Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line was 3.9% in 2018. βΌ Falling
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in North Macedonia, 2006β2018
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in North Macedonia is 3.9%, measured in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.5% on the previous year and down 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in North Macedonia peaked at 6.8% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 2018.
North Macedonia ranks 10th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.3% | 5.9% | 6.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 3.9% | 6.6% | 9 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
More poverty & inequality data for North Macedonia
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 4 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.47 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,565 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 29.55 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.112 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 24.51 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0832 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0832 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0953 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.2048 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in North Macedonia?
- Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in North Macedonia was 3.9% in 2018, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2006.
- What is the lowest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 2018.
- How does North Macedonia rank for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line?
- North Macedonia ranks 10th out of 26 countries with data for 2018.
- Is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Macedonia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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