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General Information

Region		Southern Europe
Population (000, 2021)		2 083^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		82.6^a
Capital city		Skopje
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		589.8^b
UN membership date		08-Apr-93
Surface area (km2)		25 713^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100.1^a
National currency		Denar (MKD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		50.2^c

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	9 407	10 065	12 695^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.4	3.9	3.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	4 542.9	4 840.3	6 093.1^b
Economy: Agriculture^d (% of Gross Value Added)	11.7	11.1	10^b
Economy: Industry^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	24.4	27.4	27.4^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g (% of GVA)	63.9	61.5	62.5^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	18.6^h	17.9	15.1^h,c
Employment in industry (% of employed)	30.3^h	30.5	31.4^h,c
Employment in services (% employed)	51.1^h	51.6	53.5^h,c
Unemployment^h (% of labour force)	32	26.1	16.4^c
Labour force participation rate^h (female/male pop. %)	42.8 / 68.6	43.5 / 67.6	43.0 / 67.2^c
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	110	115^c
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	97	102	96^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	3 351	4 530	6 633^c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	5 474	6 427	8 709^c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 123	- 1 897	- 2 076^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-198	-193	-424^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	0.1	0.1	~0.0^c
Urban population (% of total population)	57.1	57.4	58.2^b
Urban population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	-0.1	0.2	...
Fertility rate, totalⁱ (live births per woman)	1.5	1.5	1.5^c
Life expectancy at birthⁱ (females/males, years)	76.3 / 72.1	77.2 / 73.1	77.6 / 73.6^c
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	17.9 / 16.4	16.8 / 18.6	16.2 / 21.1^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	129.7 / 6.3	130.7 / 6.3	131.3 / 6.3^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	3.3^j	1.6	17.5^c
Infant mortality rateⁱ (per 1 000 live births)	10.8	8.9	10.7^c
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	6.7	6.3	6.6^k
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.7	2.9	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	86.7 / 88.0	94.0 / 93.7	98.1 / 98.3^k
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	81.0 / 83.3	81.2 / 82.6	79.1 / 80.8^k
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	74.6 / 77.1	78.1 / 79.5	70.3 / 73.5^k
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.1	1.2	1.2^k
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	32.5	33.3	39.2^l

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	51.9^m	70.4ⁿ	79.2^k
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.2	0.4	0.4^k
Threatened species (number)	90	100	134
Forested area^h (% of land area)	38.1	39.4	39.7^k
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	8.3 / 4.0	7.1 / 3.4	6.9 / 3.3^k
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	68	58	51^k
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	58	56	54^k
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	262	486	758^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	24.4	24.4	24.4^c
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	84.7 / 74.5	84.6 / 74.6	84.6 / 65.9^c
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	9.3 / 17.2	8.7 / 17.6	8.2 / 17.9^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.1	2.2	1.14^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2020
d		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
e		Includes irrigation canals.
f		Excludes publishing activities.
g		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
h		Estimate.
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Data as at the end of December.
k		2018
l		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
m		Population aged 15 to 74 years.
n		Users in the last 3 months.