Merchandise exports to high-income economies in Macao
Macao: Merchandise exports to high-income economies was 93.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Merchandise exports to high-income economies in Macao, 1963–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise exports.
Analysis
Macao recorded 93.8% for merchandise exports to high-income economies in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to high-income economies in Macao peaked at 99.5% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 67.5%, in 1963.
Macao ranks 10th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 60 years of available data.
Merchandise exports to high-income economies in Macao, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 67.5% | — |
| 1964 | 70.0% | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 73.1% | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 76.1% | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 87.0% | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 83.4% | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 81.5% | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 78.4% | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 89.6% | +14.4% |
| 1973 | 89.4% | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 93.8% | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 96.2% | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 98.6% | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 98.6% | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 98.9% | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 99.5% | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 99.1% | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 94.7% | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 93.5% | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 94.5% | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 94.9% | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 92.6% | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 95.5% | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 95.5% | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 95.7% | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 96.0% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 94.9% | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 91.0% | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 89.6% | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 85.6% | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 86.3% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 88.7% | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 91.1% | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 92.4% | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 91.7% | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 89.5% | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 88.3% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 86.4% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 82.7% | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 84.1% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 83.9% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 82.3% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 82.1% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 81.0% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 82.0% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 77.4% | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 75.8% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 76.1% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 76.9% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 75.4% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 80.0% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 78.1% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 74.6% | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 75.4% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 78.1% | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 83.5% | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 85.7% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 88.5% | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 92.5% | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 93.8% | +1.4% |
Macao compared with similar countries
- Macao's 93.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 80.7%, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Macao's 93.8% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 59.1%, 1.6× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.2% | 67.5% | 87.0% | 6 |
| 1970s | 92.4% | 78.4% | 99.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 95.2% | 92.6% | 99.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 90.1% | 85.6% | 94.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.0% | 77.4% | 88.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.4% | 74.6% | 83.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.1% | 85.7% | 93.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More private sector data for Macao
- Merchandise trade 33.2% (2025)
- Food imports 18.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 71.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 15.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 17.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.73 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,528 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0333 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.34 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to high-income economies in Macao?
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies in Macao was 93.8% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise exports to high-income economies recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 1979.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to high-income economies recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.5% in 1963.
- How does Macao rank for merchandise exports to high-income economies?
- Macao ranks 10th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to high-income economies rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Macao data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.