| 25-1 Principal Statistical Indicators | |||||
| Items | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Population and Demographics Characteristics① | |||||
| Mid-year Estimates of Population (10 000) | 43.8r | 44.4r | 45.5r | 47.3r | 49.9 |
| Crude Birth Rate (‰) | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3r | 7.8r | 8.1 |
| Crude Death Rate (‰) | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| Labour① | |||||
| Labour Force (10 000) | 21.9 | 21.9 | 23.0 | 24.8 | 27.5 |
| Labour Force Participation Rate (%) | 62.6 | 61.2 | 62.2 | 63.4 | 65.9 |
| Unemployment Rate (%) | 6.3 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Underemployment Rate (%) | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| Employed Population (10 000) | 20.5 | 20.5 | 21.9 | 23.7 | 26.5 |
| Manufacturing | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| Wholesale and Retail Trades | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Hotels and Restaurants | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| Public Administration, Community, | 6.0 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 9.7 |
| Social and Personal Services | |||||
| External Trade | |||||
| Exports (100 million MOP) | 189 | 207 | 226 | 198 | 205 |
| Domestic Exports (100 million MOP) | 148 | 163 | 173 | 144 | 144 |
| Re-exports (100 million MOP) | 42 | 44 | 52 | 55 | 61 |
| Imports (100 million MOP) | 203 | 221 | 279 | 313 | 365 |
| Terms of Trade Index (1996=100) | 99.7 | 100.9 | 99.0 | 95.1 | 92.4 |
| Industrial Production | |||||
| Electricity Consumption (100 million kwh) | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| Construction (Private Sector) | |||||
| Units Completed and Extended (No.) | |||||
| 381 | 1566 | 1108 | 1277 | 3026 | |
| Gross Floor Area of Buildings Completed | |||||
| and Extended (10 000 sq.m) | 10 | 24 | 22 | 39 | 128 |
| Units Started (No.) | 1326 | 2658 | 2757 | 4947 | 4756 |
| Gross Floor Area of | |||||
| Buildings Started (10 000 sq.m) | 16 | 53 | 72 | 213 | 105 |
| Number of Units Sold (No.) | 16831 | 18556 | 27823 | 33644 | 26400 |
| Deed of Real Estate Transacted (No.) | 17513 | 14400 | 18623 | 20022 | 13593 |
| Real Estate Mortgage Loans (No.) | 9902 | 9198 | 13786 | 14769 | 9156 |
| Transport, Communications, Tourism | |||||
| Lorries Entering and Departing Macao (10 000) | 47.8 | 47.8 | 56.6 | 60.8 | 66.5 |
| Ferry Trips Entering and Departing Macao(10 000) | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.6 |
| Commercial Flights at Macao International | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| Airport (10 000) | |||||
| Licensed Vehicles (10 000) | 12.4 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.4 | 16.4 |
| Telephone Lines (10 000) | 45.2 | 53.9 | 60.6 | 70.7 | 81.3 |
| Visitors (10 000) | 1153 | 1189 | 1667 | 1871 | 2200 |
| Hotel Occupancy Rate (%) | 67 | 64 | 76 | 71 | 72 |
| Government Accounts, Money and | |||||
| Finance (100 million MOP) | |||||
| Total Government Revenue② | 152 | 184 | 239 | 282r | 274 |
| Total Government Expenditure② | 135 | 157 | 177 | 212r | 175 |
| Money Supply(M2) | |||||
| MOP③ | 275 | 297 | 314 | 367 | 453 |
| HKD | 512 | 594 | 662 | 701 | 910 |
| Other Currencies | 202 | 220 | 234 | 288 | 326 |
| Total | 990 | 1111 | 1209 | 1357 | 1689 |
| Loans/Advances to Resident Firms & Individuals | 336 | 331 | 355 | 425 | 488 |
| Consumer Price Index | |||||
| (July/2004 - June/2005=100) | |||||
| Composite Consumer Price Index | 99.4 | 97.8 | 98.8 | 103.1 | 108.4 |
| Consumer Price Index (A) | 99.2 | 97.9 | 99.1 | 103.5 | 109.5 |
| Consumer Price Index (B) | 99.6 | 98.0 | 98.9 | 103.1 | 108.2 |
| Housing (End of period balance) | |||||
| Public Housing (No.) ④ | 9656 | 7037 | 6829 | 6936 | 6637 |
| Education ⑤ | |||||
| Pre-primary Education (Students) | 12737 | 11936 | 11128 | 10216 | |
| Primary Education (Students) | 41535 | 39278 | 37216 | 35187 | |
| Secondary Education (Students) | 43999 | 45600 | 43851 | 43751 | |
| Higher Education (Students) | 11995 | 13680 | 13967 | 15927 | |
| Health⑥ | |||||
| Registered Deaths (No.) | 1415 | 1474 | 1533 | 1615 | 1566 |
| Deaths of Heart Diseases (No.) | 203r | 217r | 191r | 197r | 158 |
| Deaths of Cancers (No.) | 447r | 440r | 492r | 470r | 525 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | 3.5 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| (per 1000 registered live births) | |||||
| Social Security | |||||
| Beneficiaries (person) | 138514 | 145677 | 164165 | 181117 | 204002 |
| Contributors | 9421 | 10078 | 11013 | 12305 | 13760 |
| Number of Payments Granted (10 000) | 23.6 | 30.4 | 28.3 | 23.9 | 24.0 |
| Amount of Payments Granted (10 000 MOP) | 34610 | 53003 | 45302 | 28556 | 26672 |
| Crime | |||||
| Number of Crimes | 9088 | 9920 | 9786 | 10538 | 10855 |
| Number of Prisoners (as at the end of year) | 928 | 913 | 867 | 897 | 859 |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ⑦ | |||||
| At Constant (2002) Prices | |||||
| Expenditure-based GDP Real Growth Rate (%) | 10.1 | 14.2 | 28.4r | 6.9r | 16.6 |
| GDP (100 million MOP) | 548.2 | 625.8 | 803.5r | 858.9r | 1001.5 |
| GDP per Capita (10 000 MOP) | 12.5 | 14.1 | 17.6r | 18.0 | 19.9 |
| At Current Prices | |||||
| Expenditure-based GDP Nominal Growth Rate(%) | 10.3 | 16.0 | 30.5r | 12.0r | 23.0 |
| GDP (100 million MOP) | 548.2 | 635.7 | 829.7r | 929.5r | 1143.6 |
| GDP per Capita (10 000 MOP) | 12.5 | 14.3 | 18.2r | 19.5r | 22.8 |
| Notes:①Data between 2002 and 2005 have been revised according to results of the by-census 2006. | |||||
| ②Because of incomplete data on the revenue and expenditure of the autonomous agencies in the specific accounts of 2006, the total revenue | |||||
| and the total expenditure of 2006 are not directly comparable with those of 2005. Figures of 2006 are subject to revisions as more data | |||||
| become available. | |||||
| ③Pataca (MOP) is the legal tender in the Macao Special Administrative Region, as stated in "The Basic Law of the Macao Special | |||||
| Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China". | |||||
| ④Excluding the units that had been sold. | |||||
| ⑤Excluding students in special education. The number of students of year n refer to the students at the end of academic year n/n+1. | |||||
| ⑥Data on the cause of death is tabulated by the "underlying cause of death" instead of the "immediate cause of death". | |||||
| ⑦Major revision to GDP series was conducted in 2005 and the base year was renewed from 1996 to 2002. | |||||