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North Macedonia – MK

EU regions: North Macedonia


map of North Macedonia MK
IndicatorPeriodValue
Life long learning
life long learning participation20252.6
Precarious work
percentage of employees ususally working on Sunday20259.9
percentage of employees ususally working at nights20258.5
percentage of employees with temporary contracts2026q116.2
Part time jobs and flexible employment
working hours on full time job2026q139
percentage of workers usually working from home20251.9
percentage of part time workers2026q12.61
percentage of part time workers, men2026q12.54
percentage of part time workers, women2026q12.7
Minimum and average wage
monthly minimum wage in €2026q3624
monthly minimum wage in PPS2026q31142
Gender differences
gender pay gap20149.1
employment of mothers of more than 3 children202540.3
gender gap in employment rate2026q173.72
gender gap in unemployment rate2026q184.55
Graduates and young people
unemployment rate of youth with elementary education202537.5
unemployment rate of youth with secondary education2026q124.4
unemployment rate of youth with tertiary education2026q126.9
NEET202519.3
Gross domestic product
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average202442
HICP inflationDecember 20253.6
Employment
employment rate202558.8
Social exclusion
people at risk of poverty or social exclusion202039.8
Health care
Inhabitants per dentist20211141.41
Inhabitants per physician2021309.21
Inhabitants per pharmacist20211761.01

North Macedonia slovensky: MK

Subregions: North Macedonia, North Macedonia


demographic-pyramid-economic-activity-MK.png

Unemployment

IndicatorPeriodValue
Unemployment
unemployment rate2026q111.5
youth unemployment rate2026q128.3
unemployment rate of low educated people2026q118.6
Long term unemployment
long term unemployment2026q17.3
share of long term unemployed202567.6

Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, North Macedonia

Age groupLow educationMiddle educationHigh education
Y20-29P: 17.0
E: 5.8; U: 3.4; I: 7.8		P: 155.9
E: 70.3; U: 20.8; I: 64.8		P: 42.0
E: 30.9; U: 6.6; I: 4.5
Y30-39P: 41.2
E: 17.4; U: 6.5; I: 17.3		P: 111.0
E: 81.4; U: 12.6; I: 17.0		P: 90.6
E: 77.4; U: 6.3; I: 6.9
Y40-49P: 72.5
E: 32.7; U: 7.4; I: 32.4		P: 125.1
E: 102.2; U: 9.0; I: 13.9		P: 57.9
E: 53.3; U: 2.2; I: 2.4
Y50-59P: 85.9
E: 35.0; U: 4.8; I: 46.1		P: 127.1
E: 92.1; U: 9.4; I: 25.6		P: 38.4
E: 33.6; U: 1.2; I: 3.6
Y60-69P: 88.7
E: 15.1; U: 1.7; I: 71.9		P: 106.7
E: 25.5; U: 1.6; I: 79.6		P: 40.0
E: 15.3; U: 0.4; I: 24.3

Note: in thousands in 2024, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of economically inactive

Demographics


population pyramid of MK North Macedonia in 1996
IndicatorPeriodValue
Demographics
number of inhabitants20251 822 612
population density202473.3
old-age dependency ratio202528.7
Population ageing
unemployment rate – over 55 years2026q18
aggregate replacement ratio20240.51
aggregate replacement ratio – females20240.51

population pyramid of MK North Macedonia

Employment by sectors, North Macedonia

NACE r2%NACE r2%
A70.310%B-E156.322%
F46.97%G-I17625%
J23.73%K10.82%
L1.10%M_N41.26%
O-Q143.620%R-U34.65%
TOTAL704.6100%

Data for the period year 2025. Source of the data is Eurostat, table [lfst_r_lfe2en2].

Employment by sectors, North Macedonia, 2025

Other: Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta

Neighbours: Greece, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria

Subregions: North Macedonia, North Macedonia

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - North Macedonia – MK, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PMK, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/MK

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