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North Macedonia — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for North Macedonia, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
51.94%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -7.3% since 1990
Labor participation for North Macedonia was 51.94% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 56.27% in 1991. The lowest was 51.62% in 2021 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.22% per year.
North Macedonia ranks 155 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 83%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so North Macedonia sits below it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
51.94%
First (1990)
56.03%
Change
-7.3%
Highest
56.27%
in 1991
Lowest
51.62%
in 2021
Average
53.67%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.22%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.94% |
| 2024 | 52.2% |
| 2023 | 51.75% |
| 2022 | 52.93% |
| 2021 | 51.62% |
| 2020 | 52.11% |
| 2019 | 53.02% |
| 2018 | 52.8% |
| 2017 | 53.16% |
| 2016 | 53.44% |
| 2015 | 54% |
| 2014 | 54.61% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.