Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in North Macedonia

20.5% of people in North Macedonia lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2019. The value for 2019 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1998.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1998 to 2019 Source: World Bank
The latest value for North Macedonia is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
North Macedonia, 2019 20.5% % of population
Change from 2018 −2.2percentage points 2018: 22.7%
World, 2024 46.2% Official aggregate Not the same period as North Macedonia (2019).

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in North Macedonia over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period North MacedoniaWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 – 48.3%
2021 – 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2019 20.5% –
2018 22.7% 50.4%
2017 24.7% 51.5%
2016 27.0% 52.4%
2015 30.4% 53.5%
2014 32.4% 54.7%
2013 36.5% 55.8%
2012 37.8% 57.5%
2011 39.5% 58.8%
2010 40.0% 60.2%
2009 43.6% 61.7%
2008 24.1% 62.5%
2007 – 63.6%
2006 32.8% 65.0%
2005 31.4% 66.2%
2004 23.2% 67.4%
2003 34.2% 68.7%
2002 33.1% 69.3%
2001 – 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.2 percentage points from 22.7% in 2018.
  • Since 2009, when it was 43.6%, the figure has changed by −23.1 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1998 to 2019 for North Macedonia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform