Europe
North Macedonia
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is North Macedonia's #1 import source (world lens). North Macedonia is the EU's #70 goods supplier.
North Macedonia on the world stage
Total imports
$12.0bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$8.4bn
178 partners
#1 import source
United Kingdom
11.1%
#1 export dest.
Germany
39.8%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
North Macedonia and the EU
EU imports from
€6.5bn
0.3% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€6.4bn
0.2% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #70 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 0.99
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
129
EUR/MWh
Consumer
118
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
565
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
29%
of generation
market market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Single buyer (ESM dominant)
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: limited
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
ERC (Energy Regulatory Commission)
Lignite dependence (Bitola plant, 675 MW) and growing import dependence as domestic production falls short. CBAM exposure is significant given the coal share. ESM (state) dominates a market that is nominally liberalised…
Tracked infrastructure
1 gas plants
230 MW
4 coal plants
824 MW
1 wind farms
37 MW · 2 building
1 solar farms
55 MW · 2 building
4 hydro plants
446 MW
2 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
4
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
2
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Iron, Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
EEA cooperating country; national monitoring
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
40.6
→ 47.8 by 2050
Fertility
1.47
below replacement
Working-age
65.2%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
27.7
→ 46.5 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 1.82M · peaks 2024
By 2050: -17% (1.51M)