Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — North Macedonia

Poverty at $6.85 a day in North Macedonia in 2019 — 20.5%. Ranked 52 in the world out of 78. Since 1998, the indicator has fallen by 23.9 pp.

2019 20.5% −2.2 pp vs 2018
World rank 52of 78
Period maximum 58.3%2000
Period minimum 20.5%2019

Trend over time

1998–2019 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — North Macedonia, 1998–20192030405060199820012004200720102013201620191998: 44.4%2000: 58.3%2002: 33.1%2003: 34.2%2004: 23.2%2005: 31.4%2006: 32.8%2008: 24.1%2009: 43.6%2010: 40%2011: 39.5%2012: 37.8%2013: 36.5%2014: 32.4%2015: 30.4%2016: 27%2017: 24.7%2018: 22.7%2019: 20.5%
Change over the period: −23.9 pp Annual average: -1.14 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

North Macedonia 20.5%
Southern Europe computed 4.53%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 20.5 −2.2 pp
2018 22.7 −2 pp
2017 24.7 −2.3 pp
2016 27 −3.4 pp
2015 30.4 −2 pp
2014 32.4 −4.1 pp
2013 36.5 −1.3 pp
2012 37.8 −1.7 pp
2011 39.5 −0.5 pp
2010 40 −3.6 pp
2009 43.6 +19.5 pp
2008 24.1
2006 32.8 +1.4 pp
2005 31.4 +8.2 pp
2004 23.2 −11 pp
2003 34.2 +1.1 pp
2002 33.1
2000 58.3
1998 44.4

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

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