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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Macau: Mobility & Trade
Which countries move goods across their borders most smoothly?
Macau is placed 2nd of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Container Import Dwell Time 1.4 (2024); ICT Goods Exports 19.61 (2024).
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Mobility & Trade
2nd
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Macau on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2025 figure for Macau, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Eastern Asia
- 1,313 China
- Land neighbours
- China 1,313
1.4
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Macau: 1.4. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Eastern Asia
- 1.4 Macau
- Land neighbours
- China 4
No reading
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
World Bank Group publishes no 2023 figure for Macau, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Eastern Asia
- 4 Hong Kong
- Land neighbours
- China 3.7
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
19.61
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
Macau: 19.61. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Eastern Asia
- 61.45 Hong Kong
- Land neighbours
- China 21.32
02Over time
Which way Macau is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
MacauWorld median
Macau rose from 0.54 in 2000 to 19.61 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year Macau World median 2024 19.61 0.975000 2023 22.24 0.690000 2022 18.95 0.565000 2021 21.55 0.550000 2020 19.17 0.680000 2019 23.69 0.625000 2018 1.59 0.480000 2017 3.02 0.630000 2016 2.85 0.865000 2015 6.42 0.790000 2014 3.18 0.760000 2013 3.53 0.645000 2012 4.33 0.630000 2011 5.38 0.535000 2010 7.51 0.560000 2009 3.25 0.780000 2008 2.71 0.595000 2007 2.49 0.660000 2006 0.30 0.445000 2005 1.76 0.570000 2004 1.51 0.535000 2003 1.09 0.530000 2002 0.35 0.510000 2001 0.21 0.490000 2000 0.54 0.430000
03In context
Macau beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Macau and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macau | 2nd | — | 1.4 | — | 19.61 |
 China | 9th | 1,313 | 4 | 3.7 | 21.32 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Macau in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Macau is ahead of the world, and behind
18 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which Macau does better than the middle country measured.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.49472.535.494▲ Improved since 2014
Macau: 72.53 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 3rd of 75 · derived.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which Macau does worse than the middle country measured.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.428.89425.42▲ Improved since 2014
Macau: 8.894 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 135th of 170 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4740.0427.474No real change since 2014
Macau: 0.042 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 117th of 118 · derived.
No better end15
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.23537.231.235No real change since 2014
Macau: 37.23 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60283.829.602No real change since 2015
Macau: 83.82 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08959.266.089No real change since 2015
Macau: 59.26 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3492.2936.34No real change since 2015
Macau: 92.29 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 9th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.13312.34-0.133No real change since 2013
Macau: 12.34 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.68139.1479.68Moved since 2015
Macau: 139.14 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 21st of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,323426,862223,323Moved since 2015
Macau: 426,862 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7246.8541.72Moved since 2015
Macau: 46.85 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 61st of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2794.4385.279Moved since 2013
Macau: 4.438 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.260.306Moved since 2015
Macau: 0.26 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,451149,247444,451Moved since 2015
Macau: 149,247 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2396.47103.23Moved since 2015
Macau: 96.47 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.7353.98275.73Moved since 2016
Macau: 53.98 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1710.0366.171Moved since 2014
Macau: 0.036 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.6603.66No real change since 2012
Macau: 0 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
No current reading for Macau
Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum (last 2017), Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs, Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Commodity Export Dependence, Container Port Traffic, Cost of Sending Remittances, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Freedom of Foreign Movement, Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Logistics Performance Index and Refugee Population by Country of Asylum (last 2017). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Macau’s 5 topics
Mobility & Trade is Macau’s best-placed topic of 5. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Mobility & Trade2nd of 1772/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 26th of 1824/4 keys
- Energy83rd of 1652/3 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 131st of 1983/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 155th of 1982/4 keys
No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Health & Wellbeing, Development & Human Capital, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Democracy & Civil Liberties, Peace & Security, Risk & Resilience, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Macau can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
- 2Macau
Eastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Singapore1st4/4 keysHighest in Eastern Asia
Macau2nd2/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Macau and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and visa-free travel are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, the cost of sending money home, migrant numbers, refugees and student mobility are published as context: they describe how much crosses a border, not how well a country handles it. Services sold over the internet are measured under Digital & Technology.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 18 statistics on this page come from 4 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Macau’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Macau (banner) — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Macau: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/macau/mobility