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North Macedonia: Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
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Country overview
North Macedonia
Current reading for Inability to face unexpected financial expenses in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
Latest value
45.80 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
+15.4 puntos
North Macedonia is 15.4 points above the European average.
EU: 30.40
Affected population
≈ 0.84 million people affected
Year: 2024
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Indicator: Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
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At a glance
North Macedonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, 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, Unexpected expenses stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 45.8% versus 30.4% in 2024, a large gap of 15.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 57.30% in 2019 to 45.80% in 2024. The latest step, from 54.70% in 2023 to 45.80% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to 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.