Republic of North Macedonia

North Macedonia is a country located in Southeastern Europe, north of Greece, covering an area of approximately 25,713 square kilometers. As of 2025, North Macedonia has a population of about 2.14 million, with Macedonian and Albanian as official languages. The country is mountainous with deep basins and valleys, three large lakes each divided by a frontier line, and is bisected by the Vardar River, with warm, dry summers and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall. Skopje serves as the capital, and the government operates as a parliamentary republic.

North Macedonia has an upper-middle-income economy with a GDP of $16.68 billion and a GDP per capita of $24,500, driven by food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, iron, steel, cement, energy, pharmaceuticals, and automotive parts. Key agricultural products include chillies and peppers, milk, wheat, potatoes, grapes, barley, cabbages, maize, watermelons, and tomatoes, while natural resources include low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, and arable land. The unemployment rate is 12.3% as of 2025, with a life expectancy of 76.6 years. GDP growth is driven by private consumption and public infrastructure investments, though stalled progress on EU accession and rising public debt pose challenges.