Macao SAR, China's GNI per capita (annual % growth) was 8.05% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 7.71 percentage points from 0.34% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 8.05% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | -2.82% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.34% | 2014 |
| Highest | 50.04% | 2023 |
| Lowest | -40.51% | 2020 |
| Average since 2015 | 0.8% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 9.43% | 2003 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Macao SAR, China's GNI per capita (annual % growth) fell 41.99 percentage points on 2023 (from 50.04% to 8.05%).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was +2.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 22.27 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 53.43 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 41.99 percentage points in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 14% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Macao SAR, China had the 5th highest value of the 48 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Macao SAR, China | 8.05% | 2024 |
| World | 1.54% | 2024 |
| High income | 1.45% | 2024 |
Closest to Macao SAR, China in the 2024 ranking
- Palau — 2nd of 48: 10.97%
- Maldives — 3rd of 48: 10%
- Bhutan — 4th of 48: 9.69%
- Marshall Islands — 6th of 48: 7.22%
- Albania — 7th of 48: 6.88%
- Kazakhstan — 8th of 48: 5.19%
What this measures
Gross national income is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 22 values
| Year | GNI per capita (annual % growth) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.05 |
| 2023 | 50.04 |
| 2022 | -3.39 |
| 2021 | 0.0653 |
| 2020 | -40.51 |
| 2019 | -2.82 |
| 2018 | 5.3 |
| 2017 | 9.54 |
| 2016 | -0.9285 |
| 2015 | -17.33 |
| 2014 |
GNI per capita (annual % growth) in nearby economies
- Australia — -0.51% (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — -2.07% (2025)
- Cambodia — 4% (2025)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.39% (2025)
- Indonesia — 4.19% (2025)
- Japan — 1.11% (2024)
- Kiribati — 1.75% (2024)
- Korea, Rep. — 2.31% (2025)
- Lao PDR — 11.86% (2016)
- Malaysia — 3.32% (2025)
- Marshall Islands
More economic policy & debt data for Macao SAR, China
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.4% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) — US$119.95 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$1.15 billion (2025)
- Food, beverages and tobacco (% of value added in manufacturing) — 50.99% (2024)
- Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 40.08% (2024)
- Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 2.88% (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$6.35 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Macao SAR, China's GNI per capita (annual % growth)?
- 8.05% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2003?
- It is down 1.37 percentage points from 9.43% in 2003. The highest value was 50.04% in 2023 and the lowest -40.51% in 2020.
- How does Macao SAR, China rank?
- 5th highest of 48 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in GNI per capita (annual % growth) unusual for Macao SAR, China?
- In 2024, Macao SAR, China's GNI per capita (annual % growth) fell 41.99 percentage points on 2023 (from 50.04% to 8.05%). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was +2.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 22.27 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GNP.PCAP.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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