EU 20.69
· European ranking
4 / 32
No change compared with previous year
North Macedonia: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
27.10% of people
EU 20.69 · +6.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N
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At a glance
North Macedonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in North Macedonia
In North Macedonia, Poverty or exclusion stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 27.1% versus 20.7% in 2024, a large gap of 6.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 34.10% in 2019 to 27.10% in 2024. The latest step, from 30.00% in 2023 to 27.10% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In North Macedonia, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.