TNAG-0876-FCO40-1086-Development-of-social-welfare-policy-in-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 253

Gross Domestic Product

Year

(millions of HK$)

1974/75

35,252

Total Spending on Social Services

(millions of HK$)

Proportion of GDP (%)

2697.8

7.65

Spending on

Social Security

and Welfare (millions of HK$)

275.5

Proportion of GDP

(%)

0.78

1975/76

37,268

2894.9

7.77

359.2

0.96

1976/77

47,226

3084.5

6.53

365.1

0.77

1977/78

54,599

4348.9

7.97

398.7

0.73

1978/79

(estimate)

63,389

5198.7

8.20

542.2

0.86

་