International Rankings of Macau 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Macau, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Macau, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	38	32	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	114	193057	0
Internet users - percent of population	43	83.79 %	2018
Internet users - total	150	508052	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	76	19.55	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	131	119355	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	1	345.33	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	147	2.108 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	96	9.684 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	78	14.710 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	2	10 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	88	53.841 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	20	79.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	117	9.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	184	24.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	53	32 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	96	18.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	47	0.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	150	0 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	167	6.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	4	93.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	67	2 %	2017
Labor force	158	392000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	128	2.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	109	9.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	159	4.4 %	0
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	99	79.392 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	198	N/A US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	74	29.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	151	2.563 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	124	5.077 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	44	4.306 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	149	472000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	149	929.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	99	178.200 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	71	175.500 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	129	12700	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	136	14180 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	186	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2021
Land use - agricultural land	192	0	2018
Land use - arable land	157	N/A	2021
Land use - forest	183	N/A	2021
Land use - other	1	100	2018
Land use - permanent crops	87	N/A	2021
Land use - permanent pasture	161	N/A	2021
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A	2021
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	86	1.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	97	377942 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	83	75588 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	39	20 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	224	28.2 sq km	0
Area - total	223	28 sq km	0
Area - water	158	0236 sq km	0
Coastline	161	41 km	0
Elevation - highest point	170	172 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	147	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	154	3 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	192	0	2018
Land use - arable land	157	N/A	2021
Land use - forest	183	N/A	2021
Land use - other	1	100	2018
Land use - permanent crops	87	N/A	2021
Land use - permanent pasture	161	N/A	2021
Total renewable water resources	179	N/A	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	176	10.45 %	0354
Age structure - 25-54 years	10	49 %	6762
Age structure - 55-64 years	14	14.57 %	5007
Birth rate	179	9.41 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	177	4.64 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	58	16.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	91	6.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	148	35.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	164	19.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	50	2.7 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	166	4.6 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	172	4.77 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	170	4.69 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	3	87.86 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	3	81.89 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	3	84.81 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	42	40.9 years	2020
Median age - male	24	40.7 years	0
Median age - total	34	40.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	33	3.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	144	N/A %	2021
Physicians density	63	2.41 physicians/1,000 population	2010
Population	165	630396	2021
Population growth rate	101	0.79 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	106	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	108	N/A % of population	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	12	1.12	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	42	0.81	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	23	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.88 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	27	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	143	1.21 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	133	4.2	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	117	5.5	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	129	4.9	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	86	1.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2021
Transportation
Airports	121	1	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	24	2	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	66	31.840 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	70	3.158 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	81	21	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	0
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	140	428 km	2017
Roadways - total	152	428 km	2017
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Macau on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Macau 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Macau 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.