International Rankings of North Macedonia 2022, 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	30	23.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	92	475569	2020
Internet users - percent of population	26	81.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	127	1.679 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	35	20.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	98	415390	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	86	89.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	148	1.862 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	129	3.605 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	123	3.295 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	52	2.70 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	84	151.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	116	9.065 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	111	7.180 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	134	12.696 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	47	54.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	75	15.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	86	65.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	146	69.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	119	13.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	4	20.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	72	10.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	78	26.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	79	62.50 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	83	34 %	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	86	25.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	34	1.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	111	8.760 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	104	7.80 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	78	0.70 %	2019
Labor force	143	793000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	72	16 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	20	29 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	89	55 %	2017
Population below poverty line	79	22 %	2018
Public debt	111	39.30 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	130	33.020 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	84	15800 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	110	2.802 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	71	29.00 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	30	17.29 %	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	16	41.50	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	13	33.50	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	13	36.40	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	64	3.866 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	104	423000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	135	3.094 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	121	7.383 million	2019
Coal - consumption	43	5.211 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	57	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	74	174000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	32	5.026 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	45	332.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	114	6.351 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	65	639.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	51	2.965 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	117	1.928 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	109	979.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	47	1.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	65	71.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	70	24.70 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	61	0.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	52	2.30 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	93	53.572 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	102	218.917 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	72	218.917 million cubic meters	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	131	22700 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	97	3065 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	110	23560 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	111	7 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	139	2 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	57	28 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	70	44	2018
Land use - arable land	62	16	2018
Land use - forest	64	40	2018
Land use - other	128	16	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	56	27	2018
Total renewable water resources	139	6.400 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	107	329.218 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	78	225.810 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	101	277.500 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	128	0.61	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	88	59	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	88	796585.00 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	114	1434 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	84	0.20 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	143	25433 sq km	N/A
Area - total	144	25713 sq km	N/A
Area - water	121	280 sq km	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	25	50 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	44	741 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	95	844 sq km	2016
Land boundaries - total	120	838 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	70	44	2018
Land use - arable land	62	16	2018
Land use - forest	64	40	2018
Land use - other	128	16	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	56	27	2018
Population Density	115	83.79 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	34	2 % of GDP	2022
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	134	12.65	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	30	44.47	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	50	12.55	N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	78	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	83	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	85	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	48	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	160	10.45 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	94	1 %	1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate	50	59.90 %	1819
Current health expenditure	39	7 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	37	9.61 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	52	21.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	105	4.70 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	136	44.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	148	23.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	4	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	97	1 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	93	1 % of population	2020
Hospital bed density	30	4.30 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	144	6.31 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	143	8.27 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	144	7.32 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	80	79 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	72	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	75	77 years	N/A
Literacy - female	18	98 %	2020
Literacy - male	9	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	14	98 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	107	7.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	45	40 years	2020
Median age - male	37	38 years	N/A
Median age - total	38	39 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	34	27	2020
Net migration rate	67	0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	57	22.40 %	2016
Physicians density	52	2.87 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	144	2.131 million	2022
Population growth rate	130	0.12 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	97	2 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	106	1 % of population	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	14 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	13 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	16	1.07	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	17	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	42	0.55 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	6	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	120	1.51 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	128	0.61	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	88	59	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	16	41.50	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	13	33.50	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	13	36.40	N/A
Transportation
Airports	110	10	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	68	8	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	29	6	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	92	2	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2021
Railways - total	83	925 km	2017
Roadways - paved	72	9633 km	2017
Roadways - total	100	14182 km	2017

*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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