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. source: Statistics and Census Service, Government of Macao SAR

Retail Sales in Macau increased 0.80 percent in the third quarter of 2025 over the same quarter in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Macau averaged 14.47 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 February of 2026.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Consumer Spending	32649.00	31014.00	MOP Million	Dec 2025
Retail Sales YoY	0.80	-2.10	percent	Sep 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
	0.80	-2.10	219.00	-61.60	2001 - 2025	percent	Quarterly

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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

Macau Retail Sales Decline Extends into Fifth Straight Quarter

Retail sales in Macau declined by 17.8% year-on-year in Q1 2025, deepening from a 10.6% drop in Q4 2024. This marked the fifth consecutive quarter of contraction, as sales fell sharply across several categories, including department store goods (-16.4% vs. -10.9% in Q4 2024), leather goods (-23.8% vs. -16%), adults' clothing (-8.7% vs. 6.8%), communication equipment (-8.7% vs. 12.5%), cosmetics and sanitary articles (-20.9% vs. -6.6%), automotive fuels (-7.9% vs. -3.7%), and watches, clocks, and jewellery (-29.9% vs. -33.7%). In contrast, sales rebounded for household fuels (5.5% vs. -17%), while automobile sales continued to grow, albeit at a slower pace (11.4% vs. 16.5%). On a quarterly basis, retail sales declined by 5.5% in Q1 2025, following a 13.4% increase in the previous quarter.

2025-05-21