North Macedonia
Factsheet with the latest official statistics, prepared on 14 November 2026 from publication 29 of PiSpace Open Data.
Population
1,820,909 people
GDP per capita in US dollars
US$10,490 per person
Life expectancy at birth
76.6 years
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
11.5%
HICP inflation
4.3%
| Measure | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population and ageing | |||
| Population on 1 January | 1,822,612 people people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Population by age and sex | 1,822,612 people people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Crude birth rate | 8.7 per 1,000 people per 1,000 people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Migration and citizenship | |||
| Immigration | 7,458 immigrants immigrants | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Emigration | 1,711 emigrants emigrants | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Acquisitions of citizenship | 1,713 people people | 2007 | Eurostat |
| Employment and occupations | |||
| Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 | 29.4% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Long-term unemployment rate | 7.8% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 | 63.7% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Wages and labour costs | |||
| Median equivalised net income | €4,827 per year per year | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Unadjusted gender pay gap | 9.1% | 2014 | Eurostat |
| Hourly labour cost | €3.6 per hour per hour | 2016 | Eurostat |
| Economy and productivity | |||
| GDP per capita in euro | €9,860 per persone (Estimated) per person | 2025 | Eurostat |
| GDP per capita in PPS | 42 (EU = 100)e (Estimated) (EU = 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Real GDP growth | 3.8%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Prices and purchasing power | |||
| HICP price index | 149.14 (2015 = 100)d (Definition differs) (2015 = 100) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Monthly HICP inflation | 3.5% | September 2026 | Eurostat |
| Consumer price level index | 50 (EU = 100) (EU = 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Housing and households | |||
| Housing cost overburden rate | 5.6% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Overcrowding rate | 38.3% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Home ownership rate | 87.0% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Education and skills | |||
| NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 | 23.4% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 | 35.9% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Early leavers from education and training | 9.5% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Health and healthcare | |||
| Life expectancy at birth | 73.2 yearsb (Break in time series) years | 2021 | Eurostat |
| Infant mortality rate | 1.9 per 1,000 live births per 1,000 live births | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Hospital beds | 449 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2021 | Eurostat |
| Internet and digital society | |||
| Households with internet access | 91.2% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Internet use in the last three months | 92.1% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Daily internet use | 89.2% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Business and industry | |||
| Industrial production | 98.6 (2021 = 100) (2021 = 100) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Enterprise birth rate | 9.3% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Monthly industrial production | 2.4% | September 2026 | Eurostat |
| Trade and investment | |||
| Exports share of GDP | 60.8%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Imports share of GDP | 72.5%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Current account balance, quarterly | -6.6% | Q2 2026 | Eurostat |
| Tourism and accommodation | |||
| Nights spent in tourist accommodation | 2,180,510 nights nights | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Arrivals at tourist accommodation | 1,085,251 arrivals arrivals | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Bed-place occupancy rate in hotels | 29.6% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Transport and mobility | |||
| Car share of passenger transport | 92.6% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Car ownership | 338 per 1,000 people per 1,000 people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Rail passenger transport | 19 million passenger-km million passenger-km | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Energy and electricity | |||
| Renewable energy share | 21.8% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Renewable electricity share | 40.1% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Energy import dependency | 64.8% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Climate and emissions | |||
| Temperature change | 2.22 °Ce (Estimate) °C | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Agrifood emissions per person | 2.56 t CO2e per persone (Estimate) t CO2e per person | 2024 | FAOSTAT |
| Total greenhouse gas emissions | 9.8 Mt CO2e Mt CO2e | 2024 | World Bank |
| Air quality and ecosystems | |||
| PM2.5 air pollution | 22.2 µg/m³ µg/m³ | 2023 | WHO |
| Forest area | 40.8% | 2024 | World Bank |
| Protected areas | 29.0% | 2025 | World Bank |
| Water, sanitation and waste | |||
| Municipal waste generated per person | 480 kg per persone (Estimated) kg per person | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Recycling rate of municipal waste | 0.0%e (Estimated) | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Total waste generated per person | 658 kg per person kg per person | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Agriculture, food and fisheries | |||
| Area under organic farming | 0.3%d (Definition differs) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Cost of a healthy diet | Int$5.39 per person per daye (Estimate) per person per day | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Healthy diet unaffordable | 15.6%e (Estimate) | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Poverty and social protection | |||
| At-risk-of-poverty rate | 21.9% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Poverty or social exclusion rate | 27.1% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Income inequality (Gini) | 29.2 (0 to 100) (0 to 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Government finance and taxation | |||
| Tax revenue | 18.8% | 2024 | World Bank |
| Central government expense | 33.4% | 2023 | World Bank |
| Science and innovation | |||
| R&D spending share of GDP | 0.37% | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Researchers as a share of the labour force | 0.42% | 2023 | Eurostat |
| European patent applications | 0.6 per million peoplep (Provisional) per million people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Crime, justice and public safety | |||
| Intentional homicides | 1.10 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Crime or vandalism in the area | 6.6% | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Robberies recorded by the police | 9.8 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Culture, society and wellbeing | |||
| Cultural employment | 4.1% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Average life satisfaction | 6.2 out of 10 out of 10 | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Women in national parliament | 39.2% | 2025 | World Bank |
Sources and licences
- Source: Eurostat Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution).
- Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms).
- Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates) Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024 Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators Licence: CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata).
- Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Licence: CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms).
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