Energy (%)	1.0%	12.82%	92% lower	Philippines
Agricultural Land (%)	3.8%	42.67%	91% lower	Philippines
Homicide Rate	0.38 per 100k	4.3 per 100k	91% lower	Philippines
Firms Hit by Power Outages	3.9% of firms	43.93% of firms	91% lower	Philippines
Political Corruption Index	0.09	0.84	90% lower	Philippines
Median Age	46.2 years	25.3 years	83% higher	Hong Kong
Urban Population (%)	100%	55.45%	80% higher	Hong Kong
Total CO2 Emissions	34.62 Mt CO2e	174.11 Mt CO2e	80% lower	Philippines
Shipping Traffic	16.57M	9.25M	79% higher	Hong Kong
Solar Electricity Share	0.61%	2.4%	75% lower	Philippines
Firms Asked for Bribes	2.6% of firms	8.3% of firms	69% lower	Philippines
Electricity Generation	39.02 TWh	125.86 TWh	69% lower	Philippines
Highest Elevation	958 m	3.0K m	68% lower	Philippines
Official Languages Count	1.0	3.0	67% lower	Philippines
Freedom of Expression Index	0.23	0.68	66% lower	Philippines
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	46.67 per 100k	28.43 per 100k	64% higher	Hong Kong
Youth Population (%)	10.51%	27.87%	62% lower	Philippines
Electoral Democracy Index	0.15	0.39	61% lower	Philippines
GDP Growth Rate	2.5%	5.7%	56% lower	Philippines
Electric Generating Capacity	13.30M kW	29.17M kW	54% lower	Philippines
Birth Rate	7.5 per 1k	16.02 per 1k	53% lower	Philippines
Liberal Democracy Index	0.14	0.29	51% lower	Philippines
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% lower	Philippines
Firms Making Informal Payments	2.2% of firms	4.5% of firms	50% lower	Philippines
Inflation Rate	1.7%	3.2%	47% lower	Philippines
Coal Electricity Share	33.65%	58.67%	43% lower	Philippines
Death Rate	8.2 per 1k	5.8 per 1k	41% higher	Hong Kong
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	7.0 days/yr	5.0 days/yr	40% higher	Hong Kong
Air Passengers	25.70M	41.50M	38% lower	Philippines
Fertility Rate	1.2 children/woman	1.9 children/woman	36% lower	Philippines
Human Development Index	0.95	0.72	33% higher	Hong Kong
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	4.0 gold medals	3.0 gold medals	33% higher	Hong Kong
Unemployment Rate	2.8%	2.2%	30% higher	Hong Kong
All-Time Olympic Medals	13 medals	18 medals	28% lower	Philippines
Youth Unemployment Rate	9.0% of youth labor force	7.0% of youth labor force	27% higher	Hong Kong
Food Waste per Person	139.93 kg/person/yr	110.15 kg/person/yr	27% higher	Hong Kong
High-Tech Exports (%)	75.57%	60.98%	24% higher	Hong Kong
Life Expectancy	85.2 years	69.8 years	22% higher	Hong Kong
Domestic Patents	401	490	18% lower	Philippines
Merchant Fleet Size	2.5K	2.2K	15% higher	Hong Kong
Electricity Carbon Intensity	675.48 gCO2/kWh	588.29 gCO2/kWh	15% higher	Hong Kong
Internet Users (%)	96%	84%	14% higher	Hong Kong
Big Mac Price	$3.21	$2.84	13% higher	Hong Kong
GDP (Nominal)	$406,863,396,487.34	$461,617,509,782.35	12% lower	Philippines
Life Evaluation Score	5.6 pts	6.2 pts	10% lower	Philippines
Sanitation Access (%)	94.83%	87.15%	9% higher	Hong Kong
Average Weekly Work Hours	43 hrs/week	39.99 hrs/week	8% higher	Hong Kong
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	3.9% of GDP	3% lower	Philippines
Electricity Access (%)	100%	98%	2% higher	Hong Kong
Dependency Ratio	49.64% of working-age pop.	50.06% of working-age pop.	1% lower	Philippines
Women's Political Empowerment	0.80	0.81	1% lower	Philippines
Wind Electricity Share	0%	1.2%	ranked lower	Philippines
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	ranked lower	Philippines
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Hong Kong
Land Border Length	33 km	0 km	ranked higher	Hong Kong
Can Raise Emergency Money	96.1% of adults	96.11% of adults	equal	Philippines
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	12.2% of GDP	-3.3% of GDP	ranked higher	Hong Kong
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	6.0 sites	ranked lower	Philippines
Firms with Female Top Manager	43.64% of firms	43.45% of firms	equal	Hong Kong
Border Neighbors	1.0	0	ranked higher	Hong Kong

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Hong Kong Philippines

Analysis

Hong Kong leads in 50 of 93 shared metrics, while Philippines leads in 43.

Hong Kong's Credit Card Ownership is 22.6x that of Philippines (71.63% of adults vs 3.0% of adults).

Hong Kong's Population Density is 17.6x that of Philippines (7.2K /km² vs 385.32 /km²).

Hong Kong's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 13.1x that of Philippines (28.76% of GDP vs 2.0% of GDP).

Hong Kong's GNI Per Capita is 11.8x that of Philippines ($57,070 vs $4,470).

Hong Kong's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 6.2x that of Philippines (6.4K kWh/person vs 884.68 kWh/person).

Key Comparisons

Credit Card OwnershipHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

71.63% of adults

Philippines

3.0% of adults

Population DensityHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

7.2K /km²

Philippines

385.32 /km²

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Hong Kong leads

Hong Kong

28.76% of GDP

Philippines

2.0% of GDP

GNI Per CapitaHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

$57,070

Philippines

$4,470

Electricity Use (Per Capita)Hong Kong leads

Hong Kong

6.4K kWh/person

Philippines

884.68 kWh/person

Exports (% GDP)Hong Kong leads

Hong Kong

181.79% of GDP

Philippines

25.77% of GDP

Credit Card Ownership

71.63% of adults

3.0% of adults

Population Density

7.2K /km²

385.32 /km²

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

28.76% of GDP

2.0% of GDP

GNI Per Capita

$57,070

$4,470

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

6.4K kWh/person

884.68 kWh/person

Exports (% GDP)

181.79% of GDP

25.77% of GDP

Milk Consumption per Person

105.85 kg/person/yr

15.66 kg/person/yr

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$75,195.99

$11,794.14

Broadband Access (%)

40 per 100 people

7.0 per 100 people

Foreign Patents

21.5K

3.9K

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

4.9 per 1k

1.0 per 1k

Imports (% GDP)

177.72% of GDP

40.11% of GDP

Elderly Population (%)

22.67%

5.5%

Meat Consumption per Person

137.08 kg/person/yr

37.04 kg/person/yr

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

365 per 100 people

117.28 per 100 people

CO2 Per Capita

4.5 t/person/yr

1.5 t/person/yr

Energy Use (Per Capita)

1.6K kg oil eq/person

550.79 kg oil eq/person

Protected Land (%)

42%

16%

Doctors (per 1,000)

2.0 per 1k

0.79 per 1k

University Enrollment Rate

120.09%

47.41%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Credit Card Ownership

Population Density

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Exports (% GDP)

Milk Consumption per Person

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Broadband Access (%)

Foreign Patents

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Imports (% GDP)

Elderly Population (%)

Meat Consumption per Person

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Protected Land (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

University Enrollment Rate

Tourist Arrivals

Corruption Perceptions Index

Seafood Consumption per Person

Digital Payments Used

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Land Area

Government Debt (% GDP)

Irrigated Land

Renewable Energy (%)

Airports

Coastline Length

Teen Birth Rate

Population

Renewable Energy (%)

Agricultural Land (%)

Homicide Rate

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Political Corruption Index

Median Age

Urban Population (%)

Total CO2 Emissions

Shipping Traffic

Solar Electricity Share

Firms Asked for Bribes

Electricity Generation

Highest Elevation

Official Languages Count

Freedom of Expression Index

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Youth Population (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

GDP Growth Rate

Electric Generating Capacity

Birth Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Time Zones Count

Firms Making Informal Payments

Inflation Rate

Coal Electricity Share

Death Rate

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Air Passengers

Fertility Rate

Human Development Index

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Unemployment Rate

All-Time Olympic Medals

Youth Unemployment Rate

Food Waste per Person

High-Tech Exports (%)

Life Expectancy

Domestic Patents