2007 Macao in Figures
TERRITORY
 
                
POPULATION:
                
513,427 residents.
               
                 
CURRENCY:
                
Pataca, pegged to the Hong Kong dollar.
                
                 
LANGUAGE:
                
The official languages are Chinese and Portuguese. English is also widely spoken.        
                 
GEOGRAPHY:
                
The Macao Special Administrative Region, being part of China, is located at the Pearl River Delta of the southeastern coast of Mainland China, and is approximately 60 km southwest of Hong Kong. The territory, 28.6 km2 in area, consists of the Macao Peninsula, Taipa Island and Coloane Island; the Macao Peninsula is connected to the Taipa Island by three bridges and the two islands are connected by land reclamation. The highest peak, of 170.6 m in height, is located on the Coloane Island.
  
                 
CLIMATE:
                
The weather of Macao is in general subtropical to temperate, with an average temperature of 23.1o Celsius in 2006. It is humid and rainy in spring and summer whereas in autumn and winter the relative humidity and rainfall drop. The typhoon season is from May to October, with the highest frequency from July to September.
In 2006, there were 128 rainy days recorded, with a total rainfall of 1,998 mm, which was 136 mm less than the 30-year average value observed from 1971 to 2000. During the year, there were three typhoons, two tropical depressions, one tropical storm and one severe tropical cyclone recorded.
  
                 
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
    2002   2003   2004  
                 
Human development index
     0.904
0.909
0.909  
Life expectancy index
     0.901
 
 0.904
 
 0.905  
Education index
     0.911   0.924   0.924  
GDP index     0.900   0.900   0.899  
                 
   
   
  

DEMOGRAPHY
                
      2004
r 
 2005
r 
 2006  
                 
Populationa   10³
 462.6   484.3   513.4  
Males
     221.7   233.5   252.5  
Females
     241.0   250.7   261.0  
Under 15 years old
   % 17.4   16.1   14.7  
From 15 to 64 years old
     75.2   76.6   78.3  
65 years old and over
     7.4   7.3   7.0  
Annual growth rate
     3.5   4.6   5.8  
Aging ratio
    42.7   45.3   47.8  
Dependency ratio
     33.1   30.5   27.7  
Crude birth rate
   7.3   7.8   8.1  
Crude mortality rate
     3.4   3.4   3.1  
Rate of natural increase
     3.9   4.3   5.0  
Infant mortality rate
     3.0   3.3   2.7  
Sex ratio at birth
   % 112.1   106.4   108.6  
Marriages per 1,000 residents
   no.
 3.8   3.7   4.2  
Divorces per 1,000 residents
     1.0   1.2   1.2  
Population density
   residents/km²
 16,823   17,173   17,952  
                 
      2000-2003   2001-2004   2002-2005  
Life expectancy at birth   years
 79.2
 
 79.3
 
 79.4  
                 
a Estimates as at December 31.                
r Rectified data.                
                 
LAW AND ORDER            
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Crimes registered
   no.
 9,786   10,538   10,855  
Property crimes
     4,987   5,715   5,506  
Crimes against person
     2,334   2,376   2,520  
Crimes against life in society     816   935   1,278  
Crimes against the territory
     831   702   702  
Others
     818   810   849  
Prisoners
     867   897   859  
Males     788   811   773  
Females     79   86   86  
                 

EDUCATION
      2003/2004   2004/2005   2005/2006  
                 
Educational establishments/institutions                
Regular education
   establishments            
Pre-primary education     60   61   56  
Primary education     82   79   77  
Secondary education     59   58   58  
Vocational-technical     4   4   5  
secondary education                
Higher educationa   institutions
 12   12   12  
Special education   establishments            
Pre-primary education     2   1   1  
Primary education     3   2   2  
Secondary education     1   1   1  
Special class     12   11   10  
Adult education     129   129   133  
                 
Students per teacher
   no.
            
Regular education     20.3   18.2   17.7  
Special education     4.9   5.3   5.1  
Adult education     41.8   53.9   60.0  
                 
Students
   no.            
Regular education
     110,494   108,407   107,325  
Pre-primary education     11,936   11,128   10,216  
Primary education     39,278   37,216   35,187  
Secondary education     43,251   43,851   43,751  
Vocational-technical
secondary education		     2,349   2,245   2,244  
Higher educationa     13,680   13,967   15,927  
Special education     568   555   514  
Adult education     96,131   89,480   103,553  
Students per 1,000 residents
     247 r 234 r 222  
                 
a Refers to institutions of higher education as recognized by the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region.      
r Rectified data.                

HEALTH
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Health care establishments
   units
            
Hospital health care
     2   2   3  
Primary health care
     409   425 r  543 p
Chinese medicine and therapy services
     209   211 r 259 p
Residents per doctor
   no. 452 r 469 r 447
 
Residents per nurse
     435 r 427 r 424  
Residents per hospital bed
     470 r 492 r 524  
Underlying causes of death a
  %            
Neoplasms
     32.1   29.2   33.5  
Circulatory system diseases
     26.0   28.4   24.3  
Respiratory system diseases
    

13.2

  

15.8

  

13.9

  
                 
a Data on "Immediate causes of death" was replaced by " Underlying causes of death".          
r Rectified data.
                
p Provisional data.                
                 
ENVIRONMENT
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Total area of Macao
   km²
27.5
   28.2   28.6  
Macao Peninsula
    
8.8
   8.9   9.3  
Taipa Island
    
6.4
   6.5   6.5  
Coloane Island
    
7.6
   7.6   7.6  
Co Tai (embankment area between
Taipa and Coloane)
    
4.7
   5.2   5.2  
Length of coastal line
   km
41.60
   41.74   42.44  
Total green and leisure zones areas
  m²
6,000,735
   ...   5,703,681  
Macao Peninsula
    
1,167,979
   ...   881,722  
Islands
    
4,832,756
   ...   4,821,959  
Per-capita green/leisure zones areas
   m²
13.0
   ...   11.1  
Per-capita average consumption of water
  m³/day
0.35
   0.34
r
 0.36  
Solid waste incinerated
   tonne
256,224
   278,913   286,358  
                 
... Not Available.
                
r Rectified data.
                

LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
        2004   2005   2006  
                   
Labour force participation rate   MF
 % 62.2   63.4   65.9  
  M   70.4   70.9   73.6  
    F   55.0   56.8   58.8  
Unemployment rate   MF
   4.9   4.1   3.8  
    M   5.6   4.4   3.8  
    F   4.0   3.8   3.8  
Underemployment rate   MF
   1.9   1.4   1.0  
    M   2.2   1.6   1.2  
    F   1.5   1.2   0.7  
Median age of employed population  MF
 years
 40.0
 
 39.8
 
 39.6  
    M   41.7   41.6   41.3  
    F   37.8   37.5   37.7  
                   
Median monthly earnings of employed population   MOP
 5,167   5,773   6,701  
                 
Employed population     10³
 219.1   237.5   265.1  
Non-resident workers as at year-end
   no.
 27,736   39,411   64,673  
                   
DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYED POPULATION BY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY  

                 
  Total   % 100.0   100.0   100.0  
                   
  Manufacturing
     16.5   14.9   11.1  
                   
  Construction
     8.3   9.7   11.7  
                   
  Wholesale, retail, repair,
    27.1   25.4   25.0  
  hotels and restaurants
                
 
               
  Transport, storage
    6.8   6.2   6.3  
 
and communications
                
                   
  Financial intermediation,
     8.6   8.8   8.7  
  real estate, renting and business activities
                
                   
  Public admin., other community,
     21.5   21.3   20.3  
  social & personal services              
  (except gaming)                 
                   
  Gaming     10.5   13.0   16.1  
                   
  Others
     0.9   0.8   0.6  
                 
Note: Data has been revised according to results of the 2006 By-census.
          

TRANSPORT
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Licensed vehicles
   no.
 142,583   153,867   164,199  
Automobiles
     68,730   73,726   77,506  
Motorcycles
     72,528   78,816   85,368  
Automobiles per 1,000 residents
     149 r  152 r  151  
Lane length of public roads a
  km
 362.1   368.2   383.6  
Number of traffic accidents
     12,758   13,318   12,963  
Number of fatalities
     16   18   18  
Container flow
   no.
            
Inward
     42,548   40,688   47,239  
Outward
     46,095   42,163   47,280  
Transit
     13,528   11,084   9,275  
Containerised cargo
   tonne
            
Inward
     149,801   178,460   222,457  
Outward
     64,583   50,996   62,535  
Transit
     197,306   152,522   115,361  
Seaborne container throughput
   TEU
 94,457   84,330   94,625  
Commercial flights at the Macao
International Airport		   no.
            
Arrival
     19,161   21,362   23,866  
Departure
     19,166   21,404   23,805  
Air cargo at the Macao International Airport   tonne
            
Inward
     29,586   27,957   24,225  
Outward
     105,786   96,366   89,003  
Transit
     85,456   102,906   107,345  
               
a Measured by traffic directions.
                
r Rectified data.
                
               
COMMUNICATIONS        
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Fixed telephone lines
   no.
 173,928   174,389   176,665  
Mobile telephones users b     432,450
 
 532,758
 
 636,347  
Internet
                
Subscribers
     77,174   88,592   105,283  
Usage
   10³ hours
 53,829   79,179   121,524  
Telephone lines per 1,000 residents units
 376 r  360 r  344  
Mobile telephones per 1,000 residents
     935 r  1,100 r  1,239  
                 
b Include "stored value GSM card users".        
r Rectified data.

CONSTRUCTION
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Completed and extended units              
Residential
   units
 962   1,098   2,783  
    m2 a
 122,125   161,015   411,919  
Commercial
  units
 134   151   202  
    m2 a
 18,860   23,220   42,001  
Offices
   units
 -   1   2  
    m2 a
 -   175   539  
Industrial
   units
 1   -   5  
    m2 a
 5,187   -   1,911  
Others
   units
 11   27   34  
    m2 a 68,936   207,078   819,952  
                 
Units transacted   no.            
Residential
     15,608   20,588   17,175  
Commercial
    2,896   2,441   1,704  
Offices
     1,169   1,665   1,025  
Industrial
     399   320   234  
Others
     7,751   8,630   6,262  
                 
Balance of banking credits granted:
   106 MOP
            
For home ownership   11,663.1   13,635.4   14,841.5  
To construction and public works   2,085.8   2,743.1   4,268.2  
                 
a Gross floor area.
                
- Absolute value equals zero.                
                 
CONSUMPTION AND PRICES           
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Inflation rate (Composite CPI)
   % 0.98   4.40   5.15  
Composite CPI (7/2004-6/2005=100)     98.77   103.11   108.42  

               
          1998/1999   2002/2003  
                 
Average monthly household income MOP
     14,065 b  15,304  
Average monthly household
         10,644
b
 11,026  
consumption expenditure
                
                 
b For comparison in real terms, relevant figures have been adjusted to the 2002/2003 price levels according to
the respective inflation rates.        

EXTERNAL TRADE
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Exports
   106 MOP 22,561.1   19,823.3   20,461.3  
Domestic exports
     17,322.8   14,363.0   14,372.9  
Garment of knitted fabrics
     8,699.2   8,004.9   7,959.6  
Garment of woven fabrics
     6,782.5   5,086.3   4,638.8  
Machines, apparatus and parts thereof
     151.6   128.5   55.5  
Footwear
     811.3   43.0   364.2  
Cements
     5.3   2.8   0.0  
Re-exports
     5,238.3   5,460.4   6,088.4  
                 
Exports by major countries or territories              
USA
     10,990.0   9,646.8   9,021.3  
European Union
     4,883.0   3,387.8   3,996.7  
Germany
     1,866.0   1,173.3   1,497.1  
United Kingdom
     991.6   741.4   837.8  
France
     697.8   533.5   677.9  
Mainland China
     3,140.4   2,946.1   3,035.4  
Hong Kong
     1,703.7   1,943.3   2,292.1  
Taiwan, China
    202.3   182.3   135.6  
Japan
     184.5   170.7   158.9  
                 
Imports
   106 MOP  27,904.0   31,340.3   36,527.3  
Raw materials and semi-manufactures   9,984.0   10,526.7   11,992.7  
Consumer goods
     10,967.3   11,984.2   14,203.2  
Capital goods
     4,807.2   5,797.1   6,343.5  
Fuels and lubricants
     2,145.5   3,032.4   3,987.9  
                 
Imports by major countries or territories              
Mainland China
     12,394.2   13,515.3   16,469.5  
Hong Kong
     2,950.0   3,126.3   3,722.6  
European Union
     3,476.2   4,116.6   4,794.2  
Taiwan, China
     1,354.4   1,260.7   1,173.5  
Japan
     2,684.3   3,412.3   3,049.2  
USA
     1,130.6   1,276.3   1,997.4  

TOURISM
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Visitor arrivals
   10³
 16,672.6   18,711.2   21,998.1  
Asia
     16,346.1   18,283.5   21,486.0  
Hong Kong
     5,051.1   5,614.9   6,940.7  
Mainland China     9,529.7   10,463.0   11,985.6  
Taiwan, China
    1,286.9   1,482.5   1,437.8  
Japan     122.2   169.1   220.2  
Southeast Asia
     260.5   396.1   693.4  
Europe
     125.3   162.6   191.0  
Americas
     143.6   182.8   219.6  
Oceania
     50.0   71.7   84.2  
Hotel occupancy rate
   % 75.6   70.9   72.3  
Average length of stay of visitors days
 1.1   1.1   1.1  
Available rooms in hotel sector no.
 9,168   10,832   12,978  
Per-capita spending of visitors
   MOP
 1,633   1,523   1,610  
By sea
     1,372   1,235   1,302  
By land
     1,569   1,827   1,937  
By air
     4,882   4,881   4,723  
                 
ELECTRICITY
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Gross production
   106 kWh
 1,893.4   2,026.7   1,668.4  
Imports
     151.3   340.8   964.5  
Per-capita consumption
   103 kWh
 4.19 r  4.56 r  4.86  
                 
 
                 
PUBLIC FINANCE             
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Total public revenue
   106 MOP 23,863.5   28,200.8 r 27,362.2a
p
Revenue excluding Autonomous Agencies
     19,344.9   22,768.7   27,163.4
p 
Of which: Revenue from gaming tax
     15,236.6   17,318.6   20,747.6
p 
Other revenue
     4,108.3   5,450.1   6,415.9
p
Autonomous Agencies' receipts
    4,518.7   5,432.1 r 198.8
p 
               
 
Total public expenditure
     17,703.0   21,184.3 r 17,523.4a
p
Eexpenditure excluding Autonomous Agencies
     13,184.4   15,752.1   17,324.7
p 
Autonomous Agencies' expenditure
     4,518.7   5,432.1 r 198.8
p 
                 
a Due to incomplete data on revenue and expenditure of the Autonomous Agencies in the specific accounts of 2006, the total revenue
and total expenditure of 2006 are not directly comparable with those of 2005.
  
r Rectified data.p Provisional data.              

MONEY AND FINANCE    
      2004   2005   2006  
                 
Pataca average exchange rates
    
(MOP per 100 units of foreign currency)
            
Dollar (USA)
 802.3   801.1   800.1  
Euro (EU)
 996.4   997.2   1002.7  
Yuan (Mainland China)
     96.9   97.8   100.2  
Yen (Japan)
     7.4   7.3   6.9  
Money supply (M1)
   106 MOP

13,440.7

  

12,788.9

  

18,255.2

  
Money supply (M2)
     120,947.0   135,659.8   168,911.9  
Net foreign assets   130,675.0   149,142.3 r 192,048.6  
Domestic credits a
    14,458.1   13,607.9 r 8,462.6  
Residents' deposits
     118,174.3   132,685.5   165,171.2  
Savings deposits     42,708.0   36,431.8   45,186.8  
Balance of banking credits granted
     36,420.9   44,456.6   50,487.3  
Insurance
                
Premiums:     1,891.6   2,243.1 r 2,477.7 p 
Life
     1,437.7   1,673.7 r 1,752.4 p 
Non-life
     453.9   569.4 r 725.3 p 
Claims:     506.5   637.7 r 783.6 p 
Life
     414.7   543.8 r 576.9 p 
Non-life
     91.8   129.9 r 206.7 p 
                 
a Domestic credits = Credit extended to private sector + credit to public sector - deposit of public sector.
     
r Rectified data. p Provisional data.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                 
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)           
      2003   2004   2005  
Structure of the production-based            
GDP at current prices
  
%
            
Secondary sector:     12.7   11.6   14.7  
Manufacturing     6.1   5.1   4.3  
Electricity, gas and water supply     2.6   2.1   1.8  
Construction
     3.9   4.4   8.6  
Tertiary sector:
     91.4   91.6   88.7  
Wholesale, retail, repair, hotels and restaurants    11.7   12.8   12.1  
Transport, storage and communications   5.3   5.0   4.7  
Financial intermediation, real estate, 20.2   19.3
r 
 22.5  
renting and business activities
                
Public admin., other community,    54.2   54.5
r 
 49.5  
social & personal services (including gaming)                
Less: adjustment for FISIMb  4.1   3.1   3.5  
         
b Financial intermediation services indirectly measured.
          
r Rectified data.  
Note: GDP - revised estimates (2004) ; preliminary estimates (2005).    

 

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)              
 (Cont'd.)  
2004
 
2005
 
2006
  
               
 GDP by expenditure approach              
At current prices
   106 MOP
 82,966.4   92,950.9   114,364.4  
      (+30.5)   (+12.0)   (+23.0)  
Private consumption expenditure
     22,777.2   25,147.8   27,940.0  
      (+10.2)   (+10.4)   (+11.1)  
Government final consumption expenditure    7,200.4   8,402.4   8,772.3  
      (+5.4)   (+16.7)   (+4.4)  
Gross capital formation
     14,021.5   25,415.1   39,087.0  
      (+50.8)   (+81.3)   (+53.8)  
Exports of goods and services
     87,273.5   88,853.0   104,796.5  
      (+32.9)   (+1.8)   (+17.9)  
minus Imports of goods and services
     48,306.2   54,867.4   66,231.6  
      (+24.1)   (+13.6)   (+20.7)  
Per-capita GDP
   MOP 181,580   195,214   227,508  
      (+27.1)   (+7.5)   (+16.5)  
                 
At constant (2002) prices   106 MOP 80,349.2   85,886.5   100,150.1  
      (+28.4)   (+6.9)   (+16.6)  
Private consumption expenditure     22,786.1   24,432.2   26,435.7  
      (+8.8)   (+7.2)   (+8.2)  
Government final consumption expenditure    7,044.0   7,818.4   7,906.0  
      (+4.3)   (+11.0)   (+1.1)  
Gross capital formation
     12,176.3   19,096.1   26,638.8  
      (+38.8)   (+56.8)   (+39.5)  
Exports of goods and services
     86,167.0   87,382.5   101,220.2  
      (+31.6)   (+1.4)   (+15.8)  
minus Imports of goods and services
     47,824.1   52,842.8   62,050.6  
      (+21.5)   (+10.5)   (+17.4)  
Per-capita GDP
   MOP 175,852   180,377   199,231  
      (+25.1)   (+2.6)   (+10.5)  
Real growth rates
   %            
Private investment
     +40.9   +74.5   +51.4  
Public investment
     +26.2   +11.5   -14.6  
Domestic demanda
     +15.2   +22.2   +18.8  
Net exportsb
     +46.9   -9.9   +13.4  
Exports of goods
     +8.3   -11.5   +2.8  
Exports of services
     +42.3   +6.0   +19.7  
Imports of goods
     +24.0   +9.1   +18.7  
Imports of services
     +13.9   +15.1   +13.5  
                 
Deflator
                
Domestic demand deflator
   (2002=100) 104.74   114.84   124.30  
      (+3.8)   (+9.6)   (+8.2)  
GDP deflator
  (2002=100) 103.26   108.23   114.19  
      (+1.7)   (+4.8)   (+5.5)  
                 
a Domestic demand=Private consumption expenditure+Government final consumption expenditure+Gross capital formation.  
b Net exports=Exports-Imports.  
( ) Variations over preceding year.
                
Note: GDP - revised estimates (2004 & 2005) ; preliminary estimates (2006).         
       
Last update : 21/05/2007