ˆˇ˘ ˚ MACEDONIA ˆ ˆ ˛˘ IN FIGURESlatest issue of "Macedonia in Figures", a statistical narrative about the demographic and socio-economic situation in the country. Starting

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3Macedonia in Figures

Foreword

Dear users,

The State Statistical Office presents to you the Republic of Macedonia through the latest issue of "Macedonia in Figures", a statistical narrative about the demographic and socio-economic situation in the country.

Starting with the general and regional statistics, population and social statistics, followed by data on the economy, finance, income, expenditure and prices, as well as statistics on agriculture, industry, construction, energy and trade, the statistical review continues with data on transport, tourism and, finally, comparison of Macedonia with the countries of the European Union and the world.

Although small in size, this publication contains a variety of statistics and information from the statistical surveys, organised into tables, charts and maps. Presented in this manner, the statistics are easy to understand and use.

As the coordinator of official statistics, with this publication the State Statistical Office meets the obligation of producing accurate, reliable and timely data available to all users. Therefore, we expect this content-rich pocket edition of "Macedonia in Figures" to find wide application in society and to be a useful guide in everyday work.

Director,

Lidija Kostovska

June 2016


Contents

Foreword ....................................................................................................................................... 3

General and Regional StatisticsMap of the Republic of Macedonia .....................................................................................................8Basic information .................................................................................................................................9Basic indicators ....................................................................................................................................9Geographical coordinates of the furthest points of the Republic of Macedonia ..............................10Surfaces by height point ....................................................................................................................10National parks ....................................................................................................................................11Largest natural lakes in the Republic of Macedonia ..........................................................................11Climate, 2015 .....................................................................................................................................11

Population and Social StatisticsPopulation of the Republic of Macedonia .........................................................................................12Population by age groups (at the end of the year) - Graph ...............................................................12Vital statistics .....................................................................................................................................13Live births by ethnic affiliation of mother and father, 2015 ..............................................................14Deaths by ethnic affiliation and sex, 2015 .........................................................................................14Marriages by ethnic affiliation of bride and groom, 2015 .................................................................15Divorces by ethnic affiliation of wife and husband, 2015 ..................................................................16Natural increase - Graph ....................................................................................................................17Most common names, 2015 (situation at 31.12.) .............................................................................17Population by age groups, 2015 - Map .............................................................................................18Basic data on health care ...................................................................................................................19Deaths by causes of death in 2015 - structure (%) - Graph ...............................................................19Basic data on culture .........................................................................................................................20Convicted adult perpetrators by type of criminal offence .................................................................21Adult perpetrators of criminal offences - Graph ...............................................................................21Basic data on education .....................................................................................................................22Population aged 15 and over, by educational attainment, Census 2002 - Graph ..............................23


Economy and FinanceBasic data on gross domestic product ...............................................................................................24Gross domestic product and gross value added by sections (NKD Rev.2), at current prices .............24Real growth rates of the gross domestic product components, by expenditure approach ...............25Distribution of expenditure components of gross domestic product at current prices - Graph ........25Gross fixed capital formation by sections, organisational principle ..................................................26Gross fixed capital formation by institutional sectors - Graph ...........................................................26Balance of payments of the Republic of Macedonia .........................................................................27Broad money and components .........................................................................................................29Exchange rates (average for the period) ............................................................................................29

Incomes, Expenditures and PricesDistribution of household expenditures ............................................................................................30Consumer price index by COICOP ......................................................................................................31Household possession of durable goods - Graph ..............................................................................32Consumer price index - Graph ...........................................................................................................32Labour force and activity rates ..........................................................................................................33Activity rates of the population by educational attainment ..............................................................34Employed persons by sectors of activities of the business entities ..................................................35Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment........................................................................36Unemployed persons by age groups, 2015 - Graph ...........................................................................37Employed persons by age groups, 2015 - Graph ...............................................................................37Average monthly net wage in 2015, by quarters ..............................................................................38Indices of nominal and real wages - Graph .......................................................................................39Indices of the average monthly net wage and consumer price index, 2015 - Graph .........................39

AgricultureArea by category of use, 2015 ...........................................................................................................40Area under main crops ......................................................................................................................40Production of main crops - Graph......................................................................................................41Average yield of main crops...............................................................................................................41Production of vegetables, 2015 - Graph ............................................................................................42Economic accounts for agriculture ....................................................................................................42Number of livestock ...........................................................................................................................43Meat production - Graph ...................................................................................................................43Forestry indicators .............................................................................................................................43Areas under forest, 2015 - Map .........................................................................................................44


Industry, Construction and EnergyIndustrial production in natural data ................................................................................................45Indices of industrial production - Graph ............................................................................................45Energy statistics and energy indicators ..............................................................................................46Completed construction works by business entities on structures in public sector ..........................47Completed dwellings - Graph ............................................................................................................48Number of issued building permits ...................................................................................................48Predicted value of the structures for which building permits have been issued ...............................48

Foreign TradeForeign trade .....................................................................................................................................49Export and import by countries, 2015 - Graph ..................................................................................49Foreign trade by SITC sectors.............................................................................................................50Exports / imports by divisions of the Classification of Products by Activity (CPA 2008) ...................51Import coverage by export, 2006-2015 .............................................................................................51Exports / imports grouped according to broad economic categories ...............................................52

Transport, Tourism, Trade and Other ServicesInternet usage by population aged 15 - 74 ........................................................................................53Households with internet access at home - Graph ............................................................................53Type of internet connection in enterprises with 10 or more employees - Graph .............................54Passengers carried by mode of transport ..........................................................................................55Goods carried by mode of transport .................................................................................................55Killed and injured persons in traffic accidents - Graph ......................................................................55Passenger transport by mode, in passenger-kilometres....................................................................56Freight transport by mode, in tonne-kilometres ...............................................................................56Domestic trade, 2015 ........................................................................................................................56Number of tourists and nights spent ................................................................................................57Tourists and nights spent by types of accommodation facilities, 2015 .............................................57Tourists by country of origin, 2015 - Graph .......................................................................................58Accommodation capacity in hotels, 2015 ..........................................................................................58

Multi-Domain StatisticsShare of gross fixed capital formation in GDP, by sector ...................................................................59Share of research and development expenditure in GDP .................................................................59Dispersion of regional GDP, per capita ..............................................................................................59Employment rate of persons aged 20-64, total and by gender .........................................................60Employment rate of older workers - Graph .......................................................................................60Unemployment rate of persons aged 15-74 .....................................................................................61


People living in jobless households, by age groups - Graph ..............................................................61Total long-term unemployment rate .................................................................................................61Early school-leavers ...........................................................................................................................62Lifelong learning ................................................................................................................................62At-risk-of-poverty rate by age and gender .........................................................................................62Life expectancy at age 65, by gender .................................................................................................62Death rate due to cronic diseases - Graph .........................................................................................63Energy consumption of transport relative to GDP .............................................................................63Municipal waste, per capita ...............................................................................................................64Electricity consumption by households - Graph ................................................................................64Share of renewables in gross inland energy consumption ................................................................64

Business entities

Number of active business entities by sectors of activity according to the National Classiffication of Activities NKD Rev.2 .................................................................................65Number of active business entities by number of persons employed ..............................................66Enterprise births by legal form, 2014 ................................................................................................67Enterprise deaths by legal form, 2012 ..............................................................................................67

Republic of Macedonia and the European Union

Map of Europe ...................................................................................................................................68Basic data ...........................................................................................................................................69Old-age dependency ratio .................................................................................................................70Total fertility rate ...............................................................................................................................71Marriages ...........................................................................................................................................72Divorces .............................................................................................................................................73Life expectancy at birth, in years, females .........................................................................................74Life expectancy at birth, in years, males ............................................................................................75Lifelong learning ................................................................................................................................76Employment rate of persons aged 20-64 ..........................................................................................77Gross domestic product per capita in purchasing power standards ..................................................78Growth rate of GDP volume - percentage change on previous year .................................................79Real GDP per capita, growth rate and totals......................................................................................80Energy intensity of the economy .......................................................................................................81Total gross electricity generation .......................................................................................................82Individuals regularly using the Internet .............................................................................................83Households with broadband Internet connection .............................................................................84Modal split of freight transport .........................................................................................................85Arrivals in hotels and similar establishments ....................................................................................86

General and Regional Statistics


Map of the Republic of Macedonia



Basic information

Name of the country Republic of Macedonia

Surface area 25 713 km2

Capital Skopje

Independence of the Republic of Macedonia 8 September 1991

President of the Republic of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov

President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia

Trajko Veljanoski

President of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia

Nikola Gruevski

National currency denar

Number of municipalities 80

Basic indicators

2005 2010 2015

Population, 31.12 2 038 514 2 057 284 2 071 278

Annual growth rate of consumer prices, %

0.5 1.6 -0.3

Industrial production index 107.0 95.2 104.9

Unemployment rate 37.3 32.0 26.1

Gross domestic product at current prices (in million denars)

308 432 437 296 560 1481)

Real GDP growth rate, % 4.7 3.4 3.71)

1) Estimated data



Geographical coordinates of the furthest points of the Republic of Macedonia

Latitude North

Longitude East1)

Locality Municipality

North 42o22’ 22o18’ Anishta (Mt. Ducat) Kriva Palanka

South 40o51’ 21o08’ Markova Noga (Border Stone 177) Resen

East 41o43’ 23o02’ Chengino Kale (Border Stone 47) Pehchevo

West 41o31’ 20o28’ Kestenjar (Border marker E16/VIII) Debar1)Greenwich

Source: Agency for Real Estate Cadastre

Surfaces by height point

Height point Surface in km2 %

Less than 200 m 744.10 2.89

200 - 500 5 769.10 22.44

500 - 1000 11 317.32 44.01

1000 - 1500 5 741.68 22.33

1500 - 2000 1 786.54 6.95

More than 2000 354.26 1.38

From 44 to 2764 m. 25 713.00 100.00

Source: Spatial Plan



National parks

Geographical coordinates1) Surface area, haYear of

proclamation

Galichitsa 40059’N/20052’E 22 750 1958

Mavrovo 41040’N/20046’E 73 088 1949

Pelister 40057’N/21014’E 12 500 19481)Greenwich Longitude

Source: Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning

Largest natural lakes in the Republic of Macedonia

Surface area, km2 Altitude, m Maximum depth, m

Ohrid 3491) 693 286

Prespa 2742) 853 54

Dojran 433) 148 10 1)118.9 km2 belong to Albania

2)49.4 km2 belong to Albania and 47.8 km2 to Greece

3)15.6 km2 belong to Greece

Source: Geographical Institute at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Climate, 2015

Main meteorological stations

Average annual air temperature in Co

Annual precipitation

in mm

Days with

Rain Snow Fog

Berovo 9.7 804.5 88.0 21.0 7.0

Bitola 12.1 671.7 92.0 15.0 22.0

Demir Kapija 14.5 684.2 83.0 5.0 46.0

Kriva Palanka 11.0 790.8 111.0 32.0 21.0

Ohrid 11.9 782.9 110.0 13.0 1.0

Prilep 12.1 683.8 93.0 21.0 11.0

Skopje 13.7 526.3 121.0 11.0 16.0

Shtip 13.9 621.6 100.0 9.0 21.0

Source: Hydro-Meteorological Service


Population and Social Statistics

Population of the Republic of Macedonia

2005 2010 2015

Population at the end of the year 2 038 514 2 057 284 2 071 278

Male 1 022 398 1 030 880 1 037 601

Female 1 016 116 1 026 404 1 033 677

Immigrated citizens of the Republic of Macedonia 524 303 259

Immigrated foreigners 967 1 356 3 617

Emigrated citizens of the Republic of Macedonia 1 282 923 767

Emigrated foreigners 18 84 249

According to population estimates (on 31.12.2015), the Republic of Macedonia has 2 071 278

inhabitants, which is 13 994 persons or 0.7% more compared with 2010, and 32 764 persons or 1.6%

more compared with 2005. In the period 2005-2015, there has been a continuous increase in the number

of immigrated foreigners in the Republic of Macedonia.

Regarding the age structure, the Macedonian population is increasingly ageing. In the period 2005-

2015, the participation of the young population (age group 0-14) in the total population dropped from

19.4% to 16.7%, whereas the share of the old population (age group 65 and over) grew from 11.1% to

13.0%.

Population by age groups (at the end of the year)



Vital statistics

2005 2010 2015

Live births 22 482 24 296 23 075

Male 11 451 12 631 11 959

Female 11 031 11 665 11 116

Deaths 18 406 19 113 20 461

Male 9 815 10 168 10 562

Female 8 591 8 945 9 899

Marriages 14 500 14 155 14 186

Divorces 1 552 1 720 2 200

Average age at first marriage:

Groom 27.6 28.0 29.0

Bride 24.5 25.2 26.2

Per 1000 population

Live births 11.0 11.8 11.1

Deaths 9.0 9.3 9.9

Marriages 7.1 6.9 6.9

Divorces 0.8 0.8 1.1

Over the period 2005-2015, the number of live births increased by 593 and the birth rate grew by

0.1‰ (live births per 1000 population).

The changes in the age structure are reflected in the number of deaths in the country. The constant

increase in the number of deaths caused an increase in the mortality rate to 9.9‰ in 2015, compared to

2005 when it was 9.0‰ (deaths per 1000 population).

In the same period (2005-2015), the number of marriages decreased by 2.2%, while the number of

divorces rose by 41.8%.



Live births by ethnic affiliation of mother and father, 2015

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Total 23 075 12 323 7 065 1 068 979 30 100 232 394 884

Macedonians 12 308 11 902 22 23 19 20 71 10 92 149

Albanians 7 604 189 6 934 81 12 - 2 14 14 358

Turks 1 098 28 61 938 14 - 1 8 1 47

Roma 1 271 19 14 2 927 - - - 2 307

Vlachs 23 12 - 1 - 9 - - - 1

Serbs 112 78 1 - 2 1 25 - 2 3

Bosniaks 248 11 16 13 1 - - 196 3 8

Other 404 84 16 10 4 - 1 4 280 5

Unknown 7 - 1 - - - - - - 6

Deaths by ethnic affiliation and sex, 2015

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Total 20 461 15 163 3 402 466 479 58 435 147 311

Male 10 562 7 801 1 810 259 239 30 207 74 142

Female 9 899 7 362 1 592 207 240 28 228 73 169



Marriages by ethnic affiliation of bride and groom, 2015

Ethnic affiliation of bride

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Total 14 186 7 958 4 404 618 686 27 96 108 278 11

Macedonians 7 835 7 575 17 23 9 22 84 5 96 4

Albanians 4 412 111 4 234 40 2 - 2 14 9 -

Turks 577 8 18 536 4 - - 7 4 -

Roma 682 10 2 1 657 - 1 - 11 -

Vlachs 11 7 - - - 3 - - 1 -

Serbs 130 112 5 - - 2 8 2 - 1

Bosniaks 94 8 7 5 - - - 71 3 -

Other 432 126 117 13 12 - 1 9 154 -

Unknown 13 1 4 - 2 - - - - 6



Divorces by ethnic affiliation of wife and husband, 2015

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of wife

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Total 2 200 1 281 566 59 171 7 30 32 51 3

Macedonians 1 288 1 226 6 5 2 7 27 2 13 -

Albanians 514 6 494 6 2 - - 2 4 -

Turks 59 - 9 44 2 - - 2 2 -

Roma 167 - 1 2 162 - - - 2 -

Vlachs 1 1 - - - - - - - -

Serbs 26 18 3 - - - 3 - 2 -

Bosniaks 25 2 2 - - - - 21 - -

Other 111 26 49 2 3 - - 4 27 -

Unknown 9 2 2 - - - - 1 1 3



Natural increase

Most common names, 2015 (situation at 31.12.)

No.Male

No.Female

Name Total Name Total

1 Marko 247 1 Jana 263

2 Damjan 232 2 Jovana 220

3 Mihail 232 3 Sara 210

4 Andrej 232 4 Marija 195

5 Petar 227 5 Mila 189

6 David 224 6 Sofija 177

7 Stefan 195 7 Ana 155

8 Ajan 188 8 Anastasija 131

9 Jovan 186 9 Elif 130

10 Matej 180 10 Mihaela 126



Population by age groups, 2015



The most common causes of death are circulatory system diseases with 58.4% of the total number of deaths, followed by neoplasms with 18.3%, symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical findings, not elsewhere classified with 6.5%, endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases with 4.3%, etc.

Deaths by causes of death1) in 2015 - structure (%)

1) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-X).

Basic data on health care

2005 2010 2014

Physicians - Total 4 392 5 541 6 035

Specialists:

Dentists 706 1 599 1 762

Pharmacists 205 692 1 002

Number of physicians per 1000 inhabitants 2.2 2.7 2.9

Number of dentists per 1000 inhabitants 0.4 1.1 0.9

Hospital beds 9 575 9 434 10 965

Number of hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants 4.7 4.6 5.3



Basic data on culture

Theatres1) 2004/2005 2009/2010 2014/2015

Professional theatres - number 13 17 19

Performances 1 404 1 064 1 267

Attendance (in thousands) 303 231 260

Cinemas 2005 2010 2015

Cinemas - number 21 11 14

Performances 1 974 6 193 14 849


Museums 2009 2012 2015

Museums - number 23 26 28


Libraries2) 2007 2010 2013

Libraries - number 72 62 61

Members (in thousands) 74 62 101

1) Also included is the Theatre for children and youth

2) Included are libraries - national facilities and public libraries

In 2014/2015, compared with 2004/2005, the number of performances in theatres decreased by 9.8%, while attendance dropped by 14.4%.

In 2015, compared with 2005, there was an upward trend in cinema attendance in the Republic of Macedonia.



Convicted adult perpetrators by type of criminal offence2005 2010 2015

Total 8 845 9 169 10 312

Murder 40 31 32

Bodily harm 297 524 474

Grievous bodily harm 225 175 169

Rape 23 12 24

Theft 1 086 1 144 1 197

Aggravated theft 1 819 1 526 1 687

Robbery 130 133 99

Fraud 286 289 307

Misuse of official position and authority 81 90 112Unauthorised production and release for trade of narcotics, psychotropic substances and precursors

242 293 356

Facilitating the use of narcotics and psychotropic substances 56 44 66

Endangering traffic safety 1 306 1 752 1 421

Other crimes 3 254 3 156 4 368

Of the total number of convicted adult perpetrators, most were perpetrators convicted of aggravated thefts and crimes against traffic safety.

In 2015, the number of perpetrators of crimes against traffic safety decreased by 18.9% compared to 2010. Over the same period, the number of perpetrators of the crime of aggravated theft increased by 10.6%.

Adult perpetrators of criminal offences



Basic data on education

2004/2005 2009/2010 2014/2015

Primary and lower secondary education

Number of primary and lower secondary schools1)

1 068 1 046 1 036

Students in primary and lower secondary schools

228 799 211 857 193 747

Girls 110 906 102 268 93 740

Boys 117 893 109 589 100 007

Number of teachers 14 264 16 462 17 937

Women 8 329 10 684 12 215

Men 5 935 5 778 5 722

Upper secondary education

Number of upper secondary schools2) 102 117 122

Students in upper secondary schools 95 855 96 311 84 047

Girls 45 265 46 261 40 453

Boys 50 590 50 050 43 594

Number of teachers 5 970 7 024 7 523

Women 3 326 4 100 4 441

Men 2 644 2 924 3 082

Tertiary education

Students in tertiary education 49 364 57 894 59 359

Women 27 987 30 408 32 175

Men 21 377 27 486 27 184

Number of teachers3) 1 674 2 057 2 453

Women 591 814 1 045

Men 1 083 1 243 1 408

1) The data refer to all types of schools from I to VIII grade (regular schools, schools for students with special needs and adult schools)

2) The data refer to all types of upper secondary schools (regular schools, schools for students with special needs and religious schools)

3) The data refer only to teachers, without supporting staff in the educational process



The situation in the sphere of education varies according to the level of education.

Over the years, there has been a decrease in the number of school entrants in primary and lower secondary education, as well as in the total number of students.

The number of enrolled students in primary and lower secondary education in the school year 2014/2015 was lower by 15.3% compared with 2004/2005.

The number of enrolled students in upper secondary education has decreased as well, and in 2014/2015, compared with 2004/2005, it was lower by 12.3%.

In contrast to primary and secondary education, the situation has improved in tertiary education where enrolment has increased.

In tertiary education, the number of students enrolled in 2014/2015 increased by 20.2% in comparison with 2004/2005.

Population aged 15 and over, by educational attainment, Census 2002


Economy and Finance

Gross domestic product and gross value added by sections (NKD Rev.2), at current prices

Section DescriptionIn million denars Distribution2013 20141) 2013 20141)

A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 50 327 53 139 10.0 10.1

B, C, D, E and F

Mining and quarrying; Manufacturing; Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities; Construction

111 122 115 565 22.1 22.0

G to T Services 275 257 289 095 54.8 55.0

A. Value added 436 706 457 799 87.0 87.1

B. Taxes on products minus Subsidies on products 65 185 67 821 13.0 12.9

Gross domestic product (A+B) 501 891 525 620 100.0 100.0

1) Preliminary data

The structure of GDP in 2013 and 2014 was dominated by the section Services with 54.8% and 55.0%, respectively.

The sections Mining and quarrying; Manufacturing; Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities; and Construction participated with 22.1% and 22.0% in 2013 and 2014, respectively.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing had a share in the structure of GDP of 10.0% in 2013 and 10.1% in 2014.

Basic data on gross domestic product2013 20141)

Gross domestic product at market prices in current prices (in million denars)

501 891 525 620

real growth rate (in %) 2.9 3.5 in million Euros (at current exchange rate) 8 150 8 530 per capita in Euros (at current exchange rate) 3 948 4 126 GDP in million PPS 19 596 20 877 GDP per capita in PPS 9 500 10 100

1) Preliminary data


Economy and Finance

Real growth rates of the gross domestic product components, by expenditure approach

Real growth in %

2013 20141)

Gross domestic product 2.9 3.5

Final consumption 1.6 1.9

Household final consumption, including NPISHs 1.9 2.1

General government final consumption 0.5 1.0

Gross capital formation 0.5 13.1

Exports of goods and services 6.1 18.2

Imports of goods and services 2.2 16.0

1) Preliminary data

The gross domestic product real growth rate for 2014 was 3.5%. This is due to the increase in final consumption by 1.9%, gross capital formation by 13.1%, imports of goods and services by 16.0%, and exports of goods and services by 18.2%.

Distribution of expenditure components of gross domestic product at current prices

1) Preliminary data


Economy and Finance

Gross fixed capital formation by sections, organisational principle

million denars

NKD Rev.2 section

Purpose of investment 2013

Total 119 003

A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 3 034

B, C, D, E and F

Mining and quarrying; Manufacturing; Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities; Construction

62 501

G to S Services 53 469

The highest value of GFCF was recorded in: Mining and quarrying; Manufacturing; Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities; Construction.

Gross fixed capital formation by institutional sectors


Economy and Finance

Balance of payments of the Republic of Macedonia1)In USD Million

2013 2014 2015

I. Current account -177.2 -104.1 -137.1Credit 7,074.1 7,806.0 6,873.5Debit 7,251.2 7,910.1 7,010.6 Goods and services -1,976.4 -1,996.4 -1,641.1Credit 4,689.2 5,376.9 4,890.6Debit 6,665.7 7,373.3 6,531.6 Goods -2,474.1 -2,468.2 -2,021.0 Credit 3,155.7 3,681.6 3,371.5 Debit2) 5,629.9 6,149.8 5,392.5 Services 497.7 471.8 379.9 Credit 1,533.5 1,695.3 1,519.1 Debit 1,035.8 1,223.5 1,139.1 Primary income -256.3 -212.6 -245.8 Credit 226.9 210.0 133.6 Debit 483.2 422.6 379.4Secondary income 2,055.6 2,104.9 1,749.7 Credit 2,158.0 2,219.2 1,849.3 Debit 102.4 114.2 99.6II. Capital account 19.5 4.0 6.2 Credit 19.8 14.1 6.6 Debit 0.3 10.1 0.4Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (balance from current and capital account)

-157.7 -100.1 -130.9

III. Financial account -137.7 -57.7 -100.0Direct investment -305.0 -261.4 -193.3Net acquisition of financial assets 97.5 -200.5 -0.7Net incurrence of liabilities 402.5 60.9 192.7 Portfolio investment 208.8 -650.1 -63.5 Net acquisition of financial assets 43.8 44.0 43.5 Net incurrence of liabilities -165.0 694.1 107.0 Financial derivatives (other than reserves) and employee stock options

0.0 0.0 0.0

Other investment 6.0 304.5 376.3 Net acquisition of financial assets 77.6 465.1 297.2 Net incurrence of liabilities 71.5 160.7 -79.1 Other equity 0.0 0.0 -0.1Net acquisition of financial assets 0.0 0.0 0.0Net incurrence of liabilities 0.0 0.0 0.1 Currency and deposits 326.2 448.9 321.7Net acquisition of financial assets 285.9 434.4 309.5 Central banks 0.0 0.0 0.0 Deposit-taking corporations, except central bank -2.3 88.6 -27.7 General government 0.0 0.0 0.0 Other sectors 288.2 345.7 337.2


Economy and Finance

Balance of payments of the Republic of Macedonia1)In USD Million

2013 2014 2015

Net incurrence of liabilities -40.3 -14.6 -12.2 Central banks 0.0 0.0 0.0 Deposit-taking corporations, except the central bank -40.3 -14.6 -12.2General government 0.0 0.0 0.0Other sectors 0.0 0.0 0.0 Loans -435.7 -97.0 67.5Net acquisition of financial assets -208.1 30.7 -12.5Net incurrence of liabilities 227.6 127.7 -80.0 Insurance, pension, and standardized guarantee schemes 0.0 0.0 0.0 Trade credit and advances 115.7 -47.5 -12.9Net acquisition of financial assets 0.0 0.0 0.0Net incurrence of liabilities -115.7 47.5 12.9 Other accounts receivable/payable -0.2 0.0 0.2Net acquisition of financial assets -0.2 0.0 0.2Net incurrence of liabilities 0.0 0.0 0.0 Special drawing rights (Net incurrence of liabilities) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Reserve assets3) -47.5 549.4 -219.5IV. Net errors and omissions 20.0 42.4 30.9

Source: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia1) Preliminary dataa. Revision of data was done in September 2015 in the following categories: - for 2012, 2013, 2014: Direct Investment, Primary Income, Secondary Income, Capital Account, due to inclusion of data from the annual FDI Survey VS 11 and VS 22; - all components for 2014 - as a result of improved coverage of data; - for 2013: Goods, Services, Secondary Income and Trade Credits data due to the final data on foreign trade.b. In June 2014, revision was done in accordance with the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6), IMF, 2009.For the period 2010-March 2014, revision was done fully in accordance with the BPM6 recommendations.For the period 2003-2009, revision was done on the basis of IMF's BPM5-to-BPM6 conversion matrix, while some balance of payments items with more detailed data were revised as recommended in BPM6.More detailed information for the methodological changes is available on the following link: www.nbrm.mk/Information2/ Imports data are on fob basis in accordance with Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6). Calculation of cif / fob factor as % of imports cif is: 1993-20%, 1994-20%, 1995-20%, 1996-14%, 1997-10%, 1998-5.02%, 1999-4.86%, 2000-3.9%, 2001-4.2%, 2002-3.8%, 2003-4.06%, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007-4.14%, 2008-2015 -3.86%.3/ For the period after 2006, excluding price changes and exchange rate differences.


Economy and Finance

Broad Money and Components 1) 2) 3)Stocks, in millions of NC

Dec.10 Dec.11 Dec.12 Dec.13 Dec.14 Dec.15

BROAD MONEY 232 569 255 039 266 284 280 364 309 878 331 007Currency in Circulation Outside Depository Corporations

16 958 19 308 20 118 20 706 23 221 26 300

Deposits in Depository Corporations 215 611 235 731 246 167 259 657 286 657 304 707MONETARY AGGREGATES - national definition1. Currency in Circulation Outside Depository Corporations

16 958 19 308 20 118 20 706 23 221 26 300

2. Demand deposits 40 404 41 993 45 823 49 299 62 326 74 9783. (1+2) Monetary Aggregate M1 57 362 61 301 65 940 70 005 85 548 101 2784. Short-term deposits 144 217 155 399 151 769 148 061 148 130 150 0704.1. In national currency 51 296 58 293 57 541 57 112 57 151 53 5574.2. In foreign currency 92 921 97 107 94 228 90 949 90 980 96 5145. (3+4.1.) Monetary aggregate M2 - in national currency

108 658 119 593 123 481 127 117 142 698 154 835

6. (5+4.2.) Monetary aggregate M2 - total 201 579 216 700 217 709 218 066 233 678 251 3497. Long-term deposits 30 989 38 338 48 575 62 297 76 200 79 6587.1. In national currency 15 118 21 966 31 688 41 509 51 673 53 5187.2. In foreign currency 15 872 16 372 16 887 20 788 24 527 26 1408. Monetary aggregate M4 - total 232 569 255 038 266 284 280 363 309 878 331 007

1) Preliminary data2) Data in accordance with the final balance sheets submission3) Starting from January 2009, the accrued interest is included in Broad Money data

Source: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia

Exchange rates (average for the period)CHF1) GBP USD EUR JPY2)

2013 50.043 72.562 46.397 61.583 0.4762014 50.738 76.451 46.443 61.623 0.4392015 57.7286 84.8680 55.4968 61.6098 0.4586

CHF Swiss franc EUR EuroGBR British pound JPY Japanese yenUSD US dollar

1) Pursuant to the Instructions for implementation of the Decision on the manner of establishing and publishing exchange rates of the National Bank of Macedonia (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 13/2010), on the exchange rate list from February 10, 2010, the CHF currency is presented in unit 12) Pursuant to the Decision on amending the Decision on the manner of establishing and publishing exchange rates of the National Bank of Macedonia (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 102/2014) on the exchange rate list from July 9, 2014, the JPY currency is presented in unit 1

Source: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia


Incomes, Expenditures and Prices

The average household in Macedonia spent about 62.7% of its consumption expenditures to satisfy basic needs such as food, clothing, housing and household equipment.

The structure of incomes in 2015 was dominated by revenues from regular and irregular work with 65.5%, pensions 19.9%, revenues from agriculture with 4.6%, revenues from abroad 2.5%, and social benefits with 1.8%.

Distribution of household expenditures2013 2014 2015

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

Food and non-alcoholic beverages 43.2 37.2 38.5

Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 3.0 3.0 3.5

Clothing and footwear 5.1 5.1 5.9

Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 13.4 15.0 13.7

Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house

4.4 3.9 4.7

Health 2.6 3.4 3.8

Transport 6.1 5.0 4.9

Communications 3.3 3.4 3.0

Recreation and culture 2.3 3.5 2.5

Education 0.5 0.3 0.4

Restaurants and hotels 3.3 2.9 3.5

Miscellaneous goods and services 4.3 4.0 4.4

Other1) 8.5 13.3 11.21) Includes expenditures other than for personal consumption: repayment and debt servicing, real estate investments and savings



Consumer price index by COICOPprevious year =100

2013 2014 2015

Total 102.8 99.7 99.7

Food and non-alcoholic beverages 103.4 99.0 100.1

Alcoholic beverages, tobacco 104.0 104.0 105.4

Clothing and footwear 107.0 100.7 100.4

Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 101.0 99.8 101.1

Furnishings, household equipment and maintenance 101.9 98.4 102.0

Health 108.4 107.9 101.5

Transport 99.3 98.6 91.0

Communications 99.0 98.9 95.1

Recreation and culture 97.9 96.1 100.8

Education 106.6 100.1 100.1

Restaurants and hotels 104.1 98.8 101.2

Miscellaneous goods and services 102.7 101.6 100.0

In 2015, the consumer price index by COICOP decreased by 0.3% at the annual level.

A decrease in prices was registered in the groups of transport and communication.

An increase in prices was recorded in the groups of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house, health, restaurants and hotels, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, recreation and culture, clothing and footwear, food and non-alcoholic beverages and education.

The group miscellaneous goods and services remained at the same level as in the previous year.



Household possession of durable goods

Consumer price index



Labour force and activity rates

2005 2010 2015

Labour Force 869 187 938 294 954 924

Men 523 275 575 349 578 506

Women 345 912 362 945 376 419

Activity rate 54.1 56.9 57.0

Men 64.9 69.8 68.9

Women 43.2 44.0 44.9

Employed 545 253 637 855 705 991

Men 332 179 391 923 423 913

Women 213 074 245 932 282 078

Employment rate 33.9 38.7 42.1

Men 41.2 47.5 50.5

Women 26.6 29.8 33.7

Unemployed 323 934 300 439 248 933

Men 191 096 183 426 154 592

Women 132 838 117 013 94 341

Unemployment rate 37.3 32.0 26.1

Men 36.5 31.9 26.7

Women 38.4 32.2 25.1

In the period from 2005 to 2015, the activity, employment and unemployment rates have varied from year to year, in terms of increase and/or decrease.

In the last year of this period, the activity rate increased by 2.9 percentage points compared to 2005. The highest employment rate of 42.1 was recorded in 2015, and the lowest unemployment rate of 26.1 was also registered in 2015.

A higher employment rate in the specified period is observed for men, indicating greater male participation in the total number of employees.

The employment rate of women in this period grew by 7.1 percentage points in comparison with 2005.



Activity rates of the population by educational attainmentActivity rate

2013 2014 2015

Total

Total 57.2 57.3 57.0

Without education 20.8 21.1 10.5

Incomplete primary and lower secondary education

26.4 24.8 25.3

Primary and lower secondary education 38.5 39.5 37.9

3 years of secondary education 68.2 68.2 68.0


Higher vocational education 59.4 58.9 55.7

University level education1) 83.8 82.9 85.0

Men

Total 68.5 69.3 68.9



40.2 43.4 44.2






Women

Total 45.8 45.3 44.9



19.7 15.6 15.8






1) Also included are master's degree and doctorate



Employed persons by sectors of activities1) of the business entities

2013 2014 2015

Total 678 838 690 188 705 991

Agriculture, forestry and fishing 127 186 127 438 126 126

Mining and quarrying 7 085 7 378 6 681

Manufacturing 131 542 132 937 137 151

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 10 602 9 714 9 558

Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

10 076 11 358 12 062

Construction 46 955 48 143 49 866

Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

91 696 93 265 97 227

Transportation and storage 37 636 38 789 35 698

Accommodation and food service activities 23 986 24 722 26 944

Information and communication 11 039 13 883 14 525

Financial and insurance activities 9 274 8 400 10 148

Real estatе activities (945) (892) 1 265

Professional, scientific and technical activities 13 611 14 305 12 354

Administrative and support service activities 11 500 12 804 11 884

Public administration and defence, compulsory social security

45 066 48 363 51 743

Education 41 467 40 268 41 167

Human health and social work activities 37 912 36 807 36 525

Arts, entertainment and recreation 9 579 9 230 11 421

Other service activities 9 979 10 315 11 703

Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use

1 072 1 025 1 297

Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (632) : (646)

1) For sectors of activity, the National Classification of Activities NKD Rev.2, harmonised with NACE Rev.2, is applied

- no occurrence

: too imprecise estimate to be published

() less precise estimate - use with caution



Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

2005 2010 2015

Total 323 934 300 439 248 933

Up to 1 month 6 490 9 968 9 040

2-5 month 16 613 20 935 17 914

6-11 months 19 843 19 238 18 762

12-17 months 19 476 19 614 15 175

18-23 months 16 017 15 465 13 158

2 years 2 960 2 632 2 155

3 years 30 710 22 841 20 371

4 years and longer 211 825 189 747 152 359

The total number of unemployed persons is dominated by the younger population between 20 and 29 years of age. The unemployment rate for this age group was 53.5 in 2005, 44.6 in 2010, and 42.3 in 2015.

In the period from 2005 to 2015, most unemployed persons were seeking job for more than 1 year. In 2015, their participation in the total number of unemployed persons was 81.6%.



Employed persons by age groups, 2015

Unemployed persons by age groups, 2015



Average monthly net wage in 2015, by quarters

I II III IV

Total 21 443 21 947 21 923 22 302

Agriculture, forestry and fishing 14 867 15 814 16 360 16 213

Mining and quarrying 24 908 25 668 26 250 26 357

Manufacturing 16 009 16 462 16 614 17 283

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 37 139 36 963 36 706 36 623

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

19 095 19 363 19 572 19 666

Construction 18 312 19 347 19 579 19 966

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

19 739 20 349 19 584 20 424

Transportation and storage 21 882 22 217 22 502 22 570

Accommodation and food service activities 14 948 14 973 15 407 15 045

Information and communication 34 211 34 918 34 841 36 966

Financial and insurance activities 39 087 39 974 39 235 40 854

Real estate activities 24 465 24 779 24 414 24 505

Professional, scientific and technical activities 27 412 29 694 29 635 29 632

Administrative and support service activities 14 878 15 144 15 397 15 880

Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

25 649 26 146 25 811 26 155

Education 22 117 22 164 22 164 22 273

Human health and social work activities 24 544 24 831 24 589 24 383

Arts, entertainment and recreation 19 238 20 988 23 085 21 328

Other service activities 25 119 25 982 27 443 25 990



Indices of nominal and real wages

Indices of the average monthly net wage and consumer price index, 2015


Agriculture

Area by category of use, 2015

ha

Agricultural area 1 264 408

Cultivated land - total 513 564

Arable land and gardens 415 004

Orchards 15 856

Vineyards 23 240

Meadows 59 464

Pastures 750 359

Area under main crops

ha

2005 2010 2015

Wheat 108 367 79 865 73 060

Barley 50 341 42 802 41 160

Tobacco 18 488 20 300 16 128

Tomatoes 5 728 5 665 5 642

Apples (number of fruit-bearing trees in 000) 3 644 4 313 3 812

Grapes (number of fruit-bearing vines in 000) 85 098 76 347 84 781

Crop production in the period between 2005 and 2015 is characterised by a decrease in area under cereals and tomatoes, whereas a slight increase was registered in the number of fruit-bearing apple trees.


Agriculture

Production of main crops

Average yield of main crops

Unit of measurement

2005 2010 2015

Wheat kg/ha 3 081 3 044 2 754

Barley kg/ha 2 719 2 951 2 470

Tobacco kg/ha 1 498 1 492 1 503

Tomatoes kg/ha 20 362 29 658 30 740

Apples (kg/tree) 24 28 36

Grapes (kg per vine) 3 3 4


Agriculture

Production of vegetables, 2015

Economic accounts for agriculture

Agricultural output, Gross value added and Labour input, 2005-2014


Agriculture

In 2015, the number of sheep and poultry decreased in comparison with 2005 and 2010, while the number of pigs has increased from year to year. Production of poultry meat decreased significantly in 2015 compared to previous years.

Meat production

Forestry indicators

2005 2010 2015

Gross felled timber (000 m3) 821 871 849

Forest fires (ha) 3 093 3 283 3 165

Afforestation in and outside forest (ha)

2 063 2 969 1 211

Employees in forestry 2 184 2 576 2 450

Number of livestock000 head

2005 2010 2015

Cattle 248 260 253

Sheep 1 244 778 734

Pigs 156 191 195

Poultry 2 617 1 995 1 761


Agriculture

Areas under forest, 2015


Industry, Construction and Energy

Industrial production in natural data

Name of the productMeasurement

unit2013 2014 2015

Lead concentrates t 57 873 59 203 51 246

Zinc concentrates t 61 815 63 140 58 299

Processed liquid milk t 33 139 35 471 31 993

Refined sunflower-seed and safflower oil and their fractions (excluding chemically modified)

t 30 803 33 303 41 071

Wine of fresh grapes, in bulk hl 1 072 025 510 125 797 081

Wine of fresh grapes, in bottles hl 179 734 237 086 288 600

Mineral waters and aerated waters, unsweetened

'000 hl 656 612 771

Fermented tobacco t 23 745 27 720 21 365

Medicaments kg 4 024 375 4 078 811 6 485 970

Non-refractory ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like

'000 pieces NF

41 055 44 221 33 735

Ferro-alloys t 92 280 91 068 63 397

The graph shows the industrial production in the period 2006-2015. Included in the calculation of the Index of Industrial Production are the sections Mining and quarrying, Manufacturing and Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply from the National Classification of Activities. From the graph, it can be seen that in 2013, 2014 and 2015 the industrial production increased in comparison with previous years, mostly because of the increase in production in the section Manufacturing.

Indices of industrial production



Energy statistics and energy indicatorsEnergy statistics 2013 20141)

Total primary energy production 1000 toe 1 357 1 263Net energy imports 1000 toe 1 295 1 383

Net oil imports 1000 toe 851 898Net natural gas imports 1000 toe 130 111

Gross inland energy consumption 1000 toe 2 711 2 628Final energy consumption 1000 toe 1 750 1 734

Industry 1000 toe 557 515

Transport 1000 toe 523 543Services and households, etc. 1000 toe 669 675

Gross electricity generation GWh 6 094 5 374Final electricity consumption GWh 6 801 6 729Socio-economic statisticsGross domestic product (at current exchange rate) Mio EUR 8 150 8 530Population (annual average) 2 064 032 2 067 471Energy intensityGross inland consumption / GDP kgoe/1000 EUR 333 308Final energy consumption / GDP kgoe/1000 EUR 215 203Energy consumption per capitaGross inland energy consumption / capita kgoe/capita 1 313 1 271Final energy consumption / capita kgoe/capita 848 839Final energy consumption in households / capita kgoe/capita 214 220Final electricity consumption / capita kWh/capita 3 295 3 255Energy dependencyNet energy imports / Gross inland consumption in % 47.8 52.6Energy efficiencyFinal energy consumption / Gross inland consumption in % 64.5 66.0Efficiency of thermal power stations in % 35.8 34.2Renewable energy Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption (normalised values)

in % 15.5 17.2

Share of electricity from renewables sources in total electricity production

in % 26.1 24.0

Share of electricity from renewables sources in gross consumption of electricity

in % 18.7 15.5

1) Preliminary data

In 2014, the energy import dependency of the Republic of Macedonia was 52.6%.

Final energy consumption in households was 220 kgoe per capita, while final electricity consumption was 3 255 kWh per capita.



Completed construction works by business entities on structures in public sector

million denars

2005 2010 2015

Total 5 332 8 567 23 355

Residential buildings 416 288 174

Non-residential buildings 726 1 648 2 843

Transport infrastructure 1 771 2 181 8 732

Pipelines, communication and electricity lines 453 467 3 907

Complex constructions on industrial sites 151 808 1 170

Other civil engineering works 29 601 624

Reconstruction, recovery, adaptation, capital repairs and current maintenance works on constructions

1 285 1 812 3 762

Construction works 501 762 2 143

The largest contributor to the total value of completed construction works on structures in public sector, built by business entities, is transport infrastructure (33.2% in 2005, 25.5% in 2010 and 37.4% in 2015), followed by reconstruction, recovery, adaptation, capital repairs and current maintenance works on constructions (24.1% in 2005, 21.2% in 2010 and 16.1% in 2015), non-residential buildings (13.6% in 2005, 19.2% in 2010 and 12.2% in 2015).

In 2005, 2010 and 2015, dwellings with 3 rooms were built the most, their share in the total number of completed dwellings by years ranging between 28.8% in 2005, 31.5% in 2010 and 28.3% in 2015, followed by 2-room dwellings with 37.3% in 2005, 27.4% in 2010 and 33.0% in 2015.

In 2013, 2014 and 2015, most building permits were issued for buildings (77.2% in 2013, 69.6% in 2014 and 61.7% in 2015) and for reconstructions (14.2% in 2013, 18.1% in 2014 and 23.9% in 2015); consequently, the expected value of the buildings has the highest share (72.1% in 2013, 34.3% in 2014 and 64.4% in 2015), followed by civil engineerings (24.2% in 2013, 59.6% in 2014 and 25.9% in 2015).



Completed dwellings

Number of issued building permits

Total BuildingsCivil

engineeringReconstruction

2013 2 269 1 751 196 322

2014 2 628 1 830 323 475

2015 3 143 1 938 454 751

Predicted value of the structures for which building permits have been issuedthousand denars

Total BuildingsCivil

engineeringReconstruction

2013 28 391 281 20 465 995 6 866 066 1 059 220

2014 69 630 676 23 917 739 41 476 532 4 236 405

2015 46 260 048 29 785 840 11 988 633 4 485 575


Foreign Trade

Foreign trade'000 US $

2013 2014 20151)

Trade volume 10 918 358 12 265 502 10 889 801

Further processing volume 1 860 788 2 136 762 1 946 227

Export 4 298 772 4 964 132 4 489 934

Export - further processing 1 131 143 1 273 236 1 161 476

Import 6 619 586 7 301 370 6 399 867

Import - further processing 729 645 863 525 784 751

Import coverage by export 64.9 68.0 70.2

1) Preliminary data

The positive tendency of increasing import coverage by export continued in 2015 as well, as a result

of the growth of the share of export in trade volume. In 2015, exports accounted for 41.2% of the total

trade volume, an increase of 0.76% compared to 2014. On the import side, a slight decrease has been

registered in the share of import in total trade volume, resulting in greater import coverage by export.

Export and import by countries, 20151)

1) Preliminary data


Foreign Trade

Foreign trade by SITC sectors1)'000 US $

2013 2014 20152)

Import Export Import Export Import Export

Total 6 619 586 4 298 772 7 301 370 4 964 132 6 399 867 4 489 934Food and live animals 681 619 365 272 686 430 388 846 611 226 338 734Beverages and tobacco 78 009 270 094 71 531 223 225 66 546 160 730Crude materials, inedible, except fuels

215 164 278 227 268 657 267 997 208 333 216 510

Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials

1 073 756 106 432 1 051 621 87 100 695 980 52 551

Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes

68 169 9 716 56 196 12 238 58 344 20 302

Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.

872 305 838 000 828 097 1 053 829 761 892 1 022 543

Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material

2 041 446 1 030 970 2 496 788 962 402 2 273 841 797 384

Machinery and transport equipment

1 157 940 571 575 1 365 116 1 044 293 1 290 812 1 108 350

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

425 641 825 159 470 709 920 053 427 815 771 572

Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC

5 538 3 326 6 226 4 149 5 079 1 258

1) SITC - Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 4

2) Preliminary data

The export structure according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC Rev. 4) has remained the same over the years, which means that exports are dominated by manufactured goods classified chiefly by material and miscellaneous manufactured articles. The import structure has also remained the same, the most important products being the manufactured goods classified chiefly by material, machinery and transport equipment, and mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials.


Foreign Trade

Exports/imports by divisions of the Classification of Products by Activity (CPA 2008)'000 US $

Export Structure Import Structure

2013

Total 4 298 772 100.0 6 619 586 100.0

Industry 3 933 395 91.5 6 404 527 96.8

Agriculture 292 333 6.8 155 948 2.4

Other 73 044 1.7 59 111 0.9

2014

Total 4 964 132 100.0 7 301 370 100.0

Industry 4 612 772 92.9 7 050 098 96.6

Agriculture 274 029 5.5 159 785 2.2

Other 77 332 1.6 91 488 1.3

20151)

Total 4 489 934 100.0 6 399 867 100.0

Industry 4 219 775 94.0 6 198 456 96.9

Agriculture 222 485 5.0 151 947 2.4

Other 47 674 1.1 49 465 0.8

1) Preliminary data

1) Preliminary data

Import coverage by export, 2006-2015


Foreign Trade

Exports/imports grouped according to broad economic categories'000 US $

Export Structure Import Structure

2013

Total 4 298 772 100.0 6 619 586 100.0Food and beverages 464 589 10.8 752 543 11.4Industrial supplies 2 248 261 52.3 2 982 036 45.0Fuel and lubricants 93 903 2.2 1 041 708 15.7Capital goods (except transport equipment), parts and accessories

440 504 10.2 849 508 12.8

Transport equipment, parts and accessories 95 266 2.2 318 250 4.8Consumer goods not elsewhere specified 954 059 22.2 669 900 10.1Unclassified 2 191 0.1 5 641 0.1

2014

Total 4 964 132 100.0 7 301 370 100.0Food and beverages 480 364 9.7 740 358 10.1Industrial supplies 2 402 331 48.4 3 482 147 47.7Fuel and lubricants 73 560 1.5 1 020 225 14.0Capital goods (except transport equipment), parts and accessories

619 719 12.5 930 822 12.7

Transport equipment, parts and accessories 377 146 7.6 384 599 5.3Consumer goods not elsewhere specified 1 007 679 20.3 736 982 10.1Unclassified 3 333 0.1 6 237 0.1

20151)

Total 4 489 934 100.0 6 399 867 100.0Food and beverages 413 002 9.2 669 672 10.5Industrial supplies 2 148 650 47.9 3 157 636 49.3Fuel and lubricants 50 520 1.1 683 933 10.7Capital goods (except transport equipment), parts and accessories

659 620 14.7 840 728 13.1

Transport equipment, parts and accessories 415 703 9.3 382 708 6.0Consumer goods not elsewhere specified 801 222 17.8 660 190 10.3Unclassified 1 218 0.0 4 999 0.1

1) Preliminary data


Transport, Tourism, Trade and Other Services

Internet usage by population aged 15-74

2014 2015

Internet users within the last 3 months1) 1 102 268 1 141 488

Frequency of Internet usage in the last 3 months1)

- every day 860 359 966 908

- at least once a week 186 106 149 803

- regularly using the Internet (every day or at least once a week) 1 046 465 1 116 711

- less than once a week 55 803 24 777

1) The period "last 3 months" is the first quarter of the year

The number of persons aged 15 -74 that used the Internet in the period January - March 2015, compared to the same period of 2014, increased by 4%.

Households with internet access at home

In 2015, 69.4% of households had access to the Internet at home, which represents a growth of 1.1 percentage points in comparison with 2014.

In 2015, 69% of the households had broadband connection to the Internet.



Type of internet connection in enterprises with 10 or more employees

In 2015, 93% of the enterprises (with 10 or more employees) had broadband Internet connection (fixed or mobile), which is the same level as the previous year.



Passengers carried by mode of transportthousands

2005 2010 2015

Road transport 9 442 13 474 8 074

Urban transport 78 009 64 120 80 316

Rail transport 903 1 512 1 022

Air transport 575 756 1 561

Goods carried by mode of transporttonnes

2005 2010 2015

Road transport, thousand 25 098 34 782 36 513

Rail transport, thousand 3 129 3 097 1 566

Air transport 1 624 2 080 2 341

Killed and injured persons in traffic accidents



In 2015, road passenger transport, with a share of 87.5%, was dominant over rail passenger transport, while in 2010 the participation was 90.3%.

In 2015, road freight transport, with a share of 96.0%, was dominant over rail freight transport, while in 2010 the participation was 89.0%.

Passenger transport by mode, in passenger-kilometresmillion

2005 2010 2015

Total 1 181 1 596 1 426

Road transport 1 087 1 441 1 248

Rail transport 94 155 178

Freight transport by mode, in tonne-kilometresmillion

2005 2010 2015

Total 6 106 4 760 7 037

Road transport 5 576 4 235 6 759

Rail transport 530 525 278

Domestic trade, 2015turnover,

in million denarsemployees

45Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

29 657 4 140

46Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

282 620 22 331

47Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

190 010 47 821

In 2015, in the Trade Sector, the turnover in Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles had a share of 5.90%, and in the same sector/division the number of employees participated with 5.53%. The turnover in Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles accounted for 56.27%, and in the same sector/division the number of employees participated with 30.60%; the turnover in Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles had a share of 37.83%, and in the same sector/division the number of employees made up 63.87%.



Number of tourists and nights spent2005 2010 2015

Number of tourists

Total 509 706 586 241 816 067

Domestic 312 490 324 545 330 537

Foreign 197 216 261 696 485 530

Number of nights spent

Total 1 970 041 2 020 217 2 394 205

Domestic 1 527 053 1 461 185 1 357 822

Foreign 442 988 559 032 1 036 383

Tourists and nights spent by types of accommodation facilities, 2015Tourists Nights spent

Total 816 067 2 394 205

Hotels - total 588 593 1 206 912

Hotels***** 136 357 268 619

Hotels**** 245 102 491 176

Hotels*** 133 770 293 977

Hotels** 50 951 104 228

Hotels* 22 413 48 912

Boarding houses 1 636 2 689

Motels 8 438 17 234

Overnight lodging houses 10 034 14 932

Spas 28 853 215 210

Mountain lodges and houses 1 184 1 718

Workers' vacation facilities 14 390 49 522

Children and youth vacation facilities 12 603 48 613

Youth hotels 3 439 5 176

Camps, uncategorized 12 084 41 962

Houses, vacation apartments and rooms for rent - total 111 168 746 447

Temporary lodging facilities 714 2 929

Sleeping cars 6 158 6 158

Uncategorized accommodation establishments 16 773 34 703



The total number of tourists in 2015 was 816 067, of which 40.5% were domestic tourists and the other 59.5% were foreign tourists. Compared to the previous year, the number of foreign tourists increased by about 1.5% in the total number of tourists.

The number of nights spent in 2015 was 2 394 205, of which about 57% by domestic and the other 43% by foreign tourists. Compared to the previous year, the number of nights spent by foreign tourists increased by 1% in the total number of nights spent.

Tourists by country of origin, 2015

Accommodation capacity in hotels, 2015Number of rooms Number of beds

Hotels - total 7 749 17 003

Hotels***** 1 258 2 513

Hotels**** 2 588 5 363

Hotels*** 1 956 4 514

Hotels** 1 141 2 729

Hotels* 806 1 884


Multi-Domain Statistics

Share of gross fixed capital formation in GDP, by sector%

2011 2012 2013 20141)

Total 23.5 23.4 23.7 23.4

Business 12.2 12.0 12.4 12.0

Government 4.3 3.9 4.2 4.7

Household 7.1 7.5 7.1 6.7

1) Preliminary data

Total gross fixed capital formation increased by 3.4% in 2014 in comparison with the previous year, but still its share in GDP decreased to 23.4%.

Dispersion of regional GDP, per capita%

2011 2012 2013

Dispersion of regional GDP, per capita 26.5 29.1 29.0

The dispersion of regional GDP as a measure of the degree of economic development of a region is zero when the GDP per inhabitant in all regions of a country is identical, and it rises if there is an increase in the distance between a region's GDP per inhabitant and the country mean. In 2013, regional dispersion of GDP decreased by 0.1%.

Share of research and development expenditure in GDP%

2011 2012 2013 20141)

0.22 0.33 0.44 0.52

1) Preliminary data

Sustainable Development

Participation of research and development expenditure in total GDP is constantly low, but shows a tendency of continuous increase.



Employment rate of persons aged 20- 64, total and by gender%

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total 48.4 48.2 50.3 51.3 51.9

Men 57.8 57.5 59.7 61.6 61.5

Women 38.8 38.7 40.7 40.8 42.1

The increase in the employment rate (20-64 years), which has been observed over the past years, continued in 2015. In general, men have better access to the labour market than women.

Source:Labour Force Survey

Employment rate of older workers




Unemployment rate of persons aged 15-74%

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total 31.4 31.0 29.0 28.0 26.1Men 31.8 31.5* 29.0 27.6 26.7Women 30.8 30.3* 29.0 28.6 25.1Age group15-24 55.3 53.9 51.9 53.1 47.325-74 28.5 28.2 26.3 25.2 23.8

*Corrected data

It is mainly young and older workers, women and low-skilled people that suffer most from joblessness. The unemployment rate of young workers (aged 15 to 24), which peaked at 65.7% in 2003, continued to decrease constantly. In comparison with 2014, it decreased again to 47.3%. The unemployment rate in 2015 fell by 0.9% in men and 3.5% in women, indicating a better situation for women on the labour market, which is usually in favour of men.

People living in jobless households, by age groups

The changes in the share of children and adults living in jobless households in Macedonia are generally characterised by a significant decrease over the past years. However, a slight increase was observed in 2015.

Total long-term unemployment rate%

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

31.1 29.7 28.7 26.3 26.7 25.9 25.5 23.9 23.4 21.3

Source: Labour Force Survey




The downward trend of the poverty rate continued in 2014 as well, when it reached 22.1%. Analysed by gender, the poverty rate was higher among men, 22.3%. Young persons under 18 were at a higher risk of poverty, 29.0%, while the risk was the lowest among persons aged 65 and over, who primarily rely on pensions and social transfers.

Life expectancy at age 65, by genderyears

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Men 13.5 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.8 13.9 14.0 14.0 14.3 14.4

Women 15.7 15.2 15.4 15.4 15.7 15.8 16.0 16.0 16.1 16.2

Source: State Statistical Office

Early school-leavers%

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

22.2 19.9 19.6 16.2 15.5 13.5 11.7 11.4 12.5 11.4


Lifelong learning%

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2.3 2.8 2.5 3.3 3.2 3.4 4.0 3.5 3.1 2.5



At-risk-of-poverty rate by age and gender(60% of median equivalent income)

2013 2014Total Men Women Total Men Women

Total 24.2 24.6 23.9 22.1 22.3 21.9

0-17 30.9 31 30.9 29.0 29.2 28.9

18-64 23.6 24 23.2 21.4 21.4 21.4

65 and over 16.5 16.1 16.8 14.5 14.8 14.1Source: Survey on Income and Living Conditions



Death rate due to chronic diseases

The death rate due to chronic diseases has declined over the recent years, falling to 151.7 per 100 000 persons in 2015.

The situation, although improved, is less favourable for men with a death rate of 188.2, while for women it has increased slightly to 113.8.


Energy consumption of transport relative to GDP

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

kgoe/1000 euro 69.6 66.0 71.2 69.5 74.3 75.2 76.5 74.8 81.6 81.8

In 2014, for generation of a thousand euro output, about 81.8 kgoe of energy consumption was needed. Over the recent period, GDP in the Republic of Macedonia grew at a slower rate than the energy consumption of the transport sector (2.6%). This has resulted in a continuing trend of a small relative decoupling between economic growth and transport energy consumption.



Municipal waste, per capitakg/capita

2013 2014 2015

Generated waste 384 370 380

Collected / landfilled waste 269 276 300

Share of renewables in gross inland energy consumption%

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20141)

Total 10.9 7.8 8.4 11.2 14.6 10.4 10.0 11.0 11.0Hydro 4.8 2.9 2.4 3.9 7.3 3.9 3.0 5.0 3.9Biomass 5.7 4.6 5.7 6.9 6.9 6.1 6.6 5.6 6.4Geothermal 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3Biodiesel - - 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Solar electricity - - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Wind electricity - - - - - - - - 0.2

1) Preliminary data

The total quantity of generated municipal waste per capita in 2015 is estimated at 380 kg, or 1.04 kg per day, of which 81.0% is disposed of in landfills.

Electricity consumption by households

Electricity consumption by households decreased by 0.6% in 2014 compared to the previous year. This is contrary to the global trend - increased consumption due to several factors, including changed lifestyles demanding greater comfort and more home equipment, and an increasing number of households and corresponding needs for electrical appliances.



Business entities

Number of active business entities by sectors of activity according to the National Classification of Activities NKD Rev.2

Sectors of activity2014 2015

Total % Total %

Total 70 659 100.0 70 139 100.0

A/А Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2 842 4.0 2 827 4.0

B/Б Mining and quarrying 180 0.3 173 0.3

C/В Manufacturing 7 675 10.9 7 639 10.9

D/Г Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 151 0.2 160 0.2

E/ДWater supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

298 0.4 288 0.4

F/Ѓ Construction 4 349 6.2 4 429 6.3

G/EWholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

24 674 34.9 23 843 34.0

H/Ж Transportation and storage 5 919 8.4 5 820 8.3

I/З Accommodation and food service activities 4 493 6.4 4 535 6.5

J/Ѕ Information and communication 1 475 2.1 1 524 2.2

K/И Financial and insurance activities 400 0.6 416 0.6

L/Ј Real estate activities 507 0.7 516 0.7

M/К Professional, scientific and technical activities 6 095 8.6 6 261 8.9

N/Л Administrative and support service activities 1 554 2.2 1 553 2.2

O/ЉPublic administration and defence; compulsory social security

264 0.4 267 0.4

P/М Education 1 064 1.5 1 098 1.6

Q/Н Human health and social work activities 3 322 4.7 3 313 4.7

R/Њ Arts, entertainment and recreation 1 185 1.7 1 212 1.7

S/О Other service activities 4 212 6.0 4 265 6.1

Т/ПActivities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use

... ... ... ...

U/РActivities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies

... ... ... ...


Business entities

According to the data of the State Statistical Office, the number of active business entities in the

Republic of Macedonia in 2015 was 70 139, and compared to 2014 it decreased by 0.7%.

The sectors with the highest share in the structure of business entities are: Wholesale and retail

trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (34.9% in 2014 and 34.0% in 2015) and Manufacturing

(10.9% in both years), whereas the sectors with the lowest share are: Electricity, gas, steam and air

conditioning supply (0.2% in both years) and Mining and quarrying (0.3% in both years).

The structure of active business entities according to the number of persons employed is dominated

by business entities with 1-9 persons employed (85.2% in 2014 and 80.2% in 2015), followed by business

entities with no persons employed (or the entities did not provide information about persons employed)

with 5.6% in 2014 and 10.4% in 2015, and entities with 10-19 persons employed (4.4% in 2014 and 4.3%

in 2015), while entities with 250 or more persons employed had the lowest share (only 0.3% in both

years).

Number of active business entities by number of persons employed

Total 0¹) 1-9 10-19 20-49 50-249 250 +

2014 70 659 3 972 60 215 3 092 1 869 1 305 206

2015 70 139 7 329 56 261 3 032 1 947 1 339 231

1) Including enterprises with unascertained number of employees


Business entities

Enterprise births by legal form, 20141)

Legal form Total %

Total 7 161 100.0

Sole proprietor and natural person that independently performs some activity

1 527 21.3

Limited liability company and joint stock company 5 066 70.7

Other legal forms 568 7.9

1) Sectors of activity A, O, T and U and class 64.20 are excluded

Enterprise deaths by legal form, 20121)

Legal form Total %

Total 9 993 100.0

Sole proprietor and natural person that independently performs some activity

1 090 10.9

Limited liability company and joint stock company 8 248 82.5

Other legal forms 655 6.6

1) Sectors of activity A, O, T and U and class 64.20 are excluded

The number of enterprise births in the Republic of Macedonia in 2014 was 7 161, while the number

of enterprise deaths in the Republic of Macedonia in 2012 was 9 993 (sectors A, O, T и U and class 64.20

from the National Classification of Activities – NKD Rev.2 are excluded).

Analysed by legal form, the majority of enterprise births (5 066) and enterprise deaths (8 248) were

limited liability companies and joint stock companies.



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Basic dataPopulation on

1 January (2015)Area (km2)

(2015)Population density,

per km2 (2014)

Republic of Macedonia 2 069 172 25 713 80Belgium 11 258 434 30 528 370Bulgaria 7 202 198 110 370 66Czech Republic 10 538 275 78 868 136Denmark 5 659 715 42 924 132Germany 81 197 537 357 376 227Estonia 1 313 271 45 227 30Ireland 4 628 9491) 69 797 68Greece 10 858 018 131 957 83Spain 46 449 565 505 944 93France 66 415 161 633 187 105Croatia 4 225 316 … 75Italy 60 795 612 302 073 201Cyprus 847 008 9 251 93Latvia 1 986 096 64 573 32Lithuania 2 921 262 65 286 47Luxembourg 562 958 2 586 215Hungary 9 855 571 93 011 106Malta 429 344 315 1 352Netherlands 16 900 726 41 542 501Austria 8 576 261 83 879 104Poland 38 005 614 312 679 124Portugal 10 374 8222) 92 226 113Romania 19 870 6472) 238 391 87Slovenia 2 062 874 20 273 102Slovakia 5 421 349 49 035 111Finland 5 471 753 338 440 18Sweden 9 747 355 438 574 24United Kingdom 64 875 1652) 248 528 266Iceland 329 100 103 000 3Montenegro 622 099 13 812 45Turkey 77 695 904 783 562 100

1) Preliminary data; 2) Estimated data; … = not available

Source: Eurostat, 13 June 2016; State Statistical Office



Old-age-dependency ratio%

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Republic of Macedonia 16.5 16.6 16.9 17.5 18.0EU (28 countries) 26.3 26.9 27.5 28.1 28.8EU (27 countries) 26.3 26.9 27.5 28.2 28.8Belgium 26.01) 26.4 26.8 27.3 27.8Bulgaria 27.0 27.8 28.5 29.3 30.2Czech Republic 22.3 23.4 24.6 25.7 26.6Denmark 25.7 26.7 27.6 28.3 28.8Germany 31.2 31.2 31.3 31.5 32.0Estonia 26.0 26.5 27.2 27.9 28.7Ireland 17.2 17.9 18.6 19.3 20.0Greece 29.2 30.0 30.9 31.6 32.4Spain 25.2 25.7 26.3 27.2 27.9France 25.9 26.7 27.5 28.4 29.2Croatia 26.5 26.7 27.1 27.6 28.3Italy 31.3 32.0 32.7 33.1 33.7Cyprus 18.0 18.1 18.8 19.9 21.2Latvia 27.2 27.6 28.1 28.8 29.5Lithuania 26.6 26.9 27.2 27.5 28.1Luxembourg 20.3 20.31) 20.2 20.4 20.5Hungary 24.4 24.6 25.1 25.8 26.

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