| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Electoral democracy index | No authoritative open source found |
| Liberal democracy index | No authoritative open source found |
| Government effectiveness | 1.12 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Rule of law | 0.852 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Control of corruption | 0.573 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Voice & accountability | 0.0636 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Political stability | 1.05 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Regulatory quality | 1.37 indexWorld Bank WGI [2024] |
| Cabinet fragmentation index | No authoritative open source found |
| Governing majority margin | No authoritative open source found |
| Parties in executive cabinet | No authoritative open source found |
| Women in parliament | No authoritative open source found |
| Constitutional history supplement | No authoritative open source found |
| Legal system | civil law system based on the Portuguese modelCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Suffrage (voting rights) | 18 years of age in direct elections for some legislative positions, universal for permanent residents living in Macau for the past 7 years; note: indirect elections are limited to organizations registered as "corporate voters" and an election committee for the chief executive drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, central government bodies, and elected Macau officialsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
previous 1976 (Organic Statute of Macau, under Portuguese authority); latest adopted 31 March 1993, effective 20 December 1999 (Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China serves as Macau's constitution)
Source: CIA World Factbook (Historical Archive — final edition) · CC0 · Edition 2026-05
How to read these indices
V-Dem democracy indices range from 0 to 1 — higher values mean stronger democratic institutions. World Bank WGI governance estimates range from about −2.5 to +2.5, where higher is better. These are comparative indices across countries, not absolute scores.
