The following are international rankings of 
Hong Kong by categories.
Note: For rankings with negative connotations, the orders are inverted such that the best country/regions are always ranked "1st".
See also: Economy of Hong Kong.
See also: Education in Hong Kong.
See also: Environment of Hong Kong.
| South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission – Environmental Vulnerability Index | 2004 | &128 | 234 | http://islands.unep.ch/EVI%202004%20Technical%20Report.pdf | |
| New Economics Foundation – Happy Planet Index | 2016 | &123 | 140 | Child care leave application | Singapore n/a, S Korea 80, Japan 58, China 72 |
| WHO - Infant mortality (1=lowest) | 2005-2010 | &1 | 193 | http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Excel-Data/mortality.htm | |
| WHO - Life expectancy (1=highest) | 2005-2010 | &1 | 193 | http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Excel-Data/mortality.htm | |
| UNODC - Intentional homicide rate | 2012 or latest data available | &6 | 219 | http://www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/data/GSH2013_Homicide_count_and_rate.xlsx | |
| The Economist - Safe Cities Index | 2015 | &11 | 50 | https://web.archive.org/web/20150221095618/http://safecities.economist.com/whitepapers/safe-cities-index-white-paper/ | Singapore 2, Seoul 24, Tokyo 1, Shanghai 30 |
See also: Transport in Hong Kong.
See also: Government of Hong Kong.
See also: Demographics of Hong Kong and Hong Kongers.
| The World Factbook - Distribution of Family Income (Gini Index) | 2011 for HK | &129 (1=lowest) | 141 | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2172rank.html | Singapore 110, S.Korea 30, Japan 66, M.China 115 |
| Gallup – Potential Net Migration Index (Asia Pacific) | 2010-2012 | &10 (1 meaning highest potential immigration) | &28 | http://www.gallup.com/poll/166796/potential-net-migration-index-declines-countries.aspx | Singapore 3, S.Korea 18, Japan 15, M.China 12 |
| Walk Free Foundation - Global Slavery Index | 2013 | &22 | &162 | http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/ | |
| United Nations - World Happiness Report | 2022 | 81 | &157 | http://worldhappiness.report/ | Singapore 27, Japan 54, S.Korea 59, M.China 72 |
| Charities Aid Foundation - World Giving Index | 2012 | &19 | &145 | https://www.cafonline.org/PDF/WorldGivingIndex2012WEB.pdf | |
The following are international rankings of Hong Kong by years.
| Date | Contest | Host organisation | Ranking | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 and 2006 | National IQ Rankings[2] | 1/185 countries | Controversial | ||
| 2001–05 | World's Best Airports [3] | 1/155 countries | |||
| 2006 | 6th Annual Global e-Government Study (Brown University)[4] | Global e-Government | 20/198 countries | ||
| Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006[5] | 59/168 countries | ||||
| Corruption Perceptions Index[6] | 15/163 countries | ||||
| World Competitiveness Yearbook 2006[7] | 2/61 economies | Economies include those of countries and regions | |||
| World City's Skyline/Skyscrapers[8] | Emporis Data Committee (EDC) | 1/100 major cities | Cities ranked by the visual impact of their skylines | ||
| Global Competitiveness Report - Growth Competitiveness Index Ranking[9] | 11/125 countries | ||||
| World's Best Airports | 2/165 countries | ||||
| Business Competitiveness Index - BCI [10] | 10/121 countries | ||||
| Human Development Index - HDI [11] | 22/177 countries | ||||
| Access Index (p.19)][12] | FedEx The Power of Access - 2006 Access Index | 1/75 countries | |||
| 2007 | Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index[13] | 6/124 countries | |||
| Index of Economic Freedom | The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal: 2008 | 1/157 countries | Ranked 1st for 14 years in a row | ||
| Leading Centers of Commerce | Web site: MasterCard study . . October 1, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604005151/http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2007/06/12/afx3810988.html . June 4, 2011 . bot: unknown . mdy-all . | 5/63 countries | rated 63 cities according to their legal and political framework, economic stability, ease of doing business, financial flow, business center status, and knowledge creation and information flow | ||
| World's most expensive cost-of-living | Mercer Human Resource Consulting[14] | 5/143 cities | |||
| World's Best Airports | 1/155 countries | ||||
| World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007[15] | 3/55 economies | The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007 analyses and ranks the ability of nations to create and maintain an environment that sustains the competitiveness of enterprises | |||
| Economist Intelligence Unit[16] | 4/69 countries | e-Readiness is the ability to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to develop one's economy and to foster one's welfare | |||
| World's best place for doing business[17] | 4/178 countries | Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1–178, with first place being the best. A high ranking on the ease of doing business index means the regulatory environment is conducive to the operation of business. This index averages the country's percentile rankings on 10 topics, made up of a variety of indicators, giving equal weight to each topic | |||
| Asia's best corporate governance survey[18] | Asian Corporate Governance Association | 1/11 countries | |||
| Global Financial Centre Index[19] | City of London | 3/10 cities | The GFCI is a ranking of the competitiveness of financial centres based on a number of existing indices in combination with a regular survey of senior industry figures from around the world. Hong Kong ranked third behind New York and London. | ||
| IT industry competitiveness index[20] | 21/64 countries | Index measures a supply of skills, an innovation-friendly culture, world-class technology infrastructure, a legal regime and well-balanced government support, as well as a competition-friendly business environment. Those countries possessing most of these “competitiveness enablers” are also home to high-performance IT industries: all but four of the top 22 countries in the EIU are also among the world's top countries in terms of IT labour productivity | |||
| Asian Cities of the Future 07/08[21] | Financial Time | 1/38 cities | |||
| 2008 | Capital Access Index 2007 | Milken Institute | 1/122 countries | ||
| Location Ranking Survey[22] | ECA International | 15/254 locations | |||
| World Competitiveness Yearbook[23] | 3/55 economies | ||||
| Mortalities Due to Air Pollution | 8th[24] |