Driven by strong visitor arrivals in the first half of the year, Macau’s revised Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first half of 2026 stood at MOP$209.9 billion (US$26.0 billion), representing real year-on-year growth of 3.7%. The overall economic volume recovered to 89.1% of the level recorded in the same period of 2019.
Data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that, supported by a 9.0% year-on-year increase in visitor arrivals in the first half of the year, overall exports of services grew by 7.3%. Among these, exports of other tourism services and gaming services rose by 10.8% and 5.5%, respectively.
In terms of merchandise trade, exports of goods increased by 14.8% year-on-year in the first half of the year, while imports of goods rose by 9.5%.
Regarding domestic demand, private consumption expenditure grew by 2.7% year-on-year in the first half of the year, whereas government final consumption expenditure and gross fixed capital formation decreased by 0.2% and 9.3%, respectively.
The revised GDP figure for the second quarter of 2026 reached MOP$102.4 billion (US$12.7 billion), up by 0.3% year-on-year in real terms, bringing the overall economic volume back to 87.9% of the level seen in the same period of 2019.
