Macau Environment - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Environment - current issues

air pollution; coastal waters pollution; insufficient policies in reducing and recycling solid wastes; increasing population density worsening noise pollution

Air pollutants

carbon dioxide emissions: 2.07 megatons (2016 est.)

Climate

subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers

Land use

agricultural land: 0% (2018 est.)

other: 100% (2018 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 100% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 1.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Revenue from forest resources

forest revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.)

Revenue from coal

coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.)

Waste and recycling

municipal solid waste generated annually: 377,942 tons (2016 est.)

municipal solid waste recycled annually: 75,588 tons (2014 est.)

percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 20% (2014 est.)

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.