Social Development in North Macedonia 153 indicators covering social development for North Macedonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Civil Rights Score 8 2025 unchanged 12th Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 39.7% 2030 up 0.3% 3rd Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 580,000 2030 down 3.7% 106th Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 44.7% 2020 up 0.7% 87th Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 58.3% 2020 up 1.7% 92nd Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 21.1% 2020 down 4.7% 174th Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 41.7% 2020 down 2.3% 95th Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 13.6% 2020 up 5.4% 77th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 9.6% 2020 down 3.1% 136th Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 22.67 2020 up 3.1% 98th Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 10.44 2020 up 3.1% 98th Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population 9.46 2020 up 0.8% 94th Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 — 4th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence 40.2% 2030 up 0.8% 3rd Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence (%) 39.7% 2030 up 0.3% 3rd Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / 110 2023 down 66.7% 62nd Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 4 2024 unchanged 68th Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of 130 2024 up 55.7% 74th Tobacco Raise taxes: National taxes for tobacco and nicotine products 9 2024 unchanged 83rd Age of democracy 28 years 2018 up 55.6% 49th Homicides, by sex of the victim 9 homicides 2023 up 28.6% 93rd Homicide rate by sex of the victim 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 40.6% 83rd Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG 12.26 2025 down 53.6% 11th Press Freedom Index 31.67 2021 down 7.6% 91st Share of prisoners that are pre-trial detainees 12.1% 2024 up 16.3% 143rd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption 1.7 2016 down 15.0% 91st Tobacco MPOWER: National tobacco control programmes 2 2024 unchanged 79th Laboratories providing drug susceptibility testing (DST) 2.4 2014 unchanged 40th Homicide rate from firearms 0.2701 homicides per 100,000 population 2021 down 71.0% 47th Homicides by firearm 5 homicides 2021 down 73.7% 64th Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner 0.2235 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 — 14th Total number of indoor cinemas 4 2015 down 75.0% 75th Alcohol expenditure as a per cent of total household expenditure 1.1% 2016 down 15.4% 26th ← Previous Page 3 of 3