Poverty & Inequality in North Macedonia

139 indicators covering poverty & inequality for North Macedonia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 4 2025 down 42.9% 66th
Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.47 2023 down 14.1% 178th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,565 2024 down 8.6% 80th
Tax revenues vs income inequality 29.55 2023 up 22.5% 43rd
Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.112 2023 down 30.9% 133rd
Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 24.51 2023 down 13.3% 46th
Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0832 2023 down 8.3% 183rd
Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0832 2023 down 8.3% 183rd
Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0953 2023 down 8.1% 191st
Income inequality atkinson index undp 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 $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 7.9% 2019 down 59.5% 52nd
Population living in slums 0.3% 2022 down 57.2% 141st
Inequality adjusted human development index 0.723 2023 up 8.6% 53rd
Inequality adjusted hdi vs human development index 0.723 2023 up 8.6% 53rd
Inequality adjusted human development index vs gdp per capita 0.723 2023 up 8.6% 53rd
Inequality metrics before tax wid 43.82 2018 down 10.4% 101st
Gini coefficient wid 0.4382 2018 down 10.4% 101st
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 253.03 2023 up 107.9% 63rd
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 2019 down 73.7% 75th
Poverty gap index extreme poverty 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 wid vs pip 0.4112 2018 down 11.9% 81st
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded fro 24 2024 down 3.2% 20th
Gini coefficient after vs before tax wid scatter 0.4112 2018 down 11.9% 81st
Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 25 2024 down 49.3% 4th
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on gini 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
Received official development assistance grants for poverty reduction 0.13 2023 up 18.2% 79th
Share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid 30.97 2018 down 9.5% 105th
Share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid 8.19 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
The share of people living in extreme poverty vs gdp per capita 3.94 2019 down 67.5% 43rd
Gini coefficient vs gdp per capita pip 0.3351 2019 down 21.6% 69th
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 73,931 2019 down 68.9% 74th
Share of population living with less than international and lower midd 3.94 2019 down 67.5% 43rd
Share extreme poverty vs share mpi poor 3.94 2019 down 67.5% 43rd
Poverty headcount rate vs poverty gap 3.94 2019 down 67.5% 43rd
Distribution of population poverty thresholds 1.35 million 2019 up 49.1% 98th
Share of the population living in extreme poverty vs average consumpti 3.94 2019 down 67.5% 43rd
Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds 3.94 2019 down 67.5% 43rd
Distribution of population between different poverty lines more thresh 59,649 2019 up 35.9% 94th
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 88.44 2019 down 6.7% 62nd