Net migration rate in North Macedonia
Net migration to North Macedonia came to 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1996.
North Macedonia, 2025
0.5
Change from 2024
+0.2per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
31st of 43
Net migration rate in North Macedonia over time
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Per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | North Macedonia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.5 per 1,000 people | 4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 0.3 per 1,000 people | 5.5 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | -0.1 per 1,000 people | 6.6 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | -1.5 per 1,000 people | 7.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | -113.6 per 1,000 people | 3.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | -0.4 per 1,000 people | 0.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | -0.1 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 0.1 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 0.1 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 2.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | -0.1 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 1.8 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | -0.2 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 3.1 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | -0.2 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 1.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | -0.2 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 1.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | -0.5 per 1,000 people | 1.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | -0.4 per 1,000 people | 1.5 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | -0.3 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | -0.3 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | -0.3 per 1,000 people | 2.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 0.1 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | -0.3 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | -0.4 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | -0.1 per 1,000 people | 3.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | -1.4 per 1,000 people | 3.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | -12.2 per 1,000 people | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | -1.3 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 from 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -0.2 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.7.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, North Macedonia has the 31st highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 4.6 per 1,000 people.
More for North Macedonia
All statistics for North Macedonia
Immigration
7,458 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Natural population change
-2.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Emigration
1,711 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
1,713 people
2007 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
-3.1 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
-5,645 people
2025 · World Bank