Services, electronics, machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals, minerals, stone, agriculture, and textiles are major industries of Macao.
In 2020, Services industry exports was valued at USD 11.6 billion for Macao. Electronics export accounted for USD 133 million, machinery for USD 303 million, vehicles for USD 18.9 million, chemicals for USD 87.6 million, metals for USD 60.6 million, minerals for USD 13.5 million, stones for USD 233 million, textiles for USD 321 million and agriculture for USD 149 million in 2020.
Macao, officially Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. It was earlier a Portuguese colony, and in 1999 it was transferred to China.
Macao had population of 0.683 million in the year 2021 and expected to reach 0.742 million by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 1.39%.
Macao’s real gross domestic product (GDP) was MOP 204.41 billion in 2020 and while recovering from the COVID-19 impact it increased by 15.25% to be around MOP 241.184 billion in 2021. It is further expected to increase by 11.57% and reach MOP 465.126 billion by 2027.
Macao’s employment rate was 0.395% of total labor force in 2020. It is expected to decrease at a CAGR of 0.77% and reach 0.386% by 2023.
Due to Covid-19, the unemployment level for Macao was 2.55% of total labor force in 2020 for Macao. Unemployment increased in 2021 by 13.56% and reached 2.95% of total labor force. It is expected to further decrease at a CAGR of 7.23% and reach 1.88% by 2027.
Macao’s per capita GDP was USD 43,771.84 whereas purchasing power parity (PPP) based per capita GDP was USD 71,121.99 for the year 2021.
In 2021, Macao government’s revenue was MOP 71.142 billion whereas the expenditure was MOP 110.764 billion. This resulted in Macao government’s net lending / borrowing negative at MOP 39.622 billion in 2021 indicating that not enough financial resources were made available by the Macao government to boost economic growth.
The current account balance for Macao was positive at USD 4.127 billion for the year 2021 and is expected to increase at a CAGR of 31.59% and reach USD 21.428 billion by 2027. This positive current account balance indicates that Macao will remain a net lender to the rest of the world till 2027.
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