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IndicatorMKDNorth MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.79rank #61
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile41.2rank #113
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.37rank #71
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.37rank #72
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.66rank #83
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile50.7rank #102
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.79rank #61
Military spending% GDP2.1%rank #49
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.35rank #66
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile68.6rank #93
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile59.1rank #72
Rule of Law0-100 percentile53.1rank #113
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.37rank #101
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.56rank #64
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.37rank #79
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile58.1rank #93
Women in parliament% seats39.2%rank #32
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.82rank #48
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment8.5%rank #113
Agriculture value added% GDP6%rank #84
Annual working hours per workerhours1,948.9rank #71
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker146,384.2rank #84
Current account balance% GDP-4.3%rank #77
Employment-to-population ratio%44.9%rank #157
External debt stocks% GNI81.2%rank #96
FDI net inflows% GDP3.5%rank #23
GDPcurrent US$19.1Brank #133
GDP growth%3.5%rank #89
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$10,489.9rank #81
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $25,094.6rank #70
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $22,128.4rank #70
Government expenditure% GDP33.4%rank #30
Gross capital formation% GDP31.7%rank #13
Gross savings% GDP27.5%rank #20
High-technology exports% manuf. exports6.4%rank #73
Industry value added% GDP24.1%rank #83
Inflation%4.1%rank #119
Labour force participation rate%51.4%rank #151
Personal remittances received% GDP2.4%rank #44
R&D expenditure% GDP0.37%rank #12
Researchers in R&Dper million888.1rank #15
Tax revenue% GDP18.8%rank #41
Trade openness% GDP133%rank #26
Unemployment% labor force12.3%rank #160
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%12.6%rank #159
Vulnerable employment% employment12.3%rank #49
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2428.8%rank #161
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2429.2%rank #159
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop98.2%rank #62
Basic sanitation access% pop99%rank #40
Child mortalityper 1000.28rank #9
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,475.6rank #25
DTP3 immunization coverage%89%rank #11
Health spending% GDP7.4%rank #74
Infant mortalityper 1k births2.5rank #10
Life expectancyyears76.6rank #89
Maternal mortalityper 100k3rank #3
Measles immunization% children73%rank #27
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%73%rank #27
Physiciansper 1k2.9rank #51
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m321.8rank #127
Road traffic deathsper 100k5.1rank #18
Smoking prevalence% adults39.6%rank #134
Suicide mortality rateper 100k5.8rank #70
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k11rank #46
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births2.8rank #18
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Adult literacy%96.1%rank #5
Education spending% GDP3.3%rank #82
Expected years of schoolingyears14.8rank #71
Mean years of schoolingyears10.2rank #85
Primary completion rate% relevant age95.8%rank #71
Primary enrollment% gross96.3%rank #117
Secondary enrollment% gross90.1%rank #88
Tertiary enrollment% gross55%rank #61
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,0008.8rank #165
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.4rank #166
Median age of populationyears40.3rank #45
Net migration rateper 1,000-3.1rank #170
Populationpeople1.82Mrank #151
Population growth%-0.19%rank #190
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years81.3rank #88
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands1,512.7rank #156
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age52.8rank #128
Urban population%62.9%rank #105
Climate
CO₂ emissionst6.62Mrank #127
CO₂ per capitat3.6rank #91
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation29.2%rank #42
Electricity from hydro% generation17.5%rank #37
Electricity from solar% generation31.1%rank #1
Electricity from wind% generation4.2%rank #47
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita3,320.4rank #64
Forest area% land39.7%rank #77
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita6.3rank #123
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh405.6rank #51
Renewable electricity%47.2%rank #36
Renewable energy share%19.5%rank #99
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e11.6rank #52
Society
Asylum seekerspeople1,332rank #77
Extreme poverty% pop3.9%rank #21
Female labor participation%42.7%rank #139
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10029.9rank #47
Gender Development Indexratio0.96rank #60
Gender Inequality Index0-10.11rank #34
Gini indexindex33.5rank #33
Homicide rateper 100k1.5rank #39
Human Development Index0-10.82rank #54
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.72rank #46
Internally displaced personspeople116rank #1
Internet users% pop93.1%rank #5
Life satisfaction0-105.7rank #79
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.75rank #22
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #118
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #83
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.04rank #94
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.1rank #96
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people20,822rank #83
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people1,886rank #83
Youth NEET rate%18.7%rank #95
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year72rank #14
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-102rank #15
Human hazard & exposure0-100.9rank #10
INFORM risk score0-102.7rank #16
Lack of coping capacity0-104rank #32
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-102rank #17
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105.6rank #35
Natural hazard & exposure0-102.9rank #16
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year72rank #17
Socio-economic vulnerability0-101.9rank #20
Vulnerability0-102.5rank #14
Vulnerable groups0-103.1rank #26
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