Retail sales in Macau edged down 0.1% year-on-year in the last quarter of 2025, following a 0.8% gain in the previous period which was the first rise in about two years. Sales declined the most for auto fuels (-12%), supermarkets (-9.7%), motor vehicles (-8.8%), pharmacies (-8.5%) and department stores (-5.4%). On the other hand, retail sales jumped for communication equipment (43.9%) and cosmetics & sanitary articles (12.1%). Considering full 2025, retail sales declined 5.9%, with sales of leather goods falling 8.4%. source: Statistics and Census Service, Government of Macao SAR

Retail Sales in Macau decreased 0.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025 over the same quarter in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Macau averaged 14.32 percent from 2001 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 219.00 percent in the second quarter of 2021 and a record low of -61.60 percent in the second quarter of 2020. This page provides - Macao Retail Sales YoY - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Macau Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2026.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-11-26 09:40 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Q3 0.8% -2.1% 1.1%
2026-03-02 10:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Q4 -0.1% 0.8% 1.3%
2026-05-21 08:45 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Q1 -0.1%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Spending 32649.00 31014.00 MOP Million Dec 2025
Retail Sales YoY -0.10 0.80 percent Dec 2025


Macau Retail Sales YoY
In Macau, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago. The biggest segments are household appliances (21 percent of total sales); watches, clocks and jewelry (20 percent); goods in department stores (15.1 percent); adults' clothing (11.7 percent); leather goods (11.3 percent); cosmetics and sanitary articles; goods in pharmacies (7.9 percent); goods in supermarkets (7.7 percent) and motor vehicles and automotive fuels (6.2 percent).
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-0.10 0.80 219.00 -61.60 2001 - 2025 percent Quarterly

News Stream
Macau Retail Sales Edge Lower in Q4
Retail sales in Macau edged down 0.1% year-on-year in the last quarter of 2025, following a 0.8% gain in the previous period which was the first rise in about two years. Sales declined the most for auto fuels (-12%), supermarkets (-9.7%), motor vehicles (-8.8%), pharmacies (-8.5%) and department stores (-5.4%). On the other hand, retail sales jumped for communication equipment (43.9%) and cosmetics & sanitary articles (12.1%). Considering full 2025, retail sales declined 5.9%, with sales of leather goods falling 8.4%.
2026-03-02
Macau Retail Sales Rebound in Q3
Retail sales in Macau rose 0.8% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, rebounding from a consecutive decline since Q1 2024. The rebound was driven by faster growth in department stores (9.1% vs 5.7% in Q2 2025), pharmacies (11.3% vs 10.4%), cosmetics & sanitary articles (28.9% vs 0.2%), and a recovery in leather goods (3.6% vs -0.2%). Offsetting these gains, sales fell further in motor vehicles (-28.2% vs -3.6%), supermarkets (-1.3% vs -0.4%), Chinese food products (-2.9% vs -2.2%), and automotive fuels (-19.9% vs -2.2%), while adult clothing reversed to a decline (-4.9% vs 7.3%). On a quarterly basis, retail sales rose 6.0%, following a revised 10.0% drop in the previous quarter. For the first three quarters of 2025, sales were down 7.5% compared with the same period a year earlier.
2025-11-26
Macau Retail Sales Fall at Softer Pace
Retail sales in Macau decreased by 2.4% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, easing from an upwardly revised 18.1% decline in the first quarter. Sales fell at a slower pace for leather goods (-0.2% vs -23.2% in Q1), automotive fuels (-2.2% vs -6.7%), Chinese food products (-1.9% vs -11.1%), household appliances (-11.6% vs -16.2%), and watches, clocks & jewellery (-16.3% vs -33.2%). At the same time, sales rebounded in department stores (5.7% vs -16.4%), cosmetics & sanitary articles (0.2% vs -20.9%), and adult’s clothing (7.3% vs -7.6%). Growth also accelerated in pharmacies (7% vs 2.8%). On a quarterly basis, retail sales dropped by 10.2%, following an upwardly revised 5.9% fall in the previous quarter. For the first half of the year, sales were 11.4% lower than in the same period last year.
2025-08-22