North Macedonia
Republic of North Macedonia
- Capital
- Skopje
- Region
- Southeast Europe
- Population, 2025
- 1.8 million
- Currency
- MKD
- Area
- 25,713 km²
Across North Macedonia's 25 priced cities, one person needs about $864 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $881.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
61out of 100
- Purchasing power25%57
- Safety20%59
- Health care15%56
- Climate10%80
- Air quality10%77
- Connectivity10%30
- Cost10%83
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #55
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
36.7
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
6.3
New York = 100
Purchasing power
100.1
New York = 100
One person
$864
A month, rent included
Net salary
$881
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$318
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$10,490
2025
Growth
+3.5%
2025
Unemployment
12.3%
2025
Inflation
4.1%
2025
Life expectancy
76.6 years
2024
Internet users
93%
2025
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 10%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 10%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 10%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 18%
- SourcePwC
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 58.9
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 41.1
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 1.5
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #105 worldwide
- 58
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #15 worldwide
- 165
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +19%
Cities in North Macedonia
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Gostivar | 59 | 31.9 | $168 | $889 | 157.2 | 51K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 2Skopje | 58 | 40.0 | $441 | $912 | 100.1 | 474.9K | High confidence, 77 contributors |
| 3Bitola | 56 | 33.1 | $270 | $784 | 116.8 | 69.3K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 4Struga | 55 | 36.4 | $282 | $881 | 121.6 | 37.4K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 5Prilep | 54 | 31.0 | $238 | $617 | 100.3 | 73.8K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 6Kavadarci | 53 | 32.1 | $224 | $600 | 97.2 | 38.8K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 7Strumica | 53 | 31.5 | $318 | $654 | 94.5 | 33.8K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 8Veles | 53 | 35.0 | $223 | $601 | 91.8 | 57.9K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 9Kumanovo | 52 | 32.7 | $245 | $575 | 89.3 | 75.1K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 10Delcevo | 52 | 36.9 | $74.69 | $467 | 85.0 | 17.4K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 11Kicevo | 52 | 32.6 | — | $588 | 87.0 | 31.1K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 12Radovis | 52 | 33.6 | — | — | — | 25K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 13Negotino | 52 | 35.2 | — | — | — | 19.5K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 14Gevgelija | 52 | 33.7 | — | $585 | 84.7 | 20.7K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 15Lipkovo | 51 | 38.9 | — | — | — | 28.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 16Kriva Palanka | 51 | 38.9 | — | — | — | 20.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 17Debar | 51 | 38.9 | — | — | — | 18.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 18Resen | 51 | 38.7 | — | — | — | 16.5K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 19Brvenica | 51 | 38.9 | — | — | — | 16.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 20Berovo | 51 | 38.6 | — | — | — | 13.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 21Stip | 51 | 34.3 | $205 | $467 | 74.1 | 48.3K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 22Ohrid | 51 | 40.8 | $293 | $640 | 80.8 | 42K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 23Tetovo | 50 | 36.7 | $361 | $900 | 112.7 | 63.2K | High confidence, 24 contributors |
| 24Kocani | 50 | 34.9 | $224 | $467 | 71.4 | 34.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 25Sveti Nikole | 50 | 37.7 | — | $560 | 75.4 | 13.3K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |