Principal Statistical Indicators
Items	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Population and Demographics Characteristics
Mid-year Estimates of Population (10 000)	41.7	42.2	42.7	43.1	43.4
Crude Birth Rate (‰)	12.1	10.5	9.7	8.9	7.5
Crude Death Rate (‰)	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1
Labor
Labor Force (10 000)	20.2	20.6	20.9	20.9	21.7
Labor Force Participation Rate (%)	66.1	66.0	65.5	64.3	64.8
Unemployment Rate (%)	3.2	4.6	6.3	6.8	6.4
Underemployment Rate (%)	0.8	1.5	1.3	3.0	3.6
Employed Population (10 000)	19.6	19.7	19.6	19.5	20.3
Manufacturing	4.1	4.1	4.3	3.8	4.4
Wholesale and Retail	3.0	3.2	3.0	3.0	3.0
Hotels and Restaurants	2.1	2.3	2.1	2.1	2.2
Public Administration, Community,  Social and Personal Services	6.1	5.1	5.5	5.6	5.6
External Trade
Exports (100 million MOP)	171	171	176	204	185
Domestic Exports (100 million MOP)	150	149	150	171	151
Re-exports (100 million MOP)	21	22	25	33	33
Imports (100 million MOP)	166	156	163	181	192
Terms of Trade Index (1996=100)	98.9	102.2	103.1	100.7	100.0
Industrial Production
Electricity Consumption (100 million kwh)	1.5	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.5
Construction (Private Sector)
Units Completed and Extended (number)	9096	8321	5389	3146	2622
Gross Floor Area of Buildings Completed and Extended (10 000 sq.m)
	115	97	67	37	40
Units Started (number)	7684	3825	3619	1167	812
Gross Floor Area of Buildings Started (10 000 sq.m)
	85	57	42	20	16
Number of Units Sold (number)	14304	12776	11039	10211	27016
Deed of Real Estate Transacted (number)	12255	13361	12230	12484	12992
Real Estate Mortgage Loans (number)	8511	8696	7363	7367	8206
Transport, Communications, Tourism
Lorries Entering and Departing Macao (10 000)	29.1	24.3	24.2	45.4	45.8
Ferry Trips Entering and Departing Macao (10 000)	8.1	8.0	6.8	6.6	7.4
Commercial Flights at Macao International Airport (10 000)	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.4	2.9
Licensed Vehicles (10 000)	9.6	10.7	11.3	11.3	11.5
Telephone Lines (10 000)	22.3	25.1	30.0	31.8	37.1
Visitors (10 000)	700	695	744	916	1028
Hotel Occupancy Rate (%)	50	51	54	58	61
Government Accounts, Money and Finance (100 million MOP)
Total Government Revenue	150	155	169	153	98
Total Government Expenditure	142	155	166	150	94
Money Supply (M2)
MOP	242	249	279	228	261
HKD	416	429	439	443	467
Other Currencies	126	130	140	172	185
Total	784	807	858	843	913
Loans/Advances to Resident Firms & Individuals	478	419	414	382	356
Consumer Price Index (Oct. 1999 - Sep. 2000=100)
Composite Consumer Price Index		104.5	101.1	99.5	97.5
Consumer Price Index (A)		104.1	101.0	99.6	98.2
Consumer Price Index (B)		104.2	101.0	99.4	97.4
Housing (End of period balance)
Social Housing (number)	7420	7824	9084	9084	9405
Education
Pre-primary Education ( Students)	18291	17354	16083	14978
Primary Education (Students)	47235	48269	47059	45474
Secondary Education (Students)	28280	31782	34761	38156
Higher Education (Students)	7409	8444	7094	8358
Health
Registered Deaths (number)	1293	1356	1374	1338	1327
Deaths of Heart Diseases (number)	304	292	274	357	291
Deaths of Cancers (number)	325	335	366	370	401
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 registered live births)	5.4	6.1	4.1	2.9	4.3
Social Security
Contributors (persons)	7066	7360	7609	8451	8919
Number of Payments Granted (10 000)	10.8	13.0	15.8	16.3	17.7
Amount of Payments Granted (10 000 MOP)	8998	11146	14716	20191	22132
Crime
Number of Crimes	8162	8487	9262	8925	8905
Number of Prisoners (as at the end of year)	657	711	788	868	886
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
At Constant (1996) Prices
Expenditure-based GDP Real Growth Rate (%)	-0.3	-4.6	-3.0	4.6	2.1
GDP (100 million MOP)	551.4	526.2	510.2	533.8	545.2
Per-capita GDP (10 000 MOP)	13.2	12.5	11.9	12.4	12.6
At Current Prices
Expenditure-based GDP Nominal Growth Rate (%)	1.1	-7.1	-5.6	1.5	0.1
GDP (100 million MOP)	558.9	519.0	490.2	497.4	498.0
Per-capita GDP (10 000 MOP)	13.4	12.3	11.5	11.6	11.5