Form of Government: China's Special Administrative Region
Area: 32.9 sq km
Population: 683 100 inhab. (estimate 2020)
Density: 20 762.92 inhab./sq km
Coordinates: lat. 22° N; long. 113° E
Capital:
Currency: pataca (100 avos)
Chief Executive: Fernando Chui Sai On, since 20 December 2009
Internet: www.dsec.gov.mo (Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Censos)
Member of WTO

Macau

Macau, Aomen

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Politics and current affairs

A Portuguese trading colony since 1557, Macau was declared an overseas territory in 1954. In 1976 it was given special independent administrative status. As established by an agreement drawn up in 1987, on 20 December 1999, Macau was returned to China. For 50 years it will have a high degree of autonomy, similar to that of Hong Kong.
It comprises the island of Macau (8.7 km²) and the city of the same name, as well as the islands of Taipa and Coloane.

Administrative division

Parish	AREA	INHABITANTS	YEAR
Nossa Senhora de Fátima	3.2 sq km	254 000 inhab.	2018
Santo António	1.1 sq km	137 700 inhab.	2018

Cities

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Macau	531 400	inhab.	2018

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Population

Population by age and gender (% - 2020)

75+

60-74

45-59

30-44

15-29

0-14

MALE

AGE

FEMALE

Demographic statistics

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Birth rate	9$	‰	2018
Death rate	3.1	‰	2018

Ethnic groups

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Chinese	88.4	%	2016
other Asian	4.7	%	2016

Religions

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
animist/traditional beliefs	48.1	%	2015
Buddhist	17.3	%	2015

Languages

DESCRIPTION
Chinese
Portuguese

Population by selected age groups

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
0-14 years	14.6	%	2020
15-29 years	17.7	%	2020

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Economy

Economy.
The economy is based on the manufacturing and construction industries. Another important factor in the local economy is the number of casinos on the island, attracting large numbers of tourists.

Economy - General data

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Agricultural prod. index (2004-06=100)	90$	index	2016
Agricultural prod. index (2014-16=100)	81.88	index	2019

Balance of trade	-10 232.2	M US$	2020
GDP	24 333	M US$	2020
GDP annual growth rate	-56.306	%	2020
GDP per capita	36 350.162	US$	2020
GDP per capita, purchasing power parity (PPP)	56 077.875	international dollars	2020
GNI	49 178.489	M US$	2019
GNI per capita	76 787.997	US$	2019
GNI per capita, purchasing power parity (PPP)	123 380	international dollars	2018
Hi-tech exports	0.164	% of exported products	2014
Industrial prod. index (2005=100)	41.6	index	2012
Industrial prod. index (2010=100)	132.7	index	2015
Inflation	0.811	%	2020

Economy - Employment

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Active population	394 426	units	2020
Active population, Females	48.4	%	2019

Economy - Unemployment

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Unemployment rate	2.5	%	2020
Unemployment rate, Females	39$	%	2019

Economy - State budget

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Expenses	91 300	M LCU	2020
Revenues	94 700	M LCU	2020

Employment by economic activity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
agriculture	0.4	%	2019
industry	9.7	%	2019

GDP by economic activity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
industry	7.258	%	2019
services	92.742	%	2019

Financial data

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Currency in circulation	21.949	BN LCU	2020
International reserves	25 144.935	M US$	2020

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Agriculture

Agriculture - products - Aromatics

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
pepper	0.222	1000 t	2019

Agriculture - areas harvested - Aromatics

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
pepper	0.132	1000 ha	2019

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Forests-Livestock-Fishing

Forestry

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
timber	7 709	m³	2019

Livestock - Poultry

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
birds	787	1000 heads	2019

Livestock - Livestock products

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
eggs	0.425	1000 t	2019
hides and skins	0.118	1000 t	2019

Fishing

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
crustaceans and molluscs	480	t	2019
marine fishes	1 020	t	2019

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Energy

Electric energy - Generated

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
- thermal	780	M kWh	2019
non-renewable electricity generation	100	%	2019

Electric energy - Installed capacity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
- thermal	448	1000 kW	2018

Electric energy - Total production and capacity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
total net generation	780	M kWh	2019
total installed capacity	448	1000 kW	2018

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Industry

Industry - Chemicals

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
nitrogen fertilizers	9.9	1000 t	2017
phosphate fertilizers	0.06	1000 t	2017

Industry - Textiles

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
wool yarn	0.4	1000 t	2003

Industry - Clothing and footwear

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
footwear	12 131 000	pairs	2003

Industry - Food and beverages

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
soft drinks, excluding mineral waters	6$	1000 hl	2003

Industry - Tobacco

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
tobacco	41$	t	2001

Industry - Various

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
food, beverages and tobacco production	130.435	M US$	2018
manufacturing production	308.779	M US$	2019

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Trade

Composition of goods exports

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
manufactures	35.266	% of goods exports	2019
food products	34.328	% of goods exports	2019

International trade by country - Merchandise Export

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Hong Kong	264.8	M US$	2010
China	99.2	M US$	2010

International trade by country - Merchandise Import

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
China	1 714	M US$	2010
Hong Kong	578.3	M US$	2010

Merchandise Export

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
2020	1 354	M US$	-
2019	1 586	M US$	-

Merchandise Import

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
2020	11 586	M US$	-
2019	11 167	M US$	-

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Tourism

International Tourism

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Expenditures	1 471	M US$	2019
Number of arrivals	18 633 000	units	2019

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Communications

Communication - Transport

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Civil aviation, passengers carried	3 659.9	1000 units	2019
Merchant fleet	1$	units	2021

Communication - Media and telecommunication

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Broadband subscribers	305.646	per 1000 pop.	2018
Computers	384.1	per 1000 pop.	2006

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Social and welfare

Social statistics - Education

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Expected years of schooling	16.442	years	2019
Graduates	7 872	units	2018

Social statistics - Students and Teachers by level

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Students, primary level	32 530	units	2019
Students, secondary level	26 022	units	2019

Social statistics - Social protection

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Social protection spending	25.301	% of total expenses	2019

Social statistics - Health

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Hospital beds	2.5	per 1000 pop.	2020
Physicians	2.6	per 1000 pop.	2020

Social statistics - Diseases

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Tuberculosis (prevalence)	49$	per 100 000 pop.	2008

Research

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Research and development spending	0.202	% of GDP	2018

Other social indicators

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Access to electricity	100	%	2019
Access to improved drinking-water source	100	%	2017

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São Lázaro	0.6 sq km	33 100 inhab.	2018
São Lourenço	1$ sq km	54 500 inhab.	2018
Sé	3.4 sq km	52 100 inhab.	2018
Co Tai	6$ sq km	-	2017
Coloane Island	7.6 sq km	28 900 inhab.	2018
Macao Peninsula	9.3 sq km	531 400 inhab.	2018
Taipa Island	7.9 sq km	106 100 inhab.	2018
MACAO	30.8 sq km	667 400 inhab.	2018

nonreligious/atheist	15.4	%	2015
Taoist	11$	%	2015
Catholic	4.5	%	2015
other Christian	2.5	%	2015
other religions	1.2	%	2015

Merchant fleet, gross tonnage	2 007	t	2021
Motor vehicles	118 704	units	2020
Motor vehicles per 1000 pop.	174	per 1000 pop.	2020
Passenger cars	111 369	units	2020
Passenger cars per 1000 pop.	163	per 1000 pop.	2020
Roads	453	km	2020

Daily newspapers	377	per 1000 pop.	2001
Internet users	864.679	per 1000 pop.	2019
Mobiles	3 453.245	per 1000 pop.	2018
Radios	754	per 1000 pop.	2006
Ratio of mobile to fixed telephone lines	17.666	units	2019
Telephone lines	195.475	per 1000 pop.	2018
TVs	95.7	% of households	2006

Alcohol consumption per capita	6.1	litres	2008
Calories available per capita/day	3 026	units	2017-19
CO2 emissions	2.013	M t	2018
CO2 emissions per capita	3.017	t	2018
Electricity consumption per capita	7 900	kWh	2020
PM10 emissions	33.165	µg/m³	2011
PM2.5 emissions	28.431	µg/m³	2019
Population undernourished	8.5	%	2017-19

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Macau

Macau

Administrative division

Population

Economy

Agriculture

Forests-Livestock-Fishing

Energy

Industry

Trade

Tourism

Communications

Social and welfare

Divorce rate	2.3	‰	2018
Females	53.2	%	2020
Fertility rate	1$	units	2017
Household number	194 400	units	2018
Household size	3$	units	2018
Infant mortality rate	3.4	‰	2018
Life expectancy	83.6	years	2018
Life expectancy, Females	86.6	years	2018
Life expectancy, Males	80.6	years	2018
Males	46.8	%	2020
Marriage rate	5.8	‰	2018
Natural increase rate	5.9	‰	2018
Population < 15 years	14.6	%	2020
Population > 60 years	19.2	%	2020
Population at latest census	650 834	pop.	2016 (census)
Population growth rate	1.6	%	2015-2020
Sex ratio, males per 100 females	88$	units	2020
Urban population	100	%	2017

30-44 years	24.7	%	2020
45-59 years	23.8	%	2020
60-74 years	14.6	%	2020
75+ years	4.6	%	2020

ores and metals	19.277	% of goods exports	2019
agricultural raw materials	2.941	% of goods exports	2019

United States	95.6	M US$	2010
Vietnam	23.5	M US$	2010
Germany	17.4	M US$	2010
Japan	13.2	M US$	2010
France	8.8	M US$	2010
Italy	1.8	M US$	2010
Switzerland	0.51	M US$	2010

France	504.8	M US$	2010
Japan	477.8	M US$	2010
Switzerland	417.6	M US$	2010
United States	383.8	M US$	2010
Italy	258.9	M US$	2010
Germany	165.5	M US$	2010
Vietnam	14.3	M US$	2010

2018	1 510	M US$	-
2017	1 406	M US$	-
2016	1 257	M US$	-
2015	1 339	M US$	-
2014	1 241	M US$	-
2013	1 138	M US$	-
2012	1 021	M US$	-
2011	869	M US$	-
2010	870	M US$	-
2009	961	M US$	-
2008	1 997	M US$	-
2007	2 543	M US$	-
2006	2 557	M US$	-
2005	2 476	M US$	-
2004	2 812	M US$	-
2003	2 581	M US$	-
2002	2 356	M US$	-
2001	2 300	M US$	-
2000	2 539	M US$	-
1999	2 200	M US$	-
1998	2 141	M US$	-
1997	2 148	M US$	-
1996	1 996	M US$	-
1995	1 997	M US$	-
1994	1 866	M US$	-
1993	1 787	M US$	-
1992	1 766	M US$	-
1991	1 665	M US$	-
1990	1 701	M US$	-

2018	11 162	M US$	-
2017	9 451	M US$	-
2016	8 925	M US$	-
2015	10 603	M US$	-
2014	11 262	M US$	-
2013	10 140	M US$	-
2012	8 982	M US$	-
2011	7 927	M US$	-
2010	5 629	M US$	-
2009	4 751	M US$	-
2008	5 880	M US$	-
2007	6 045	M US$	-
2006	5 236	M US$	-
2005	4 514	M US$	-
2004	4 094	M US$	-
2003	3 232	M US$	-
2002	3 009	M US$	-
2001	2 824	M US$	-
2000	2 625	M US$	-
1999	2 040	M US$	-
1998	1 955	M US$	-
1997	2 082	M US$	-
1996	2 000	M US$	-
1995	2 042	M US$	-
1994	2 001	M US$	-
1993	2 025	M US$	-
1992	1 968	M US$	-
1991	1 852	M US$	-
1990	1 539	M US$	-

Gross enrolment ratio, primary - Female	100.283	index	2019
Gross enrolment ratio, primary - Male	102.336	index	2019
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary - Female	100.979	index	2019
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary - Male	101.09	index	2019
Illiteracy rate, adult	3.5	%	2016
Public spending on education	2.739	% of GDP	2018
Students	92 831	units	2019
Teachers	7 539	units	2019

Students, tertiary level	34 279	units	2019
Teachers, primary level	2 402	units	2019
Teachers, secondary level	2 684	units	2019
Teachers, tertiary level	2 453	units	2019