GDP Estimates by Edward Szczepanik (Individual Scholars)

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Output Fields (JSON) Swagger Format
 
Name Type Unit Of Measure Description
Gdp_yr Date Year
Gdp_edszcurpr_a Number HKD Million  GDP Current Price 
Gdp_edsz47pr_a Number HKD Million  GDP 1947/48 Price 
Gdp_edszfc_a Number HKD Million  (a) GDP Factor Cost 
Gdp_edszcapfm_a Number HKD Million  (b) Gross Capital Formation 
Footnotes
GDP Estimates by Individual Scholars
Period: 1947- 64
Unit: HKD Million unless otherwise stated
Source: Edward Szczepanik (1958), The Economic Growth of Hong Kong.
Edward Szczepanik (1960), The National Income of Hong Kong, 1947 - 1960: Tables 13, 14, which is a paper prepared for the First Asian Conference of the I.A.R.I.W. held in the University of Hong Kong, 21 - 28 August, 1960.
K.R. Chou (1966), The Hong Kong Economy: Miracle of Growth.
Note: 1) The figures from Szczepanik and Chou are their own estimates before offical estimation of GDP started.
2) Szczepanik's Estimates
Javascript Example
$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/gdp-est-by-edward-szczepanik?offset=0',
dataType:'json',
success:function(data){
alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)
}
});
 
Python Example
import urllib.request
url = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/gdp-est-by-edward-szczepanik?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())