Foreign direct investment inflows in Macao SAR, China

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Macao SAR, China were 2.2% of GDP in 2025.

Macao SAR, China, 2025 2.2% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −1.6percentage points 2024: 3.8%
World, 2025 1.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 88th of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Macao SAR, China over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Macao SAR, ChinaWorld
2025 2.2% 1.4%
2024 3.8% 1.2%
2023 2.5% 0.9%
2022 13.4% 1.9%
2021 18.4% 2.5%
2020 -24.6% 1.3%
2019 11.8% 2.2%
2018 3.1% 1.2%
2017 3.4% 2.7%
2016 4.1% 3.5%
2015 1.1% 3.6%
2014 4.4% 2.4%
2013 7.3% 2.6%
2012 8.3% 2.7%
2011 4.8% 3.2%
2010 12.8% 2.7%
2009 -1.9% 2.4%
2008 18.9% 3.7%
2007 28.8% 5.3%
2006 19.6% 4.2%
2005 14.6% 3.3%
2004 7.2% 2.2%
2003 6.1% 1.9%
2002 5.3% 2.1%
2001 2.3% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.6 percentage points from 3.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.1%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Macao SAR, China has the 88th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1982 to 2025 for Macao SAR, China
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics