EU 7.35
· European ranking
4 / 34
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
North Macedonia: Jobless Households
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
10.50% of people aged 0 to 64
EU 7.35 · +3.1 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) ilc_lvhl21n
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Internal regions
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More context on this indicator
At a glance
North Macedonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in North Macedonia
In North Macedonia, Low work intensity is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 10.5% versus 7.4% in 2024, with a gap of 3.1 percentage points.
Recent trend
In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 13.50% in 2019 to 10.50% in 2024. The latest step, from 12.20% in 2023 to 10.50% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In North Macedonia, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security 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.