International Rankings of North Macedonia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of North Macedonia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of North Macedonia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	65	21.41	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	91	454300	0
Internet users - percent of population	65	79.17 %	2018
Internet users - total	126	1.678 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	82	18.87	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	101	400454	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	156	90.51	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	150	1.921 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	131	3.605 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	125	3.295 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	56	2.7 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	36	66	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	13	80.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	48	88.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	16	93.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	136	12.696 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	49	54 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	80	15.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	88	65.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	152	69 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	122	13.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	4	20.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	74	10.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	82	26.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	83	62.5 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	86	25 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	34	1.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	105	7.8 %	2017
Labor force	145	793000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	78	16.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	21	29.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	95	54.5 %	2017
Population below poverty line	82	21.6	2018
Public debt	41	39.3 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	132	34.333 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	80	16479 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	75	29 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	121	7.459 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	80	142	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	113	6.420 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	83	58.500 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	38	60	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	35	37	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	38	3	2017
Electricity - imports	56	2.191 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	116	1.828 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	117	5.396 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	97	198.200 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	70	198.200 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	118	21000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	99	3065 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	111	23560 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	113	7.05 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	142	2.28 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	58	28.34 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	73	44.3	2018
Land use - arable land	64	16.4	2018
Land use - forest	71	39.8	2018
Land use - other	135	15.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	58	26.5	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	81	0.15 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	143	6.400 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	110	329.218 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	80	225.810 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	103	277.500 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.61	2025
Urbanization - urban population	101	58.8	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	89	796585 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	1434 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	87	0.2 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	147	25433 sq km	0
Area - total	148	25713 sq km	0
Area - water	150	280 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	25	50 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	46	741 meters	0
Irrigated land	83	1280 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	121	838 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	73	44.3	2018
Land use - arable land	64	16.4	2018
Land use - forest	71	39.8	2018
Land use - other	135	15.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	58	26.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	142	6.400 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	141	12.65 %	9770
Age structure - 25-54 years	31	44.47 %	5145
Age structure - 55-64 years	54	12.55 %	5407
Birth rate	167	10.55 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	52	59.9 %	1819
Current Health Expenditure	45	6.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	39	9.65 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	46	20.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	98	4.8 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	133	44.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	145	23.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	3	99.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	103	1.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	95	0.6 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	68	0.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2018
HIV/AIDS - deaths	42	300	2018
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	2018
Hospital bed density	28	4.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	149	6.46 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	149	8.46 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	152	7.49 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	85	78.84 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	73	74.47 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	84	76.59 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	108	7	2017
Median age - female	46	40 years	2020
Median age - male	38	38 years	0
Median age - total	40	39 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	29	27	2019
Net migration rate	67	0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	60	22.4 %	2016
Physicians density	49	2.87 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	146	2.128 million	2021
Population growth rate	137	0.13 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	78	17.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	71	9.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	84	2.8 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	14 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	128	1.51 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	21	38.9	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	14	33.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	17	35.6	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.61	2025
Urbanization - urban population	101	58.8	2021
Transportation
Airports	112	10	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	70	8	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	29	6	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2021
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2021
Railways - total	91	925 km	2017
Roadways - paved	74	9633 km	2017
Roadways - total	102	14182 km	290
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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