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Establishment and Strength

  31.3.2025 31.3.2026
Establishment of the Government (Notes 1 & 3) 192 850 191 866
(% change over previous year) (-0.6%) (-0.5%)
Strength of the Government (Notes 1 & 4) 174 395 171 808
(% change over previous year) (-0.2%) (-1.5%)
Establishment of the Civil Service (Notes 2 & 3) 190 944 189 963
(% change over previous year) (Note 5) (-0.7%) (-0.5%)
Strength of the Civil Service (Notes 2 & 4) 172 751 170 193
(% change over previous year) (-0.2%) (-1.5%)


Notes:
  1. The establishment and strength figures of the Government include:
    (a) civil servants working in government departments;
    (b) those who have been seconded / posted to subvented / public-funded bodies, e.g. Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Hospital Authority; and
    (c) Judges and Judicial Officers, Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) officers and locally engaged staff working in Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices outside Hong Kong.
  2. The establishment and strength figures of the Civil Service include 1(a) and 1(b) only.
  3. Establishment figures include permanent and time-limited posts.
  4. Strength figures include officers on final leave.
  5. (*) denotes percentage less than 0.05%.