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General Information

Region		Eastern Asia
Population (000, 2025)		722^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		22 562.7^a
Capital city		Macao
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		642.1^d
Surface area (km2)		33^b,c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		85.3^a
National currency		Pataca (MOP)
Exchange rate (per US$)		8^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	45 048	25 344	45 803^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-21.5	-54.3	75.1^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	72 404.0	37 103.0	64 158.0^c
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	10.4	10.1	7.2^c
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	89.6	89.9	92.8^c
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	0.5	0.5	0.5^c
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	19.9	14.8	14.4^c
Employment in services^f (% employed)	79.6	84.7	85.1^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	1.8	2.6	2.5^f
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	66.1 / 76.5	63.5 / 74.4^f	57.6 / 72.3^f
CPI: Consumer Price Index^g (2010=100)	131	145	149^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	87	78	74^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 339	1 025	1 070^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	10 603	11 950	15 892^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 9 264	- 10 926	- 14 823^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	10 515	3 752	14 380^c

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.9	1.8	0.1^a
Urban population (% of total population)	100	100^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.3^h	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.1	0.9	0.7^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	85.6 / 80.3	86.7 / 82.4	85.5 / 81.3^a
Population age distributionⁱ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	13.1 / 14.2	14.4 / 18.0	13.7 / 22.0^a
International migrant stock^j,k (000/% of total pop.)	376.1 / 60.4	403.5 / 59.1	426.9 / 59.3^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0	...
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	3.8	3.3	3.3^a
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^f (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.8 / 98.0	93.8 / 91.8	87.5 / 85.5^c
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^f (f/m per 100 pop.)	107.2 / 110.9	94.6 / 93.4	94.1 / 100.0^c
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^f (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.6 / 92.2	85.2 / 81.2	89.4 / 86.5^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.2	0.3	0.6^c

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^l (per 100 inhabitants)	77.6	87.5^f	89.2^f,c
Research & Development expenditure^m (% of GDP)	0.1	0.5ⁿ	0.5^o
Threatened species (number)	11	26	56^e
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1.6 / 2.6	0.9 / 1.3	0.9 / 1.3^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	3	3	3^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	68	53	52^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^p (000)	14 308	2 822	2 484^o
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	0^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	100.0 / ...	100.0 / ...	100.0 / ...^o
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	61.1 / ...	66.1 / ...	68.1 / ...^o

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		Inland waters include the reservoirs.
c		2023
d		2019
e		2024
f		Estimate.
g		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
j		Refers to foreign citizens.
k		Including refugees.
l		Population aged 3 years and over.
m		Partial data.
n		Break in the time series.
o		2022
p		Does not include other non-residents namely workers, students, etc.