North Macedonia Poverty Rate (1998-2019)

North Macedonia poverty rate for 2019 was 20.50%, a 2.2% decline from 2018.
  • North Macedonia poverty rate for 2018 was 22.70%, a 2% decline from 2017.
  • North Macedonia poverty rate for 2017 was 24.70%, a 2.3% decline from 2016.
  • North Macedonia poverty rate for 2016 was 27.00%, a 3.4% decline from 2015.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.