Social Development in North Macedonia

153 indicators covering social development for North Macedonia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 9 2018 unchanged 33rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 1,332 2025 down 90.9% 105th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0007 units per person 2025 down 90.4% 71st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 95.2% 94th
Political Rights Score 28 2025 up 27.3% 89th
Freedom Score 67 2025 up 17.5% 91st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 38 2025 up 153.3% 143rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 166.1% 129th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 33.5% 138th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -46.03 % change on previous year 2025 down 152.6% 155th
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 19 2018 unchanged 33rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 46.15 % change on previous year 2025 up 146.6% 12th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.631 2025 down 6.7% 95th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.818 2025 up 13.9% 79th
Political Corruption Index 0.753 2025 up 4.7% 46th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.753 2025 up 4.7% 46th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.45 2024 up 29.2% 67th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.1859 units per square kilometre 2023 down 29.8% 43rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0015 units per square kilometre 2023 down 96.4% 134th
LGBT+ Rights Index 2.07 2019 unchanged 75th
Forcibly displaced people 20,860 2025 up 2,187.3% 113th
Press freedom 0 2016 down 100.0% 131st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 1 number 2025 unchanged 90th
Age of electoral democracy 36 years 2025 up 38.5% 63rd
Corruption Perceptions Index 40 2024 down 11.1% 87th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.23 2024 up 21.6% 84th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 5.01 2024 up 29.8% 73rd
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.2 2024 down 2.5% 30th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0179 2024 down 35.7% 24th
Self-reported life satisfaction 5.72 2025 up 11.7% 82nd
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 5.72 2025 up 11.7% 82nd
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 48.5% 2024 down 2.9% 63rd
Homicide rate 1.53 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 39.9% 116th
Homicides 28 homicides 2023 up 27.3% 129th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 1.53 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 39.9% 116th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 1.53 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 39.9% 115th
Age of electoral democracy 9 years 2025 up 800.0% 90th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 down 100.0% 51st
Citizen support for democracy -0.8789 2020 down 23.4% 104th
Homicides 20 deaths 2023 up 11.1% 83rd
Child homicide rate 0.4818 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 45th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.3095 2020 up 37.0% 84th
Homicide rate 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 25.5% 61st
Homicide rate by age of the victim 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 25.5% 61st
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 90th
Homicides 22.52 deaths 2021 down 38.1% 162nd
Homicide rate 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 38.2% 158th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 1.06 2021 down 38.0% 154th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 580,000 2030 down 3.7% 104th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 4.87 2030 up 9.9% 96th
Freedom of Association Score 9 2025 up 28.6% 14th
Freedom of Expression Score 7 2025 up 75.0% 19th