| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Electoral democracy index | 0.151 indexV-Dem [2025] |
| Liberal democracy index | 0.142 indexV-Dem [2025] |
| Government effectiveness | 1.64 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Rule of law | 0.921 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Control of corruption | 1.57 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Voice & accountability | -0.321 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Political stability | 0.631 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Regulatory quality | 1.74 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Cabinet fragmentation index | No authoritative open source found |
| Governing majority margin | No authoritative open source found |
| Parties in executive cabinet | No authoritative open source found |
| Women in parliament | No authoritative open source found |
| Constitutional history supplement | No authoritative open source found |
| Legal system | mixed system of common law based on the English model and Chinese customary law (in matters of family and land tenure); China's imposition of National Security Law incorporates elements of Chinese civil lawCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Suffrage (voting rights) | 18 years of age in direct elections for 20 of the 90 Legislative Council seats and all of the seats in 18 district councils; universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past 7 years; note: in indirect elections, suffrage is limited to about 220,000 members of functional constituencies for the other 70 legislature seats and a 1,500-member election committee for the chief executive drawn from broad sectoral groupings, central government bodies, municipal organizations, and elected Hong Kong officialsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
several previous (governance documents while under British authority); latest drafted April 1988 to February 1989, approved March 1990, effective 1 July 1997 (Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China serves as the constitution)
Source: CIA World Factbook (Historical Archive — final edition) · CC0 · Edition 2026-05
How to read these indices
V-Dem democracy indices range from 0 to 1 — higher values mean stronger democratic institutions. World Bank WGI governance estimates range from about −2.5 to +2.5, where higher is better. These are comparative indices across countries, not absolute scores.
