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North Macedonia
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.

Global rank#17out of 40 countries
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Historical trend

27.024.922.820.618.5200220132023North Macedonia · 2023: 22North Macedonia

Analytical takeaways

  • North Macedonia records 22 for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in 2023, ranking #17 globally out of 40 countries.
  • Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) increased from 19 in 2002 to 22 in 2023, a gain of 3.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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