Life in Macao SAR, China
East Asia & Pacific · high-income · capital not reported
World Bank country code MAC · ISO MO · Data sources
Live a life in Macao SAR, China
Start from this country's own statistics — its mortality curve, its income level, its school system — and play the years out: what happens if you leave school at fifteen, or take the job that is offered, or move to the capital.
Start a life in Macao SAR, ChinaThe statistics behind the simulation
Each figure shows the year it was observed. A missing row means the World Bank does not report that indicator for Macao SAR, China — not that the value is zero.
| Indicator | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|
Life expectancy at birth The average number of years a newborn would live if the year's mortality rates held for their whole life. | 83.3 years | 2024 |
Fertility rate The average number of children a woman is expected to have over her lifetime. | 0.58 | 2024 |
GDP per capita (PPP) Purchasing-power-adjusted output per person — the best single measure of how much a person in this country can buy. | $127,144 | 2024 |
Government education spending Public spending on education as a share of total output. | 3.5% | 2023 |
Urban population The share of people living in urban areas. | 100.0% | 2024 |
Youth unemployment The share of the labour force aged 15–24 that is without work and looking for it. | 2.3% | 2024 |
Population Total population. | 687,000 | 2024 |
Birth rate Crude birth rate: births per 1,000 population per year. | 5.3 | 2024 |
Secondary school enrolment Total enrolment in secondary school, regardless of age, as a percentage of the official age group. | 94.7% | 2024 |
Female labour force participation The share of women aged 15 and over in work or actively looking for work. | 63.5% | 2024 |
What these numbers mean
A newborn in Macao SAR, China can expect to live 83.3 years, well above the median of 74.7 years across the 217 countries in this dataset. Output per person, adjusted for purchasing power, is $127,144 (2024) — which is among the higher figures in this dataset, and it is what sets the scale of every income the simulation can offer. The fertility rate is 0.58 births per woman (2024) — below replacement level, so the simulation's households tend to be small. Public spending on education is 3.5% of output (2023), which is the share of national resources the simulation's schooling decisions are competing for. 100.0% of people live in urban areas (2024), so starting in a city or the capital is the usual case rather than the exception.
In the simulation, income is expressed as a share of what an average worker in Macao SAR, China earns, so the same household choice buys very different amounts in different countries. Median output per person across this dataset is $21,026.
Other countries in East Asia & Pacific
- Singapore83.3 yrs · 2024
- Australia83.1 yrs · 2024
- Korea, Rep.83.6 yrs · 2024
- Japan84.0 yrs · 2024
- French Polynesia84.2 yrs · 2024
- New Zealand82.0 yrs · 2024
- Hong Kong SAR, China85.4 yrs · 2024
- Northern Mariana Islands78.9 yrs · 2024
- New Caledonia78.9 yrs · 2024
- China78.0 yrs · 2024
- Guam77.4 yrs · 2024
- Malaysia76.8 yrs · 2024
Where Macao SAR, China sits within East Asia & Pacific
Of the 37 countries in East Asia & Pacific that report life expectancy, Macao SAR, China sits above the regional median, at 83.3 years against a regional median of 73.0. 5 countries report a higher figure and 31 report a lower one.
| Indicator | Macao SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific median | East Asia & Pacific range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 83.3 | 73.0 | 62.3 – 85.4 |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | $127,144 | $15,473 | $2,679 – $153,161 |
| Fertility rate | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.6 – 3.8 |
| Urban population | 100.0% | 64.7% | 15.4% – 100.0% |
| Education spending | 3.5% | 4.1% | 0.8% – 16.4% |
Ranges cover every country in the region that reports the indicator, in the year each country last reported it. Medians are unweighted, so a large country and a small one count the same.
Where Macao SAR, China shows up in the topics
These pages put Macao SAR, China's figures next to the other 216 countries, for the indicators that shape the decisions in the simulation.
- Child marriage around the worldFertility rate · Secondary school enrolment · Female labour-force participation
- Gender and schooling around the worldAdult literacy rate · Secondary school enrolment · Female labour-force participation
- Child labour statistics by countrySecondary school enrolment · Adult literacy rate · Poverty rate
- Schooling costs and enrolment by countryGovernment education spending · Secondary school enrolment · Adult literacy rate
- Fertility and family size by countryFertility rate · Birth rate · Maternal mortality
- Marriage and family life by countryFertility rate · Female labour-force participation · Life expectancy at birth
About these figures
The statistics above are national averages from the World Bank Open Data, retrieved 2026-11-01 and released under World Bank data is released under CC BY 4.0. National averages do not describe any individual life, and this page does not rank Macao SAR, China against other countries. Life expectancy reflects a country's mortality conditions as a whole, which include healthcare access, income distribution, nutrition, sanitation and public safety — the simulation uses it as a risk curve, not as a measure of the people who live there.