Macau

Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Region: Asia · Eastern Asia
Population: 685,900 (2025)
Government: executive-led limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
Currency: Macanese pataca (MOP)
Official languages: Chinese, Portuguese
Spoken languages: Cantonese 81%, Mandarin 4.7%, other Chinese dialects 5.4%, English 3.6%, Tagalog 2.9%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 1.8% (2021 est.)
Written scripts: Chinese characters, Latin
Area: 30 km²
Coastline: Coastal
UN member: No
Affiliations: IMF, WCO, WTO
Borders: China

Political stability

84 / 100

Economic stability

67 / 100

Population stability

58 / 100

0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).

Trade profile

Key exports: jewelry, garments, broadcasting equipment, precious metal watches, video and card games (2023)
Key imports: jewelry, garments, trunks and cases, broadcasting equipment, electricity (2023)
Natural resources: NEGL
Primary route: Transpacific services to North America
Secondary route: Asia–Europe services via the Suez Canal

Trade research

WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure

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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.