International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) in Macao
Macao: International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) was 60.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, receipts in Macao, 2002–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total exports.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, receipts in Macao stood at 60.6%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 33.1% on the previous year and down 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, receipts in Macao peaked at 93.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 60.6%, in 2020.
Macao ranks 12th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) in Macao, year by year
| Year | % of total exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 64.4% | — |
| 2003 | 68.2% | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 73.7% | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 70.0% | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 72.6% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 77.0% | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 82.0% | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 89.6% | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 91.9% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 93.5% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 93.3% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 93.6% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 92.3% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 89.4% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 90.2% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 90.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 90.9% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 90.5% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 60.6% | -33.1% |
Macao compared with similar countries
- Macao's 60.6% is above the median for high income countries, which is 4.2%, 14.4× the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Macao's 60.6% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.4%, 11.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) in Macao changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -33.1% | 90.5% | 60.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 74.7% | 64.4% | 89.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 91.6% | 89.4% | 93.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.6% | 60.6% | 60.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Macao
- 9 French Polynesia 65.1% compare
- 10 East Timor 64.0% compare
- 11 Saint Kitts and Nevis 61.8% compare
- 13 Bahamas 59.6% compare
- 14 Vanuatu 50.4% compare
- 15 Jamaica 48.1% compare
More private sector data for Macao
- Merchandise trade 33.2% (2025)
- Food imports 18.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 15.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 7.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 37.2% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 5.9% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 1.73 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 43.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,528 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, receipts in Macao?
- International tourism, receipts in Macao was 60.6% in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, receipts recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 93.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest international tourism, receipts recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.6% in 2020.
- How does Macao rank for international tourism, receipts?
- Macao ranks 12th out of 183 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, receipts rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, receipts (% of total exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.