This is a list of International rankings of Hong Kong.
| Date | Contest | Host organisation | Ranking | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 and 2006 | National IQ Rankings | IQ and the Wealth of Nations, the University of Ulster | 1/185 countries | Controversial |
| 2001–05 | World's Best Airports | Skytrax | 1/155 countries | |
| 2005 | Ranking of Container Ports of the World | AAPA World Port Rankings | 2/50 ports by container traffic | 7/50 ports by cargo volume |
| Networked Readiness Index (NRI) | World Economic Forum | 11/115 countries | ||
| Worldwide quality-of-life index | The Economist | 18/111 countries | ||
| 2006 | 6th Annual Global e-Government Study (Brown University) | Global e-Government | 20/198 countries | |
| Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006 | Reporters Without Borders | 59/168 countries | ||
| Corruption Perceptions Index | Transparency International | 15/163 countries | ||
| World Competitiveness Yearbook 2006 | IMD International | 2/61 economies | Economies include those of countries and regions | |
| World City's Skyline/Skyscrapers | Emporis Data Committee (EDC) | 1/100 major cities | Cities ranked by the visual impact of their skylines | |
| Global Competitiveness Report - Growth Competitiveness Index Ranking | World Economic Forum | 11/125 countries | ||
| World's Best Airports | Skytrax | 2/165 countries | ||
| Business Competitiveness Index - BCI | World Economic Forum | 10/121 countries | ||
| Human Development Index - HDI | United Nations | 22/177 countries | ||
| Access Index (p.19)] | FedEx: The Power of Access - 2006 Access Index | 1/75 countries | ||
| Potential Competitiveness | Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) | 1/50 countries | ||
| 2007 | Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index | World Economic Forum | 6/124 countries | |
| Index of Economic Freedom | Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal: 2008 | 1/157 countries | Ranked 1st for 14 years in a row | |
| World's most expensive city for rental accommodation | ECA International | 1/92 countries | ||
| Leading Centers of Commerce | MasterCard study | 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 | 5/143 cities | ||
| World's Best Airports | Skytrax | 1/155 countries | ||
| World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007 | IMD International | 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 | |
| E-readiness | Economist Intelligence Unit | 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 | World Bank | 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 | Asian Corporate Governance Association | 1/11 countries | ||
| Global Financial Centre Index | 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 | Economist Intelligence Unit | 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 | Financial Time | 1/38 cities | ||
| 2008 | Capital Access Index 2007 | Milken Institute | 1/122 countries | |
| Location Ranking Survey | ECA International | 15/254 locations | ||
| Economist Intelligence Unit's 2008 e-Readiness Rankings | Economist Intelligence Unit | 2/70 Countries | The latest "e-readiness" ranking of the world's largest economies puts the U.S. on top, followed closely by Hong Kong. The annual survey examines the information and communication technology (ICT) of 70 economies, using a model developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit in cooperation with the IBM Institute for Business. | |
| World Competitiveness Yearbook | IMD | 3/55 economies | ||
| Mortalities Due to Air Pollution | WHO | 8th |