Domains
| Year | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| % | 66.70 | 75 | 80 | 77.30 | 75 | 70.80 | 72.90 | 73.30 |
| Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| % | 66.70 | 72.70 | 72.70 | 72.70 | 69.60 | 66.70 | 70.80 | 70.80 |
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| % | 75 | 71.50 | 71.40 | 70 | 73.30 | 70.90 | 66.70 | 68.40 |
| Year | 2018 | |||||||
| % | 67.50 |
Operational Definitions
The median monthly employment earnings of female employed persons as percentage of that of male employed persons.
Footnote
All figures are collected from Census and Statistics Department since 1981.All figures are based on findings of General Household Survey. Figure for 1981 is extracted from the Main Report Volume 1 of Hong Kong 1986 By-census.
According to C&SD (25Sep2009), starting from the year 2001, annual figures derived from the General Household Survey (GHS) may be different from those in the earlier edition. For the previous edition, the annual figures are compiled based on the average data for the four quarters of the year concerned. Starting from this edition, these statistics are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey in January to December each year as well as the mid-year population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department and an inter-departmental Working Group on Population Distribution Projections.
According to C&SD (25Sep2009), starting from the year 2001, annual figures derived from the General Household Survey (GHS) may be different from those in the earlier edition. For the previous edition, the annual figures are compiled based on the average data for the four quarters of the year concerned. Starting from this edition, these statistics are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey in January to December each year as well as the mid-year population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department and an inter-departmental Working Group on Population Distribution Projections.
