Yet in 2021, according to the Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report for 2020, before policy intervention, 23.6 per cent of Hong Kong’s population – 1.653 million people – live in poverty. In 2016, Hong Kong’s Gini coefficient before tax and welfare transfer stood at 0.539 – 0.002 higher than five years ago; after tax and welfare transfer Hong Kong’s Gini coefficient still stood at 0.473, which are both the highest in 45 years, clearly indicating that Hong Kong's is one the most unequal developed economies in the world. Oxfam Hong Kong believes that one of the signs of success in a society is a narrow gap between the rich and poor; success should not be based on the exploitation of the poorest.