European ranking
10 / 32
Improved by 4 positions since the previous year
North Macedonia: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
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Country overview
North Macedonia
Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Latest value
5.18 Ratio
Compared with Europe
+0.4 puntos
North Macedonia is 0.4 points above the European average.
EU: 4.81
Affected population
1.8M
Year: 2024
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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
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At a glance
North Macedonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in North Macedonia
In North Macedonia, S80/S20 ratio is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 5.18 versus 4.81 in 2024, with a gap of 0.37 in the ratio.
Recent trend
In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 5.56 in 2019 to 5.18 in 2024. The latest step, from 5.60 in 2023 to 5.18 in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In North Macedonia, Income & Purchasing Power shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.