International Rankings of North Macedonia 2024, 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	23.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	95	475569	2020
Internet users - percent of population	25	83.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	138	1.743 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	39	20.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	100	436182	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	67	92.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	152	1.941 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	8	7.30 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	28	30.80 % 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	2.70 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	115	420.178 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	120	9.065 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	66	52.10	N/A
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	54.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	80	15.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	90	65.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	156	69.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	124	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	74	10.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	82	26.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	90	62.50 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	89	33 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	87	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	108	11.354 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	167	2.37 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	102	3.23 %	2021
Labor force	148	916200 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	84	22 %	2018
Public debt	130	39.30 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	133	34.007 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	114	3.96 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	96	16500 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	77	4	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	108	4.129 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	125	16.13 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	28	16.20 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	35	38.40 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	24	31.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	26	34.10 %	2021
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	124	7.383 million	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 generation sources - biomass and waste	47	1.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	69	71.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	74	24.70 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	55	2.30 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	96	53.572 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	104	218.917 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	74	218.917 million cubic meters	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	133	22700 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	101	3065 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	113	23560 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	114	7 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	143	2 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	60	25 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	75	44	2018
Land use - arable land	65	16	2018
Land use - forest	73	40	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	59	27	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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	94	60	2023
Geography
Area - land	148	25433 sq km	N/A
Area - total	152	25713 sq km	N/A
Area - water	127	280 sq km	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	27	50 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	47	741 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	99	844 sq km	2016
Land boundaries - total	124	838 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	75	44	2018
Land use - arable land	65	16	2018
Land use - forest	73	40	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	59	27	2018
Population Density	128	83.88 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	32	2 % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	80	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	86	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	88	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	51	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	130	10.30 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - women married by age 18	66	8	2019
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	85	1 %	1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate	51	59.90 %	1819
Current health expenditure	42	8 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	26	67 %	2023
Death rate	32	9.60 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	55	21.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	109	4.70 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	146	44.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	159	23.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	4	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	102	1 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	96	1 % of population	2020
Gross reproduction rate	95	0.74 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	132	6.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	131	8.10 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	131	7.20 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	57	79 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	56	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	59	77 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	20	98 %	2020
Literacy - male	8	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	15	98 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	119	3.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	47	41 years	N/A
Median age - male	45	39 years	N/A
Median age - total	39	40 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	34	27	2020
Net migration rate	54	0.40 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	61	22.40 %	2016
Physicians density	52	2.87 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	148	2.133 million	2023
Population growth rate	143	0.11 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	103	2 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	113	1 % of population	2020
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	20	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.79 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	132	1.52 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	133	0.61	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	94	60	2023
Transportation
Airports	113	13	2024
Heliports	58	8	2024

*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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