Hong Kong SAR, China

East Asia & Pacific · High income· 7.54M inhabitants

Last updated: July 1, 2025

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Futures readiness profile

Key insights: Hong Kong SAR, China

Hong Kong SAR, China demonstrates relatively outstanding readiness for the future of education, leading most global peers across all GEFRI dimensions. This country excels particularly in School Access and Gender Parity (97, 98th percentile), Infrastructure (94, 100th percentile), Governance (74, 86th percentile), and Innovation (66, 89th percentile). This high across-the-board performance signals a robust foundation for adapting or leapfrogging ahead of the fast-changing demands of education, society, and the workforce. To maintain and extend this leadership, continued policy innovation, investment in emerging areas, and vigilance against complacency are crucial.

Composite GEFRI Score

79.05
97th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness

Component scores

School Access and Gender Parity97.37
Above global avg. · 98th %-tile
Innovation66.04
Above global avg. · 89th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Human Capital63.82
Above global avg. · 84th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Infrastructure94.15
Above global avg. · 100th %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance73.87
Above global avg. · 86th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.

Regional peers: East Asia & Pacific

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
31Korea, Rep.80.49
42Singapore79.66
63Hong Kong SAR, China79.05
84Australia78.42
105Japan78.25
176New Zealand75.41
Northern Mariana Islands(microstate)71.23
New Caledonia(microstate)70.42
Guam(microstate)69.37
American Samoa(microstate)68.93
French Polynesia(microstate)68.41
457China64.25
488Thailand62.96
499Malaysia62.68
5710Brunei Darussalam60.96
6111Indonesia59.35
6312Mongolia59.27
6713Macao SAR, China57.83
Palau(microstate)57.60
Tuvalu(microstate)57.31
7014Viet Nam56.58
7215Fiji56.51
7416Philippines56.32
Nauru(microstate)54.97
Kiribati(microstate)52.36
Samoa(microstate)51.55
Tonga(microstate)50.38
10617Timor-Leste47.76
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.(microstate)46.58
11018Korea, Dem. People's Rep.44.79
Marshall Islands(microstate)44.62
12219Vanuatu40.07
12620Cambodia36.21
13121Myanmar33.54
13222Solomon Islands33.52
13623Lao PDR31.98
15024Papua New Guinea26.63