Poverty rate at national poverty lines in North Macedonia

21.9% of people in North Macedonia lived below the national poverty line in 2023.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2002 to 2023 Source: World Bank
North Macedonia, 2023 21.9% % of population
Change from 2022 −0.3percentage points 2022: 22.2%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines 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 national poverty lines (% of population), 2002 to 2023
Period North Macedonia
2023 21.9%
2022 22.2%
2021 22.9%
2020 23.0%
2019 21.8%
2018 21.6%
2017 21.9%
2016 22.2%
2015 21.9%
2014 21.5%
2013 22.1%
2012 24.2%
2011 26.2%
2010 26.8%
2009 27.0%
2006 19.0%
2005 20.4%
2004 18.5%
2003 19.2%
2002 19.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 22.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 22.1%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 to 2023 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, from national sources