Macao SAR, China's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) was 7.3% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 14.91 percentage points from 22.21% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 7.3% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 20.52% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 22.21% | 2015 |
| Highest | 33.49% | 2007 |
| Lowest | 7.27% | 2002 |
| Average since 2016 | 13.64% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 7.62% | 2001 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Macao SAR, China's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) fell 1.72 percentage points on 2024 (from 9.02% to 7.3%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was +0.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.32 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.66 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.61 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.07 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 50% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Macao SAR, China had the 41st highest value of the 42 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 | 7.3% | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 29.59% | 2023 |
Closest to Macao SAR, China in the 2025 ranking
- Haiti — 37th of 42: 11.06%
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 38th of 42: 10.97%
- Pakistan — 39th of 42: 9.9%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 41st of 42: 6.61%
- Equatorial Guinea — 42nd of 42: 2.85%
What this measures
Private investment covers outlays by the private sector (including private nonprofit agencies) on additions to its fixed domestic assets. Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.3 |
| 2024 | 9.02 |
| 2023 | 9.04 |
| 2022 | 14.08 |
| 2021 | 16.53 |
| 2020 | 20.52 |
| 2019 | 10.86 |
| 2018 | 13.17 |
| 2017 | 16.52 |
| 2016 | 19.38 |
| 2015 |
Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 6.08% (2022)
- Australia — 20.34% (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 25.57% (2025)
- China — 33.48% (2023)
- Guam — 29.13% (2022)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 10.97% (2025)
- Korea, Rep. — 23.85% (2025)
- Lao PDR — 21.15% (2016)
- Malaysia — 16.45% (2025)
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 gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP)?
- 7.3% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is down 0.32 percentage points from 7.62% in 2001. The highest value was 33.49% in 2007 and the lowest 7.27% in 2002.
- How does Macao SAR, China rank?
- 41st highest of 42 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) unusual for Macao SAR, China?
- In 2025, Macao SAR, China's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) fell 1.72 percentage points on 2024 (from 9.02% to 7.3%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was +0.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.32 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.FPRV.ZS, 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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