International Rankings of Macau 2023, 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	22	32	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	121	208000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	19	88 %	2021
Internet users - total	162	607200	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	16	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	132	110000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	1	410	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	143	2.800 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	95	10.165 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	75	18.119 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	2	10 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	36	2.956 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	205	0 US Dollars	2013
Exports	79	26.625 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	89	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	118	9.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	186	24.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	54	32 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	98	18.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	48	0.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	150	0 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	172	6.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	4	93.7 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	78	35 %	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	87	22.788 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	83	5.17 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	166	0.81 %	2020
Labor force	161	404500 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	130	2.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	113	9.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	164	4.4 %	0
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	194	0 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	118	44.490 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	6	19.27 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	13	64800 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	63	26.665 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	72	21.73 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	181	3.01 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	139	6.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	110	11.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	123	9.2	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	110	268000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	159	1.744 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	122	5.279 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	41	4.853 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	150	478000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	152	136.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	2	33.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	78	66.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	73	81.407 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	109	136.714 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	78	133.712 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	149	14300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	138	14180 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	184	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions	185	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	197	0	2018
Land use - arable land	161	N/A	2023
Land use - forest	185	N/A	2023
Land use - other	1	100	2018
Land use - permanent crops	87	N/A	2023
Land use - permanent pasture	163	N/A	2023
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	87	1.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
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	236	28.2 sq km	0
Area - total	238	28 sq km	0
Area - water	165	0236 sq km	0
Coastline	175	41 km	0
Elevation - highest point	183	172 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	160	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	162	3 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	197	0	2018
Land use - arable land	161	N/A	2023
Land use - forest	185	N/A	2023
Land use - other	1	100	2018
Land use - permanent crops	87	N/A	2023
Land use - permanent pasture	163	N/A	2023
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	195	8.82 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	101	53.5 %	2023
Death rate	177	4.81 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	68	16.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	100	5.9 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	172	36.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	178	20 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	23	6.3 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	108	0.6 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	173	4.41 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	177	4.59 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	176	4.5 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	3	88.18 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	3	82.28 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	3	85.16 years	0
Literacy - female	33	95.9 %	2021
Literacy - male	14	98.5 %	0
Literacy - total population	23	97.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	45	40.9 years	2020
Median age - male	27	40.7 years	0
Median age - total	35	40.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	37	3.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	170	639971	2023
Population growth rate	100	0.71 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	2023
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	2023
Sanitation facility access - total	122	N/A % of population	2023
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	4	19 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	4	17 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	4	18 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	35	0.88 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	24	0.89 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	29	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	145	1.23 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	87	1.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	139	6.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	110	11.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	123	9.2	0
Transportation
Airports	122	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	24	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	143	1	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	71	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	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	144	428 km	2017
Roadways - total	171	428 km	2017
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Macau 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Macau 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.