24-1 Principal Statistical Indicators


Items	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007

Population and Demographics Characteristics①
Mid-year Estimates of Population (10 000 persons)	44.4	45.5	47.3	49.9	52.6
Crude Birth Rate (‰)	7.2	7.3	7.8	8.1	8.6
Crude Death Rate (‰)	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.1	2.9
Infant Mortality Rate (‰)	0.6	3.0	3.3	2.7	2.4
(per 1000 registered live births)
Labour①
Labour Force (10 000 persons)	21.9	23.0	24.8	27.5	31.0
Labour Force Participation Rate (%)	61.2	62.2	63.4	65.9	69.2
Unemployment Rate (%)	6.0	4.9	4.1	3.8	3.1
Underemployment Rate (%)	2.7	1.9	1.4	1.0	1.0
Employed Population (10 000 persons)	20.5	21.9	23.7	26.5	30.0
Manufacturing	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.0	2.4
Wholesale and Retail Trades	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.8
Hotels and Restaurants	2.2	2.4	2.5	3.0	3.5
Public Administration, Community,	1.8	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.2
Social and Personal Services
External Merchandise Trade
Exports (100 million MOP)	207	226	198	205	204
Domestic Exports (100 million MOP)	163	173	144	144	135
Re-exports (100 million MOP)	44	52	55	61	69
Imports (100 million MOP)	221	279	313	365	431
Terms of Trade (2006=100)	109.4r	107.3r	103.0r	100.0r	96.2
Industrial Production
Electricity Consumption (100 million kwh)	2.0	2.1	2.5	2.4	2.4
Construction (Private Sector)
Units Completed and Extended (No.)	1566	1108	1277	3026	2051
Gross Floor Area of Buildings Completed
and Extended (10 000 sq.m)	24	22	39	128	193
Units Started (No.)	2658	2757	4947	4756	4390
Gross Floor Area of
Buildings Started (10 000 sq.m)	53	72	213	105	220
Number of Units Sold (No.)	18556	27823	33644	26400	32250
Deed of Real Estate Transacted (No.)	14400	18623	20022	13593	14558
Real Estate Mortgage Loans (No.)	9198	13786	14769	9156	13250
Transport, Communications, Tourism
Lorries Entering and Departing Macao(10 000 times)	47.8	56.6	60.8	66.5	67.4
Ferry Trips Entering and Departing Macao	7.7	8.6	9.2r	9.6r	10.5
(10 000 times)
Commercial Flights at Macao International Airport	2.9	3.8	4.3	4.8	4.9
(10 000 times)
Licensed Vehicles (10 000 units)	13.2	14.3	15.4	16.4	17.6
Telephone Lines (10 000 units)	53.9	60.6	70.7	81.3	97.2
Visitors Arrival (10 000 person-times)	1189	1667	1871	2200	2699
Hotel Occupancy Rate (%)	64	76	71	72	77
Government Accounts, Money and
Finance (100 million MOP)
Total Government Revenue②	184	239	282	372r	407⑧
Total Government Expenditure②	157	177	212	273r	189⑧
Money Supply (M2)
MOP③	297	314	367	453	510
HKD	594	662	701	910	1015
Other Currencies	220	234	288	326	331
Total	1111	1209	1357	1689	1855
Domestic Loans/Advances to the Private Sector	331	355	425	488	683
Consumer Price Index
(July/2004 - June/2005=100)
Composite Consumer Price Index	97.8	98.8	103.1	108.4	114.5
Consumer Price Index (A)	97.9	99.1	103.5	109.5	115.9
Consumer Price Index (B)	98.0	98.9	103.1	108.2	114.1
Housing (End of period balance)
Public Housing (No.) ④	7037	6829	6936	6637	6681
Education ⑤
Pre-primary Education (person)	11936	11128	10216	9453
Primary Education (person)	39278	37216	35187	32674
Secondary Education (person)	45600	46096r	45995r	44988
Higher Education (person)	13680	13967	15927	17462
Health⑥
Doctors (person)	1009	1092r	1105	1235	1323
Nurses (person)	1010	1063	1134	1212	1335
Beds (unit)	960	984	984	980	1014
Social Security
Beneficiaries (person)	145677	164165	181117	204002	228125
Contributors	10078	11013	12305	13760	15278
Number of Payments Granted (10 000 times)	30.4	28.3	23.9	24.0	23.7
Amount of Payments Granted (10 000 MOP)	53003	45302	28556	26672	31753
Crime
Number of Crimes (No.)	9920	9786	10538	10855	12921
Number of Prisoners (at the end of year,person)	867	897	859	897	859
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ⑦
At Constant (2002) Prices
Expenditure-based GDP Real Growth Rate (%)	14.2	28.4	6.9	17.0r	27.3
GDP (100 million MOP)	625.8	803.5	858.9	1005.3r	1279.8
GDP per Capita (10 000 MOP)	14.1	17.6	18.0	20.1r	24.3
At Current Prices
Expenditure-based GDP Nominal Growth Rate(%)	16.0	30.5	12.0	24.0r	33.2
GDP (100 million MOP)	635.7	829.7	929.5	1152.8r	1536.1
GDP per Capita (10 000 MOP)	14.3	18.2	19.5	23.1r	29.2



Notes:①Data on 2003-2005 have been revised according to the results of the By-census 2006.
②Due to changes in the compilation method and concept of public accounts, data on revenue and expenditure, as well as booking of the
accounts for 2007 were different and incomparable with those of the previous years. Figures of 2007 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 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 revised from 1996 to 2002. GDP estimate of 2007 is subject
to revision as more data become available.
⑧ Figures of 2007 are subject to revision as more data become available.