Poverty & Inequality in North Macedonia 90 indicators covering poverty & inequality for North Macedonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys 2025 down 42.9% 66th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.47 live births per woman 2023 down 14.1% 178th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,565 kg per hectare 2024 down 8.6% 80th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 29.5% 2023 up 22.5% 43rd Gender Inequality Index 0.112 2023 down 30.9% 133rd Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 24.5% 2023 down 13.3% 46th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0832 2023 down 8.3% 183rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0832 2023 down 8.3% 183rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0953 2023 down 8.1% 191st Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2048 2023 down 19.8% 113th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 3.9% 2019 down 67.8% 43rd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.5% 2019 down 72.7% 35th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 7.4% 2019 down 60.2% 49th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 20.5% 2019 down 53.0% 60th Prosperity gap 2.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2019 down 49.1% 52nd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 2.7% 2019 down 67.1% 42nd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 23.3% 2019 down 21.8% 46th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 7.9% 2019 down 59.5% 52nd Population living in slums 0.3% 2022 down 57.2% 141st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.723 2023 up 8.6% 53rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.723 2023 up 8.6% 53rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.723 2023 up 8.6% 53rd Three metrics of inequality 43.82 2018 down 10.4% 101st Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4382 2018 down 10.4% 101st Income share held by second 20% 12.3% 2019 up 20.6% 53rd Income share held by third 20% 18.0% 2019 up 15.4% 5th Income share held by fourth 20% 24.8% 2019 up 7.8% 1st Income share held by highest 20% 39.0% 2019 down 17.2% 92nd Income share held by highest 10% 22.9% 2019 down 25.4% 102nd Income share held by lowest 10% 1.9% 2019 up 58.3% 103rd Income share held by lowest 20% 5.8% 2019 up 41.5% 93rd Gini index 33.5 2019 down 21.7% 69th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 18.4% 2019 down 15.2% 16th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 30.72 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2019 down 73.7% 75th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 1.5% 2019 down 72.6% 37th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 21.9% 2024 down 0.9% 4th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4112 2018 down 11.9% 81st At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded fro 24.0% 2024 down 3.2% 20th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4112 2018 down 11.9% 81st Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 25.0% 2024 down 49.3% 4th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 12,753 2017 up 41.9% 76th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 27.1% 2024 down 34.2% 7th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 11.6% 2024 down 65.5% 6th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.1% 2023 up 18.2% 79th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 31.0% 2018 down 9.5% 105th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 8.2% 2018 up 2.5% 109th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 28.6% 2020 down 17.6% 1st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 2 39.8% 2020 down 15.7% 2nd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 3.9% 2019 down 67.5% 43rd Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3351 2019 down 21.6% 69th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 73,931 people 2019 down 68.9% 74th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 3.9% 2019 down 67.5% 43rd How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 3.9% 2019 down 67.5% 43rd Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 3.9% 2019 down 67.5% 43rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.35 million people 2019 up 49.1% 98th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 3.9% 2019 down 67.5% 43rd Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 3.9% 2019 down 67.5% 43rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 59,649 people 2019 up 35.9% 94th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 88.4% 2019 down 6.7% 62nd Share of population living in extreme poverty 3.9% 2019 down 67.5% 43rd Page 1 of 2 Next →