ECONDEX

Economic and development data for every country, explained with the numbers checked.

Macao SAR, China

East Asia & Pacific. High income. Population 685,900 (2025).

Key trends

GDP per person (PPP) (constant international $)
55,772 113,959 172,146 1995 2025 117,098
GDP growth (%)
−51.8 10.5 72.7 1995 2025 4.7
Inflation, consumer prices (% annual)
−3.0 2.7 8.4 1995 2025 0.3
Life expectancy at birth (years)
76.9 80.4 84.0 1995 2024 83.3

Indicators

Each country reports for different years, so check the year beside every figure. Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with recent data.

Economy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
GDP per person (PPP)constant international $ 117,098 2025 +57,436 −6,096 4 of 199
GDP growth% 4.7% 2025 +59.1 pp +26.4 pp 56 of 209
GDP per person growth% 4.8% 2025 +60.1 pp +29.2 pp 32 of 209
GNI per person (Atlas method)current US$ 69,920 2024 −1,680 +1,390 14 of 201
Trade% of GDP 139.1% 2025 +15.7 pp +19.9 pp 27 of 183
Foreign direct investment, net inflows% of GDP 2.2% 2025 +26.8 pp +1.1 pp 95 of 195

Prices and jobs

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Inflation, consumer prices% annual 0.3% 2025 −0.5 pp −4.2 pp 159 of 180
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate)% of labour force 2.3% 2025 −0.2 pp +0.5 pp 164 of 186

People and health

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Populationpeople 685,900 2025 +500 +43,000 167 of 217
Population growth% annual −0.2% 2025 −2.1 pp −3.5 pp 184 of 217
Urban population% of total 100.0% 2025 0.0 pp 0.0 pp 6 of 217
Life expectancy at birthyears 83.3 2024 −0.6 +0.3 16 of 217

Education

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Adult literacy rate% of people aged 15+ 96.5% 2016 * +0.9 pp +3.0 pp –
Government spending on education% of GDP 3.5% 2023 +0.8 pp +1.5 pp 110 of 171

Access and infrastructure

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Internet users% of population 89.8% 2024 +3.4 pp +20.0 pp 56 of 185
Access to electricity% of population 100.0% 2024 0.0 pp 0.0 pp 56 of 215

Environment and energy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Renewable energy% of final energy consumption 11.0% 2022 +7.1 pp −0.1 pp 141 of 212

* Latest figure is too old to be included in rankings or peer medians.

Advanced metrics

Indicator Own history Versus peers (latest) Growth and catch-up
10-yr meanZ-score Income group medianRegion medianVolatility (σ) 10-yr CAGR% of high-income median10 yrs earlier
GDP per person (PPP) 105,951 +0.4 49,305 13,961 30,733 −0.5% 238% 276%
GDP growth 2.4% +0.1 2.2% 3.6% 33.5 – – –
GDP per person growth 1.5% +0.1 1.7% 3.4% 33.8 – – –
GNI per person (Atlas method) 59,749 +0.9 37,020 7,690 11,132 +0.2% 194% 243%
Trade 133.2% +0.3 100.6% 98.8% 22.8 – – –
Foreign direct investment, net inflows 3.7% −0.1 2.1% 2.1% 11.5 – – –
Inflation, consumer prices 1.7% −1.0 2.3% 2.1% 1.4 – – –
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate) 2.1% +0.9 5.1% 3.0% 0.3 – – –
Population 668,570 +1.1 2,930,494 1,418,517 16,422 +0.7% 23% 25%
Population growth 1.0% −0.9 0.4% 0.6% 1.4 – – –
Urban population 100.0% – 81.3% 65.4% 0.0 – – –
Life expectancy at birth 83.5 −0.4 81.3 73.0 0.4 – – –
Government spending on education 3.6% −0.1 4.5% 4.2% 1.6 – – –
Internet users 83.8% +1.0 93.5% 84.6% 6.2 – – –
Access to electricity 100.0% – 100.0% 100.0% 0.0 – – –
Renewable energy 9.5% +0.4 11.4% 11.4% 4.0 – – –

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