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    Hong Kong

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    Asia · #3 of 117 global markets · IEPA 2024 (final) · 2026 current estimate available
    77.8▼ -1.1 YoY
    ●●○0.76IEPA COMPOSITE
    SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
    IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2010–2026
    2010201220142016201820202022202420264554637281
    CAPITAL FLOWS · FDI NET INFLOWS % OF GDP
    20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222024015304560
    IE FDI intelligence · synced weekly
    PRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    #15of 145 ranked economies▲ 8 places since 2010
    How much productive know-how this market has demonstrated, read from the range and rarity of what it makes competitively.
    20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202412162025
    CAPABILITY RANK · HIGHER IS BETTER
    3.22% / yr
    Implied growth
    Annual growth the current capability base points to.
    137
    Diversity
    Distinct products made at competitive scale.
    +1.16
    Capability score
    Standardized: 0 is the world average.
    +0.81
    Outlook
    Value of the new products within reach of what it already does.
    INDUSTRY STRENGTHS · REVEALED FROM TRADE EVIDENCE
    VINTAGE 2022-2024
    TRADE-HUB PROFILE · RE-EXPORT INTENSITY CAN LIFT GOODS FIGURES; READ ALONGSIDE THE FULL PROFILE
    POSITION IN THE PRODUCT SPACE
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Electronic and Electrical Goods45 of 73 made · 71% of the rest within reach
    Textile and Home Goods18 of 78 made · 50% of the rest within reach
    Textile Apparel and Accessories5 of 50 made · 51% of the rest within reach
    Industrial Chemicals and Metals10 of 157 made · 13% of the rest within reach
    Agriculture9 of 200 made · 11% of the rest within reach
    Minerals2 of 48 made · 24% of the rest within reach
    Metalworking and Electrical Machinery and Parts5 of 155 made · 16% of the rest within reach
    Construction, Building, and Home Supplies1 of 104 made · 16% of the rest within reach
    MADE COMPETITIVELYONE STEP AWAY
    Widest opening is Textile Apparel and Accessories. This market makes 10% of that cluster today, and 51% of what it does not make sits one step from something it already does.
    Agriculture is the furthest: 5% made, and only 11% of the rest is within one step. A move there means building capability rather than extending it.
    READ ON THE 95 OF 137 COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS THAT CARRY A POSITION IN THE CAPABILITY MAP
    POSITIONED TO BUILD NEXT
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Appliances for thermostatically controlled valvesENERGY TRANSITION$104B world market
    Machinery & Industrial EquipmentOPENS 1.92 · COMPLEXITY +0.86
    Silicones in primary forms$7B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 1.72 · COMPLEXITY +1.18
    Automatic regulating instrumentsENERGY TRANSITION$33B world market
    Electronics & SemiconductorsOPENS 1.68 · COMPLEXITY +0.96
    Sprays and powder dispersers$27B world market
    Machinery & Industrial EquipmentOPENS 1.61 · COMPLEXITY +0.71
    Other office machines$6B world market
    Machinery & Industrial EquipmentOPENS 1.53 · COMPLEXITY +0.77
    Oxygen-function amino-compounds$14B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 1.50 · COMPLEXITY +0.90
    THE NEAREST OPTIONS AMONG 430 PRODUCTS ASSESSED · RANKED BY HOW MUCH EACH OPENS UP NEXT
    LIVE SIGNALS
    No recent scored signals for this market.
    PEERS · EXTENDED
    🇸🇪Sweden75.5→🇳🇴Norway74.9→🇩🇰Denmark79.6→🇲🇹Malta74.2→
    ECOSYSTEM DENSITY
    IE Ecosystem Registry · 2026-07-17
    487organizations indexed across 10 types · 471 mapped
    Corporate R&D
    244
    Research organizations
    122
    Universities & research bodies
    42
    Health research
    37
    Government bodies
    23
    Accelerators
    10
    Incubators
    3
    Fab labs & makerspaces
    3
    Science & tech parks
    2
    Innovation hubs
    1
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    ORGANIZATIONS
    a sample of 487 indexed
    Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab Asia Pacific
    Accelerators · Hong Kong
    BetaBox Ventures
    Accelerators · Hong Kong
    Design Incubation Programme (DIP)
    Incubators · Hong Kong
    equIP
    Incubators · Hong Kong
    Hong Kong Science and Technology Park
    Science & tech parks · Hong Kong
    Wuxi Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Center
    Science & tech parks · Hong Kong
    Hong Kong Observatory
    Universities & research bodies · Hong Kong · 1883
    Lingnan University
    Universities & research bodies · Tuen Mun · 1888
    DuPont (China)
    Corporate R&D · Hong Kong · 1802
    Chevron (China)
    Corporate R&D · Hong Kong · 1876
    The Salvation Army China
    Research organizations · Hong Kong · 1865
    The Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society Kowloon
    Research organizations · Hong Kong · 1880
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