Hong Kong's Gini coefficient, already high in the 1970s, grew to 0.525 in 2001 and reached 0.56 in 2006. That figure is on a par with that of Uruguay and marks the territory as having one of the most unequal income distributions in the world.
70 年代就已偏高的基尼係數，到了 2001 年來到了 0.525，2006 年更上攀 0.56，與南美的烏拉圭等國，並列全球貧富差距最嚴重的地區之一。