Retail sales in Macau rose 23% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, rebounding from a 0.1% decline in the previous three-month period. It was the strongest growth in retail activity since the fourth quarter of 2023, boosted by increases in sales for communication equipment (+88.6%) and watches, clocks and jewelry (+11.2%). Moreover, sale also increased for cosmetics and sanitary articles (+29.1%), adults’ clothing (+22.0%) and leather goods (+23.8%). Meanwhile, sales for supermarkets and automotive fuels declined 5.4% and 3.2%, respectively. On a quarterly basis, retail trade increased 16.5% year-on-year in Q1 of 2026. source: Statistics and Census Service, Government of Macao SAR

Retail Sales in Macau increased 23 percent in the first quarter of 2026 over the same quarter in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Macau averaged 14.41 percent from 2001 until 2026, 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 June of 2026.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Consumer Spending	33033.00	32649.00	MOP Million	Mar 2026
Retail Sales YoY	23.00	-0.10	percent	Mar 2026

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
	23.00	-0.10	219.00	-61.60	2001 - 2026	percent	Quarterly

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Macau Retail Sales Rebound in Q1

Retail sales in Macau rose 23% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, rebounding from a 0.1% decline in the previous three-month period. It was the strongest growth in retail activity since the fourth quarter of 2023, boosted by increases in sales for communication equipment (+88.6%) and watches, clocks and jewelry (+11.2%). Moreover, sale also increased for cosmetics and sanitary articles (+29.1%), adults’ clothing (+22.0%) and leather goods (+23.8%). Meanwhile, sales for supermarkets and automotive fuels declined 5.4% and 3.2%, respectively. On a quarterly basis, retail trade increased 16.5% year-on-year in Q1 of 2026.

2026-05-22

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