International Rankings of Macau 2022, 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	21	32	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	118	208000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	18	88 %	2020
Internet users - total	149	571421	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	38	17	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	128	110000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	1	430	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	140	2.793 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	94	9.684 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	76	14.710 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	2	10 % of GDP	0
Exports	12	45.350 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	87	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	112	9.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	179	24.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	51	32 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	94	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	143	0 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	159	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	66	2 %	2017
Labor force	155	392000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	121	2.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	105	9.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	150	4.4 %	0
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	123	35.580 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	11	54800 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	70	29.2 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	125	6.4	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	98	9.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	110	8.1	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	108	268000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	153	1.744 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	120	5.279 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	40	4.853 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	145	478000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	147	136.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	2	33.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	70	66.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	72	81.407 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	107	136.714 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	76	133.712 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	146	14300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	133	14180 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	177	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - methane emissions	176	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	182	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2022
Land use - agricultural land	183	0	2018
Land use - arable land	150	N/A	2022
Land use - forest	174	N/A	2022
Land use - other	1	100	2018
Land use - permanent crops	81	N/A	2022
Land use - permanent pasture	153	N/A	2022
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	176	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	84	1.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	96	377942 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	83	75588 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	37	20 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	207	28.2 sq km	0
Area - total	207	28 sq km	0
Area - water	152	0236 sq km	0
Coastline	149	41 km	0
Elevation - highest point	158	172 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	152	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	149	3 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	183	0	2018
Land use - arable land	150	N/A	2022
Land use - forest	174	N/A	2022
Land use - other	1	100	2018
Land use - permanent crops	81	N/A	2022
Land use - permanent pasture	153	N/A	2022
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	167	10.45	0354
Age structure - 25-54 years	9	49	6762
Age structure - 55-64 years	14	14.57	5007
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	148	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	132	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	164	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Birth rate	175	9.11 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	91	N/A % of GDP	0
Death rate	159	4.72 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	64	16.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	96	5.9 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	161	36.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	167	20 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	105	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	21	6.3 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
Infant mortality rate - female	162	4.5 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	164	4.68 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	163	4.59 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	3	88.02 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	3	82.09 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	3	84.98 years	0
Literacy - female	34	95 %	2016
Literacy - male	17	98.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	26	96.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	113	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2022
Median age - female	41	40.9 years	2020
Median age - male	23	40.7 years	0
Median age - total	32	40.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	33	3.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	138	N/A %	2022
Physicians density	154	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	161	635293	2022
Population growth rate	94	0.75 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	93	N/A % of population	2022
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	N/A % of population	2022
Sanitation facility access - total	115	N/A % of population	2022
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	93	N/A % of population	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	4	19 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	3	17 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	4	18 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	12	1.11	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	37	0.83	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.74 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	27	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	134	1.22 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	84	1.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	125	6.4	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	98	9.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	110	8.1	0
Transportation
Airports	119	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	21	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	133	1	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	69	31.840 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	69	3.158 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	79	21	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	136	428 km	2017
Roadways - total	147	428 km	2017
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Macau 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Macau 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.