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General Information

Region		Southern Europe
Population (000, 2025)		1 814^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		72.8^a
Capital city		Skopje
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		589.8^c
UN membership date		8 April 1993
Surface area (km2)		25 713^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		94.8^a
National currency		Denar (MKD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		58.9^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	10 065	12 361	15 764^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.9	-4.7	2.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 082.0	6 603.0	8 606.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	11.1	9.8	8.1^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	27.4	25.9	24.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	61.5	64.4	67.3^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	17.8	11.5	9.3^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	30.5	31	30.2^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	51.7	57.5	60.5^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	26.4	16.6	12.7ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	42.3 / 66.4	41.9 / 63.1	41.5 / 63.3ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	110	115	153^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	102	103	81^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	4 530	6 633ⁱ	8 423^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	6 427	8 709	11 967^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 897	- 2 076ⁱ	- 3 544^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-172	-360	-374^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.9	-1.5	-0.5^a
Urban population (% of total population)	57.4	58.2^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.2^j	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.8	1.6	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	77.9 / 73.3	77.0 / 72.0	79.8 / 75.4^a
Population age distribution^k (0-14/60+ years old, %)	18.0 / 19.5	17.2 / 23.0	16.5 / 25.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	130.7 / 6.6	131.3 / 7.0	150.9 / 8.3^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	1.6	17.5	19.6^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	9.6	6.4	6.7^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	6.3	7.7	7.6^l
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3	3.3	2.9^l
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.0 / 96.7	93.7 / 93.2	97.8 / 97.2^l
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	88.2 / 89.1	89.1 / 90.0	97.2 / 97.0^l
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	81.2 / 81.9	75.0 / 76.2	86.2 / 85.4^l
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.3	0.6	1.5^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	33.3	40^m	39.2^m

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	70.4ⁿ	81.4ⁿ	87.2^i,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	0.4	0.4^l
Threatened species (number)	100	133	160^d
Forested area (% of land area)	39.4ⁱ	39.7ⁱ	39.7^l
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	7.0 / 3.5	7.2 / 3.9	7.6 / 4.1^l
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	53	46	44^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	56	60	62^l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	486	118	537^l
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	45.2	49.8	50.1^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	84.7 / 74.6	84.6 / 74.4	84.6 / 74.4^l
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	8.7 / 17.6	8.2 / 17.9	8.2 / 18.0^l
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.2	2.39	2.97^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		2024
e		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
l		2022
m		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
n		Population aged 16 to 74 years.