EU 6.25
· European ranking
2 / 34
No change compared with previous year
North Macedonia: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
11.50% of labour force
EU 6.25 · +5.2 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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At a glance
North Macedonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, 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, Unemployment rate stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 11.5% versus 6.3% in 2025, a large gap of 5.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 16.40% in 2020 to 11.50% in 2025. The latest step, from 12.30% in 2024 to 11.50% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is weaker 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.