Hong Kong exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Hong Kong in East Asia, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 5.2K | 0.0M | $191.6B | 12.55% | 0.00% | 12.90% |
| IND | 1.1K | 0.0M | $4.7B | 2.53% | 0.00% | 0.32% |
| RES | 35.4K | 7.0M | $1,289.4B | 84.92% | 100.00% | 86.79% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Hong Kong.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Hong Kong.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Hong Kong.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Eastern | 1.5K | 527.8K | $138.4B | 3.51% | 7.49% | 9.32% |
| Yau Tsim Mong | 3.1K | 311.0K | $129.2B | 7.43% | 4.41% | 8.70% |
| Sha Tin | 1.5K | 639.7K | $112.2B | 3.56% | 9.08% | 7.55% |
| Central & Western | 3.4K | 236.4K | $106.3B | 8.05% | 3.36% | 7.15% |
| Tuen Mun | 1.4K | 501.3K | $101.3B | 3.34% | 7.11% | 6.82% |
| Sai Kung | 2.9K | 481.6K | $97.6B | 6.86% | 6.83% | 6.57% |
| Yuen Long | 9.0K | 653.5K | $96.9B | 21.61% | 9.27% | 6.52% |
| Kowloon City | 2.8K | 343.5K | $88.2B | 6.74% | 4.88% | 5.93% |
| Wan Chai | 2.4K | 166.8K | $85.4B | 5.85% | 2.37% | 5.75% |
| North | 1.4K | 301.0K | $76.9B | 3.39% | 4.27% | 5.18% |
| Tsuen Wan | 1.1K | 315.8K | $76.2B | 2.56% | 4.48% | 5.13% |
| Kwun Tong | 1.0K | 573.8K | $70.2B | 2.39% | 8.14% | 4.73% |
| Sham Shui Po | 2.2K | 430.8K | $67.2B | 5.32% | 6.11% | 4.52% |
| Kwai Tsing | 0.6K | 463.2K | $56.9B | 1.54% | 6.57% | 3.83% |
| Wong Tai Sin | 0.5K | 351.1K | $55.0B | 1.28% | 4.98% | 3.70% |
| Tai Po | 3.7K | 312.6K | $54.0B | 8.95% | 4.44% | 3.64% |
| Southern | 2.2K | 254.6K | $49.4B | 5.22% | 3.61% | 3.33% |
| Islands | 1.0K | 181.6K | $24.3B | 2.40% | 2.58% | 1.63% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Hong Kong.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2-3/RES | RES | 11,712 | 228,147 | $325,893,854.4K | 28.07% | 3.24% | 21.93% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:21-30/RES | RES | 3,073 | 1,713,473 | $116,271,105.5K | 7.36% | 24.32% | 7.83% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:11-20/RES | RES | 2,172 | 645,742 | $88,187,401.4K | 5.21% | 9.16% | 5.94% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/RES | RES | 2,739 | 174,505 | $80,748,747.6K | 6.56% | 2.48% | 5.43% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2-3/RES | RES | 1,122 | 66,731 | $79,603,519.3K | 2.69% | 0.95% | 5.36% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:11-20/RES | RES | 2,125 | 609,399 | $79,156,078.0K | 5.09% | 8.65% | 5.33% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/RES | RES | 1,987 | 172,223 | $58,103,580.4K | 4.76% | 2.44% | 3.91% | |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2-3/RES | RES | 2,308 | 77,175 | $55,713,488.6K | 5.53% | 1.10% | 3.75% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:31-40/RES | RES | 1,254 | 1,006,772 | $55,112,401.2K | 3.01% | 14.29% | 3.71% |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/RES | RES | 1,499 | 213,580 | $54,508,231.8K | 3.59% | 3.03% | 3.67% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2-3/COM | COM | 1,643 | 0 | $46,881,267.4K | 3.94% | 0.00% | 3.16% | |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:21-30/RES | RES | 294 | 311,003 | $33,981,383.2K | 0.70% | 4.41% | 2.29% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:>40/RES | RES | 436 | 640,831 | $27,150,238.8K | 1.04% | 9.09% | 1.83% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/RES | RES | 945 | 52,222 | $26,554,898.7K | 2.26% | 0.74% | 1.79% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:21-30/COM | COM | 478 | 0 | $25,812,257.6K | 1.15% | 0.00% | 1.74% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:11-20/RES | RES | 227 | 145,796 | $25,299,793.0K | 0.54% | 2.07% | 1.70% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:11-20/RES | RES | 192 | 106,555 | $25,160,199.2K | 0.46% | 1.51% | 1.69% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-6/RES | RES | 269 | 44,750 | $23,485,385.7K | 0.64% | 0.64% | 1.58% | |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/RES | RES | 548 | 88,041 | $20,546,956.9K | 1.31% | 1.25% | 1.38% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/RES | RES | 474 | 67,889 | $18,535,755.4K | 1.14% | 0.96% | 1.25% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:4-6/RES | RES | 205 | 18,712 | $15,279,169.5K | 0.49% | 0.27% | 1.03% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:11-20/COM | COM | 325 | 0 | $13,277,445.1K | 0.78% | 0.00% | 0.89% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:7-10/RES | RES | 153 | 31,300 | $13,207,997.3K | 0.37% | 0.44% | 0.89% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 810 | 2,065 | $12,471,443.5K | 1.94% | 0.03% | 0.84% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:31-40/COM | COM | 195 | 0 | $12,090,270.2K | 0.47% | 0.00% | 0.81% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/COM | COM | 338 | 0 | $12,062,900.1K | 0.81% | 0.00% | 0.81% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:11-20/COM | COM | 320 | 0 | $11,833,761.9K | 0.77% | 0.00% | 0.80% | |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:31-40/RES | RES | 122 | 213,093 | $11,206,752.3K | 0.29% | 3.02% | 0.75% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2-3/COM | COM | 572 | 0 | $10,967,011.8K | 1.37% | 0.00% | 0.74% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/COM | COM | 229 | 0 | $10,612,280.8K | 0.55% | 0.00% | 0.71% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/COM | COM | 314 | 0 | $9,966,891.4K | 0.75% | 0.00% | 0.67% | |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2-3/RES | RES | 150 | 4,501 | $8,549,591.8K | 0.36% | 0.06% | 0.58% |
| MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/COM | COM | 213 | 0 | $6,271,343.2K | 0.51% | 0.00% | 0.42% | |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:>40/RES | RES | 42 | 100,919 | $5,909,565.5K | 0.10% | 1.43% | 0.40% |
| S | SRC/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:31-40/RES | RES | 77 | 64,445 | $5,207,908.2K | 0.18% | 0.91% | 0.35% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:>40/COM | COM | 75 | 0 | $4,689,599.6K | 0.18% | 0.00% | 0.32% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:7-10/RES | RES | 55 | 12,163 | $4,544,647.1K | 0.13% | 0.17% | 0.31% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2-3/COM | COM | 94 | 0 | $4,542,180.7K | 0.23% | 0.00% | 0.31% | |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:7-10/RES | RES | 50 | 11,800 | $4,171,619.2K | 0.12% | 0.17% | 0.28% | |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/COM | COM | 80 | 0 | $3,156,115.4K | 0.19% | 0.00% | 0.21% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/COM | COM | 68 | 0 | $3,011,489.7K | 0.16% | 0.00% | 0.20% | |
| S | SRC/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:>40/RES | RES | 31 | 56,517 | $2,880,210.2K | 0.07% | 0.80% | 0.19% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-6/RES | RES | 53 | 3,526 | $2,855,867.7K | 0.13% | 0.05% | 0.19% |
| S | S/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:31-40/RES | RES | 76 | 88,164 | $2,624,986.2K | 0.18% | 1.25% | 0.18% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 93 | 0 | $2,593,769.1K | 0.22% | 0.00% | 0.17% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 74 | 361 | $2,346,959.2K | 0.18% | 0.01% | 0.16% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:21-30/COM | COM | 19 | 0 | $1,712,889.9K | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.12% | |
| S | SRC/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:31-40/COM | COM | 11 | 0 | $1,710,910.8K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.12% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 113 | 14,116 | $1,565,343.3K | 0.27% | 0.20% | 0.11% |
| S | S/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:>40/RES | RES | 28 | 38,752 | $1,351,126.2K | 0.07% | 0.55% | 0.09% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:31-40/COM | COM | 13 | 0 | $1,317,445.2K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2-3/IND | IND | 299 | 0 | $1,309,312.8K | 0.72% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-6/COM | COM | 21 | 0 | $1,252,037.6K | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:11-20/COM | COM | 13 | 0 | $1,172,569.3K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.08% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:7-10/COM | COM | 11 | 0 | $1,140,093.5K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.08% | |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2-3/COM | COM | 12 | 0 | $1,040,138.4K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:4-6/COM | COM | 13 | 0 | $979,484.1K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 42 | 0 | $747,739.2K | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| S | S/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:31-40/RES | RES | 8 | 7,966 | $686,749.9K | 0.02% | 0.11% | 0.05% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 9 | 0 | $650,248.7K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:21-30/IND | IND | 104 | 0 | $558,778.4K | 0.25% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| S | S/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:31-40/COM | COM | 15 | 0 | $533,543.1K | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:11-20/COM | COM | 8 | 0 | $501,349.2K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| S | S/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:>40/RES | RES | 4 | 12,845 | $482,958.7K | 0.01% | 0.18% | 0.03% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:7-10/COM | COM | 3 | 0 | $454,283.3K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:11-20/IND | IND | 79 | 0 | $376,679.3K | 0.19% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/IND | IND | 88 | 0 | $370,112.6K | 0.21% | 0.00% | 0.02% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/IND | IND | 72 | 0 | $367,556.4K | 0.17% | 0.00% | 0.02% | |
| S | S/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:31-40/COM | COM | 1 | 0 | $366,410.3K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2-3/IND | IND | 97 | 0 | $346,426.5K | 0.23% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:11-20/IND | IND | 74 | 0 | $290,469.6K | 0.18% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:31-40/IND | IND | 37 | 0 | $275,692.7K | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.02% | |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-6/COM | COM | 5 | 0 | $151,571.1K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/IND | IND | 45 | 0 | $135,525.6K | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| S | S/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:>40/IND | IND | 3 | 0 | $117,984.1K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 24 | 0 | $99,101.2K | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 7 | 21 | $75,776.9K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/IND | IND | 45 | 0 | $63,872.4K | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:7-10/COM | COM | 1 | 0 | $63,698.3K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/IND | IND | 12 | 0 | $62,460.1K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/IND | IND | 18 | 0 | $62,306.8K | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2-3/IND | IND | 8 | 0 | $47,816.3K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 3 | 0 | $42,642.4K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:>40/IND | IND | 9 | 0 | $35,565.0K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:>40/COM | COM | 2 | 0 | $33,846.2K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:4-6/IND | IND | 5 | 0 | $29,460.2K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:7-10/IND | IND | 2 | 0 | $23,807.4K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:31-40/IND | IND | 2 | 0 | $22,564.6K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| S | SRC/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:>40/COM | COM | 1 | 0 | $14,377.1K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:11-20/IND | IND | 3 | 0 | $14,075.9K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:>40/IND | IND | 1 | 0 | $12,844.5K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-6/IND | IND | 7 | 0 | $11,553.1K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:21-30/IND | IND | 2 | 0 | $11,039.3K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| S | SRC/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:31-40/IND | IND | 2 | 0 | $8,622.4K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2-3/IND | IND | 2 | 0 | $4,699.0K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 9 | 0 | $3,840.7K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:11-20/IND | IND | 1 | 0 | $1,644.4K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-6/IND | IND | 1 | 0 | $333.3K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |