25-1 Summary of Key Statistics

Items	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010

Population and Vital Statistics
Mid-year Population Estimate (10 000 persons)	49.9	52.6	55.2	54.4	54.5
Crude Birth Rate (‰)	8.1	8.6	8.5	8.8	9.4
Crude Death Rate (‰)	3.1	2.9	3.2	3.1	3.3
Infant Mortality Rate (‰)	2.7	2.4	3.2	2.1	2.9
(per 1000 registered live births)
Labour, Employment①
Labour Force (10 000 persons)	27.5	31.0	33.3	32.9	32.8
Labour Force Participation Rate (%)	65.9	69.2	70.6	72.0	71.5
Unemployment Rate (%)	3.8	3.1	3.0	3.6	2.8
Underemployment Rate (%)	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.9	1.8
Employed Population (10 000 persons)	26.5	30.0	32.3	31.8	31.8
Construction	3.1	3.9	3.8	3.3	2.7
Wholesale and Retail Trade	3.6	3.8	4.0	4.1	4.2
Hotels and Restaurants and Similar Activities	3.0	3.5	4.1	4.4	4.3
Other Community, Social and Personal Services	5.3	6.9	7.9	7.5	7.6
External Merchandise Trade
Exports (100 million MOP)	205	204	160	77	70
Domestic Exports (100 million MOP)	144	135	96	30	24
Re-exports (100 million MOP)	61	69	64	47	46
Imports (100 million MOP)	365	431	430	369	441
Terms of Trade (2006=100)	100.0	96.2	93.5	93.7	93.1
Industrial Production
Electricity Consumption (100 million kwh)	2.4	2.4	2.1	1.6	1.6
Construction (Private Sector)
Units Completed and Extended (No.)
	3026	2051	1177	3251	4527
Gross Floor Area of Buildings Completed
and Extended (10 000 sq.m)	128	193	58	141	127
Units Started (No.)	3871	4390	2046	1547	870
Gross Floor Area of
Buildings Started (10 000 sq.m)	99	220	53	23	18
Number of Units Sold (No.)	26400	32250	21516	17310	29617
Deed of Real Estate Transacted (No.)	13593	14558	9712	9111	12707
Real Estate Mortgage Loans (No.)	9156	13250	11847	8965	15127
Transport, Communications, Tourism
Lorries Entering and Departing Macao(10 000 times)	66.5	67.4	56.4	40.3	35.8
Ferry Trips Entering and Departing Macao	9.6	10.5	10.5	13.2	14.7
(10 000 times)
Commercial Flights at Macao International Airport	4.8	4.9	4.6	3.7	3.5
(10 000 times)
Licensed Vehicles ② (10 000 units)	16.4	17.6	18.3	18.9	19.7
Telephone Lines (10 000 units)	81.3	97.2	110.9	120.9	129.1
Visitors Arrival③ (10 000 person-times)	2200	2700	2293	2175	2497
Occupancy Rate of Hotel Sector (%)	72	77	74	71	80
Government Accounts, Money and
Finance (100 million MOP)
Total Government Revenue④	372	537	623	699	796
Total Government Expenditure④	273	233	304	355	378
Money Supply (M₂)
MOP	453	510	541	597	680
HKD	910	1015	992	1138	1330
Other Currencies	326	331	365	387	422
Total	1689	1855	1898	2122	2433
Domestic Loans/Advances to the Private Sector	488	683	889	973	1268
Consumer Price Index
(April/2008 - March/2009=100)
Composite Consumer Price Index	87.4	92.3	100.2	101.4	104.3
Consumer Price Index (A)	87.1	92.3	100.7	101.5	103.8
Consumer Price Index (B)	87.5	92.3	100.1	101.4	104.4
Housing (End-period number)
Public Housing⑤ (No.)	6637	6681	6253	7165	8174
Education⑥
Student of Pre-primary Education (person)	9453	9149	9270	9923
Student of Primary Education (person)	32674	29995	27481	25475
Student of Secondary Education (person)	44988	41124	39463	36622
Student of Higher Education (person)	17462	18743	20917	22289
Health
Doctors (person)	1235	1323	1373	1415	1464
Nurses (person)	1212	1335	1415	1491	1536
Hospital Beds (unit)	980	1014	1030	1109	1172
Social Security
Beneficiaries (person)	204002	228125	250476	259280	276348
Contributors (unit)	13760	15278	17175	34260	34294
Number of Payments Granted (10 000 times)	24.0	23.7	40.8	45.4	52.3
Amount of Payments Granted (10 000 MOP)	26672	31753	43616	66815	74840
Crime
Number of Crimes (No.)	10855	12921	13864	12406	11649
Number of Prisoners (end-year, person)	859	812	912	930	929
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
In Chained (2009) Dollars
Expenditure-based GDP Real Growth Rate (%)	14.5	14.5	3.4	1.6	26.4
GDP (100 million MOP)	1414.2	1618.8	1674	1700.9	2149.4
GDP per Capita (10 000 MOP)	28.3	30.8	30.5	31.3	39.4
At Current Prices
Expenditure-based GDP Nominal Growth Rate(%)	23.5	24.6	14.6	2.5	31.5
GDP (100 million MOP)	1162.1	1448.2	1660.1	1700.9	2237.4
GDP per Capita (10 000 MOP)	23.3	27.5	30.2	31.3	41.0


Notes:①Lower age boundary in defining labour force is revised from 14 years old to 16 years old starting 2009.
②Starting from 2008, bicycles are excluded.
③Starting 2008, visitor arrivals exclude arrivals of non-resident workers, students, etc..
④Due 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 on 2010 are subject to revisions as more
data become available.
⑤Excluding units that had been sold.
⑥Excluding students in special education. The number of students of year n refer to the students at the end of academic year n/n+1.