Macao
World Bank name: Macao SAR, China
- Capital
- Not listed
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- High income
- Population
- 686,000 (2025)
At a glance
- Prices in Macao rose 0.3% in 2025, slower than in most countries.
- Macao's economy grew 4.7% in 2025, faster than most economies.
- Output per person in Macao was US$75,902 in 2025, higher than in most countries.
- 2.4% of Macao's labour force had no job in 2025, a lower share than in most countries.
- Macao had 686,000 people in 2025: about less than 0.1% of everyone on Earth, the 167th largest population of 217 countries and territories.
- Macao had a current account surplus of 39.6% of GDP in 2025, higher than in most countries.
Inflation
2025Consumer prices, change over the year (yearly average)
Since 2000
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| Year | Macao | World median |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.3% | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | 5.7% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | 8.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | 1.6% |
Economic growth
2025Real GDP, change over the year
Since 2000
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| Year | Macao | World median |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7% | 3.4% |
| 2024 | 7.9% | 3.4% |
| 2023 | 75.3% | 3.2% |
| 2022 | −19.0% | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 22.5% | 5.1% |
| 2020 | −54.4% | −3.8% |
| 2019 | −2.5% | 2.8% |
| 2018 | 6.4% | 3.2% |
| 2017 | 9.9% | 3.3% |
| 2016 | −0.7% | 3.1% |
GDP per person
2025GDP divided by population, in US dollars at current prices
Since 2000
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| Year | Macao | World median |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | US$75,902 | US$7,882 |
| 2024 | US$72,005 | US$7,853 |
| 2023 | US$67,216 | US$7,862 |
| 2022 | US$36,807 | US$7,656 |
| 2021 | US$44,885 | US$7,269 |
| 2020 | US$36,884 | US$6,433 |
| 2019 | US$81,883 | US$7,037 |
| 2018 | US$83,588 | US$6,978 |
| 2017 | US$77,571 | US$6,548 |
| 2016 | US$68,912 | US$5,982 |
Unemployment
2025Share of the labour force without a job (ILO modelled estimate)
Since 2000
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| Year | Macao | World median |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4% | 5.1% |
| 2024 | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| 2023 | 2.2% | 5.2% |
| 2022 | 2.5% | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | 2.5% | 6.4% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | 5.4% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | 5.4% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | 5.6% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | 5.9% |
Population
2025Everyone living in the country, mid-year
Since 2000
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| Year | Macao |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 686,000 |
| 2024 | 687,000 |
| 2023 | 679,000 |
| 2022 | 677,000 |
| 2021 | 683,000 |
| 2020 | 685,000 |
| 2019 | 672,000 |
| 2018 | 659,000 |
| 2017 | 648,000 |
| 2016 | 653,000 |
Current account balance, % of GDP
Since 2002
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| Year | Macao | World median |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.6% | −0.8% |
| 2024 | 33.7% | −1.3% |
| 2023 | 29.3% | −1.2% |
| 2022 | 12.0% | −3.0% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | −2.4% |
| 2020 | 13.0% | −1.7% |
| 2019 | 32.8% | −2.1% |
| 2018 | 32.4% | −2.9% |
| 2017 | 30.4% | −2.1% |
| 2016 | 26.1% | −2.8% |
No recent World Bank figure for Macao: government debt.
About these figures
All numbers are yearly. The world median is the middle value of all countries with a figure for the same year: half of them are above it and half below. Sparklines show Macao since 2000 or since its first figure.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), updated 2026-10-08. Original sources: Inflation: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics; Economic growth: national statistical offices and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates; GDP per person: national statistical offices and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates; Unemployment: International Labour Organization, ILO modelled estimates (ILOSTAT); Population: United Nations Population Division (World Population Prospects) and national statistical offices; Current account balance: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics, with World Bank and OECD data. Yearly figures; recent years are often revised. All sources and terms.