Indicators of economy in Macao
The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2020 was at about 10.915 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Macao reached 39.403 US dollars per inhabitant, or 25.59 bn US Dollar in the whole country. Macao is therefore currently ranked 101 of the major economies. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Macao is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 12.Inflation in Macao was in 2020 at around 0.81%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.62%. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.
Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 25.0% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 67 and is compared to other countries moderate.
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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020
The consequences of the Covid pandemic were drastic in Macao. Overall, gross domestic product in 2020 fell from 55.20 billion US Dollar to 25.59 billion US Dollar. With such a substantial drop of 53.65 percent, the economy in Macao is struggling far more than other countries. The tourism sector alone slumped by around 77 percent. The unemployment rate rose from 1.8 to 2.6 percent. The inflation rate has fallen from 2.8 percent previously to 0.8 percent by the end of 2020.Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2021
Economic performance 2020
Macao Total | Macao per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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GDP | 25.59 bn USD | 39,403.14 USD | 15,291.93 tn USD | 29,692.11 USD |
Gross national product | 48.48 bn USD | 74,653.34 USD | 15,330.84 tn USD | 29,767.66 USD |
Development of the Gross domestic product in billion US Dollar 1982 - 2020
Im- and Exports 2020
Macao Total | Macao per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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Imports | 15.67 bn USD | 24,131.12 USD | 7,340.01 bn USD | 14,251.98 USD |
Exports | 15.14 bn USD | 23,323.38 USD | 7,939.04 bn USD | 15,415.11 USD |
Development of imports and exports in billion US dollars 2002 - 2020
Exports
Imports