Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — North Macedonia

Extreme poverty rate in North Macedonia in 2019 — 3.9%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 78. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 0.6 pp.

2019 3.9% −0.4 pp vs 2018
World rank 60of 78
Period maximum 12.8%2010
Period minimum 1.4%2004

Trend over time

1998–2019 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — North Macedonia, 1998–2019051015199820012004200720102013201620191998: 3.3%2000: 11.7%2002: 3%2003: 2.8%2004: 1.4%2005: 3.1%2006: 4.6%2008: 1.4%2009: 12.1%2010: 12.8%2011: 10.9%2012: 9.1%2013: 7.4%2014: 6.4%2015: 7%2016: 5.7%2017: 5.6%2018: 4.3%2019: 3.9%
Change over the period: +0.6 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2019

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Macedonia

North Macedonia 3.9%
Southern Europe computed 1.1%
Extreme poverty rate — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 3.9 −0.4 pp
2018 4.3 −1.3 pp
2017 5.6 −0.1 pp
2016 5.7 −1.3 pp
2015 7 +0.6 pp
2014 6.4 −1 pp
2013 7.4 −1.7 pp
2012 9.1 −1.8 pp
2011 10.9 −1.9 pp
2010 12.8 +0.7 pp
2009 12.1 +10.7 pp
2008 1.4
2006 4.6 +1.5 pp
2005 3.1 +1.7 pp
2004 1.4 −1.4 pp
2003 2.8 −0.2 pp
2002 3
2000 11.7
1998 3.3

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.