Fact · welfare · 2020
Poverty rate (post-policy, 2020)
貧窮率（政策介入後，2020年）
Figure and reference date
23.6%
23.6%
Notes and definition
Commission on Poverty 2020 Report: post-policy poverty rate of 23.6%.
Other figures in this group (welfare)
Figures in the same group are not necessarily additive — check the basis note above first. Social security.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive Social Security Assistance cases 綜合社會保障援助計劃個案 | 194,000 194 000 宗 | 2025-12 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Old Age Living Allowance cases 長者生活津貼個案 | 794,000 794 000 宗 | 2025-12 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Old Age Allowance cases 高齡津貼個案 | 375,000 375 000 宗 | 2025-12 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Disability Allowance cases 傷殘津貼個案 | 185,000 185 000 宗 | 2025-12 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| CSSA payments 綜援發放款項 | HK$22.353 billion 223.53 億港元 Financial year, not calendar year. | 2024-25 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Poor population (post-policy, 2020) 貧窮人口（政策介入後，2020年） | about 1,653,000 persons 約 165.3 萬人 Commission on Poverty 2020 Report: post-policy poor population of about 1,653,000. | 2020 | Commission on Poverty: Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2020 |
| Subvented elderly residential care homes and places (2025) 資助安老院舍及宿位數（2025年） | 120 homes, 15,298 places 120 間院舍、15,298 個宿位 SWD: 120 subvented elderly homes with 15,298 places. | 2025-12-31 | Social Welfare Department: Service statistics |
| Average waiting time for subsidised residential care places (2025) 輪候資助安老宿位平均時間（2025年） | about 11 months overall (average) 整體平均約 11 個月 SWD Central Waiting List: average wait of about 11 months overall (average, not median). | 2025-12-31 | SWD: Central Waiting List statistics for elderly services |
| CSSA caseload and recipients (Jun 2026) 綜合社會保障援助（綜援）個案及受助人數（2026年6月） | 194,548 cases / 256,732 recipients 194,548 宗個案／256,732 名受助人 SWD monthly release, caseload by nature as at end-Jun 2026. | 2026-06 | SWD/GIA press release: CSSA caseload (Jun 2026) |
| CSSA scheme payments (2024-25) 綜援計劃發放款項（2024-25年度） | HK$22.353 billion 223.53 億港元 SWD annual statistics: 2024-25 CSSA payments fell for a second year. | 2025 | SWD: Social security statistics (annual figures) |
| Social Security Allowance cases (Mar 2025) 公共福利金個案數目（2025年3月） | 1,336,512 cases 1,336,512 宗 SSA cases by allowance type as at 31 Mar 2025. | 2025-03 | SWD: Social security statistics (annual figures) |
Other figures from the same official source
These figures come from the same registered document: “Commission on Poverty: Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2020” (Commission on Poverty). Being in one document does not make them additive.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor population (post-policy, 2020) 貧窮人口（政策介入後，2020年） | about 1,653,000 persons 約 165.3 萬人 Commission on Poverty 2020 Report: post-policy poor population of about 1,653,000. | 2020 | Commission on Poverty: Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2020 |
How to cite this figure
Hong Kong Story, “Poverty rate (post-policy, 2020)”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/poverty-rate-2020, data as at 2020 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈貧窮率（政策介入後，2020年）〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/poverty-rate-2020，資料時點 2020（查閱日期 ＿）。
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Registered source
Commission on Poverty: Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2020
Commission on Poverty
Official document dated 2021-10; last checked by this site 2026-10-11.
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