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North Macedonia

MKDEurope & Central AsiaUpper middle incomeCapital: Skopje
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70/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
North Macedonia in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world North Macedonia· trajectory line: 1980 → today
▶About North Macedonia

North Macedonia's GDP is $21.61B (2026), with a population of 1.8M, and GDP per capita of $11,967. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 3.1%, inflation at 4.5%, unemployment at 11.5%, government debt at 53.1% of GDP, life expectancy of 76.6 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

▶Economy32 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$21.61B2026▲ 12.9%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)3.1%2026▼ 11.4%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$11,9672026▲ 13.5%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$57.31B2026▲ 6.1%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$31,7462026▲ 6.6%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.03%2026▲ 0.0%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$18.18B2025▲ 13.0%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$9,4902025▲ 14.3%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$26,6802025▲ 4.1%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)24.1%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)57.0%2025▲ 1.2%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)6.0%2025▼ 1.7%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)16.4%2025▲ 5.4%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)65.6%2025▼ 1.8%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)31.7%2025▲ 3.7%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)27.5%2025▼ 3.2%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)4.6%2025▲ 26.0%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$65,9742025▲ 3.8%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)14.3%2025▼ 0.1%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)32.9%2022▼ 0.0%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$5,9962021▲ 12.6%WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)14.3%2021▲ 23.8%WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-13.7%2025▼ 6.0%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021▲ 84.4%WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.1%2021▼ 5.5%WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.13%2021▼ 8.6%WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$4.60B2025▲ 12.8%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$25,0952025▲ 3.7%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$6,8732025▲ 3.7%WB
▶Fiscal & Monetary21 indicators · 2023–2026 · IMF / WB
▶Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)133.0%2025▼ 2.4%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)59.6%2025▼ 3.3%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)73.4%2025▼ 1.7%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$11.39B2025▲ 9.0%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$14.02B2025▲ 10.8%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$9.06B2025▲ 7.5%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$13.06B2025▲ 9.1%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)3.5%2025▼ 43.3%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)2.1%2025▲ 647.0%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$675.8M2025▼ 36.1%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$467.8M2025▲ 2.1%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)2.4%2025▼ 9.4%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)6.4%2024▲ 21.6%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-4.3%2025▼ 103.2%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-815.0M2025▼ 128.9%WB
▶External Debt7 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
External Debt (% of GNI)81.2%2024▼ 3.0%WB
External Debt Stocks (USD)$12.84B2024▲ 2.5%WB
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)9.6%2024▼ 22.0%WB
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$5.46B2024—WB
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$572.0M2024▲ 9.5%WB
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)2.8%2023▲ 63.1%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$414.5M2023▲ 84.1%WB
▶Finance8 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
▶Business Environment1 indicator · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)392023▲ 97.9%WB
▶Private Sector6 indicators · 2023 · WB
▶People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population1.8M2025▼ 0.2%WB
Population Growth (%)-0.2%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Population Density (per km²)722023▼ 0.2%WB
Surface Area (sq km)25,7102023▲ 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)25,2202023▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)62.9%2025▲ 0.5%WB
Urban Population (total)1.1M2025▲ 0.3%WB
Rural Population (%)37.1%2025▼ 0.9%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth76.6 years2024▲ 1.7%WB
Life Expectancy, Male74.5 years2024▲ 1.8%WB
Life Expectancy, Female78.9 years2024▲ 1.6%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.42024▼ 6.7%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)8.82024▼ 4.3%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)11.12024▲ 0.9%WB
Net Migration-5,6452025▲ 1.4%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)16.5%2025▼ 1.7%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)64.9%2025▼ 0.3%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)18.5%2025▲ 2.8%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)54.0%2025▲ 0.9%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)28.5%2025▲ 3.1%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)25.5%2025▼ 1.4%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)104.82024▼ 1.1%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)572024▼ 1.7%WB
▶Labor20 indicators · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force789,3692025▼ 0.3%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)51.9%2025▼ 0.5%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)42.7%2025▼ 0.3%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)61.8%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Unemployment (%)12.3%2025▼ 0.1%WB
Female Unemployment (%)11.1%2025▲ 1.3%WB
Male Unemployment (%)13.1%2025▼ 0.9%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)28.8%2025▲ 0.3%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)8.5%2025▼ 3.0%WB
Employment in Industry (%)30.6%2025▼ 0.1%WB
Employment in Services (%)60.9%2025▲ 0.5%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)51.9%2025▼ 0.2%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)12.3%2025▼ 1.9%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)83.4%2025▲ 0.3%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)4.5%2025▲ 30.3%WB
Employers (% of total employment)4.3%2025▲ 0.2%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)42.7%2025▲ 0.2%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)45.6%2025▼ 0.5%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)16.6%2025▼ 1.4%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)19.5%2025▲ 5.5%WB
▶Education19 indicators · 2002–2023 · WB
▶Health48 indicators · 2019–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)7.4%2023▲ 0.1%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$6392023▲ 13.8%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)4.3%2023▲ 1.3%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)39.6%2023▼ 1.6%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)2.92022▼ 11.9%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)5.52022▲ 1.2%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)4.72021▼ 0.4%WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)2.82024▼ 17.6%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)1.12024▼ 21.4%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)32023▲ 0.0%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)2.62024▼ 18.8%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)32024▼ 16.7%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)27.7%2021▲ 80.1%WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)69.7%2021▼ 15.8%WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)2.6%2021▲ 42.3%WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)73.0%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)89.0%2024▲ 3.5%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024▲ 0.0%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)112024▲ 0.0%WHO
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)4.3%2019▼ 12.2%WHO
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)11.2%2019▼ 9.7%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Male Adults (%)43.4%2024▼ 0.5%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Female Adults (%)35.7%2024▲ 0.6%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)5.82021▲ 10.9%WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)4.42020▼ 5.6%WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)72.995356042021—WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)17.369131942021—WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)63.712348212021—WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)2.4571409192024—WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)2.8031393772024—WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)1.0547526812024—WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)0.4655154462023—WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)112024—WHO
TB Mortality, Excluding HIV (per 100K)0.662024—WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)10.9306412022—WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)792025—WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)632025—WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)772025—WHO
Physicians (total)5,4172022▼ 13.4%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel10,1492022▼ 0.5%WHO
Dentists (total)1,7012022▲ 3.7%WHO
Pharmacists (total)1,0952022▼ 1.1%WHO
Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)3.42019—WHO
Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)4.32019—WHO
Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)0.92019—WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)692023—WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)5.72021—WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)639.416931152023—WHO
▶Energy & Environment17 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
▶Agriculture12 indicators · 2016–2024 · WB
▶Technology13 indicators · 2013–2025 · WB
▶Infrastructure8 indicators · 2009–2023 · WB
▶Gender8 indicators · 2017–2025 · WB
▶Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption-0.352023▼ 7.6%WB
Government Effectiveness-0.052023▲ 36.9%WB
Political Stability0.172023▼ 5.8%WB
Regulatory Quality0.432023▼ 5.7%WB
Rule of Law-0.172023▼ 73.4%WB
Voice & Accountability0.162023▲ 0.4%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)42.5%2023▼ 4.3%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)49.1%2023▼ 1.9%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)45.3%2023▼ 10.3%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)51.2%2023▼ 1.4%WB
▶Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)2.1%2024▲ 24.2%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$353.7M2024▲ 32.7%WB
Armed Forces Personnel16,0002020▲ 0.0%WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)2.0%2020▲ 2.8%WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)5.5%2024▲ 16.3%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)1.52023▲ 56.3%WB
▶Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2019–2023 · WB
▶Social Protection4 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.562020▲ 4.1%WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.572020▲ 4.4%WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.542020▲ 3.9%WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School7.3 years2020▲ 7.0%WB
▶Tourism5 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
International Tourism, Arrivals118,0002020▼ 84.4%WB
Tourism Receipts (USD)$253.0M2020▼ 36.9%WB
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$153.0M2020▼ 49.3%WB
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)3.5%2020▼ 31.6%WB
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$1.0M2020▼ 80.0%WB
▶Urban Development7 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Urban Population Growth (%)0.3%2025▲ 6.2%WB
Population in Largest City620,8252025▲ 0.8%WB
Population in Largest City (% of urban)54.2%2025▲ 0.4%WB
Population in Slums (% of urban)0.3%2022▲ 85.3%WB
Rural Population Growth (%)-1.1%2025▼ 4.3%WB
Access to Safely Managed Drinking Water (%)80.8%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)12.1%2024▼ 0.3%WHO

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