International Rankings of North Macedonia 2023, 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	31	23	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	95	475569	2020
Internet users - percent of population	25	83 %	2021
Internet users - total	138	1.743 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	39	20	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	98	425646	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	67	92	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	151	1.941 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	8	7.3 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	28	30.8 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	124	4.500 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	125	3.505 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	56	2.7 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	114	420.178 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	118	9.065 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	111	9.157 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	137	12.696 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	50	54 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	80	15.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	90	65.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	156	69 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	124	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	90	62.5 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	89	33 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	87	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
Imports	107	11.354 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	166	2.37 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	101	3.23 %	2021
Labor force	148	916200 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	78	16.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	22	29.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	99	54.5 %	2017
Population below poverty line	84	21.6 %	2018
Public debt	125	39.3 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	134	34.007 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	114	3.96 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	97	16500 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	108	4.129 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	125	16.13 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	28	16.2 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	35	38.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	24	31.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	26	34.1	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	67	3.866 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	106	423000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	137	3.094 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	46	5.211 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	61	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	77	174000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	35	5.026 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	48	332.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	116	6.351 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	69	639.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	52	2.965 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	119	1.928 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	112	979.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	47	1.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	69	71.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	74	24.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	55	2.3 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	96	53.572 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	104	218.917 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	74	218.917 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	133	22700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	101	3065 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	113	23560 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	114	7.05 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	143	2.28 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	59	28.34 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	75	44.3	2018
Land use - arable land	65	16.4	2018
Land use - forest	73	39.8	2018
Land use - other	138	15.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	59	26.5	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	84	0.15 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	146	6.400 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	118	140.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	94	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	83	310.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	133	0.61	2025
Urbanization - urban population	94	59.5	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	89	796585 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	119	1434 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	87	0.2 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	149	25433 sq km	0
Area - total	151	25713 sq km	0
Area - water	99	280149 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	219	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	27	50 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	47	741 meters	0
Irrigated land	99	844 sq km	2016
Land boundaries - total	124	838 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	75	44.3	2018
Land use - arable land	65	16.4	2018
Land use - forest	73	39.8	2018
Land use - other	138	15.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	59	26.5	2018
Military
Military expenditures	33	1.9 % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	80	1.93 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	60	0.03 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	86	0.9 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	88	3.9 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	51	1.03 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	175	10.33 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	98	0.9 %	1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate	51	59.9 %	1819
Current health expenditure	42	7.9 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	26	66.5 %	2023
Death rate	39	9.61 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	55	21.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	109	4.7 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	146	44.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	159	23.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	4	99.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	102	1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	96	0.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	95	0.74 %	2023
Hospital bed density	30	4.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	154	6.17 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	152	8.09 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	157	7.16 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	89	79.32 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	78	74.99 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	84	77.09 years	0
Literacy - female	20	97.6 %	2020
Literacy - male	8	99.1 %	0
Literacy - total population	15	98.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	119	3 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	49	40 years	2020
Median age - male	42	38 years	0
Median age - total	42	39 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	34	26.9	2020
Net migration rate	73	0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	61	22.4 %	2016
Physicians density	52	2.87 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	149	2.133 million	2023
Population growth rate	138	0.11 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	103	2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	94	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	14 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	20	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.79 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	6	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	128	1.52 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	133	0.61	2025
Urbanization - urban population	94	59.5	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	35	38.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	24	31.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	26	34.1	0
Transportation
Airports	113	10	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	96	21000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	29	699 km	2020
Roadways - paved	75	9633 km	2017
Roadways - total	111	14182 km	2017
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding North Macedonia on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of North Macedonia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about North Macedonia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.