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North Macedonia vs Serbia

119 shared metrics.

North MacedoniaLeads in 43

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SerbiaLeads in 76

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North Macedonia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of North Macedonia.

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Identity

Name origin: the name derives from the ancient kingdom of Macedon (7th to 2nd centuries B.C.), whose name origin is unclear.

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Serbia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Serbia.

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Identity

Name origin: the country takes its name from the Serb people.

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Analysis

Serbia leads in 76 of 119 shared metrics, while North Macedonia leads in 43.

North Macedonia's Solar Electricity Share is 53.0x that of Serbia (23.75% vs 0.44%).

North Macedonia's Firms Asked for Bribes is 3.7x that of Serbia (9.6% of firms vs 2.0% of firms).

North Macedonia's Firms Making Informal Payments is 1.9x that of Serbia (18.39% of firms vs 6.4% of firms).

North Macedonia's Capital Elevation is 1.1x that of Serbia (251 m vs 117 m).

North Macedonia's Protected Land (%) is 1.1x that of Serbia (28.2% vs 13.4%).

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareNorth Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

23.75%

Serbia

0.44%

Firms Asked for BribesNorth Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

9.6% of firms

Serbia

2.0% of firms

Firms Making Informal PaymentsNorth Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

18.39% of firms

Serbia

6.4% of firms

Capital ElevationNorth Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

251 m

Serbia

117 m

Protected Land (%)North Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

28.2%

Serbia

13.4%

Official Languages CountNorth Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

2.0

Serbia

1.0

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

North Macedonia

23.75%

Serbia

0.44%

5298% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

North Macedonia

9.6% of firms

Serbia

2.0% of firms

368% higher

Firms Making Informal Payments

North Macedonia

18.39% of firms

Serbia

6.4% of firms

187% higher

Capital Elevation

North Macedonia

251 m

Serbia

117 m

115% higher

Protected Land (%)

North Macedonia

28.2%

Serbia

13.4%

110% higher

Official Languages Count

North Macedonia

2.0

Serbia

1.0

100% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Serbia

North Macedonia

2.0 medals

Serbia

28 medals

93% lower

Scientific Publications

Serbia

North Macedonia

532.17

Serbia

5.4K

90% lower

Electoral Democracy Index

North Macedonia

0.56

Serbia

0.30

87% higher

Electricity Generation

Serbia

North Macedonia

5.8 TWh

Serbia

37.12 TWh

84% lower

Unemployment Rate

North Macedonia

13.42%

Serbia

7.4%

82% higher

Tourism Revenue

Serbia

North Macedonia

$253,000,000

Serbia

$1,422,000,000

82% lower

GDP (Nominal)

Serbia

North Macedonia

$16,951,682,245.42

Serbia

$90,097,765,959.11

81% lower

Liberal Democracy Index

North Macedonia

0.37

Serbia

0.21

80% higher

Railway Network

Serbia

North Macedonia

683 km

Serbia

3.3K km

80% lower

Railway Length

Serbia

North Macedonia

699 km

Serbia

3.3K km

79% lower

Tourist Arrivals

Serbia

North Macedonia

118.0K

Serbia

446.0K

74% lower

Airports

Serbia

North Macedonia

Serbia

72% lower

Domestic Patents

Serbia

North Macedonia

Serbia

138

70% lower

Land Area

Serbia

North Macedonia

25.2K km²

Serbia

84.1K km²

70% lower

Comparison of North Macedonia and Serbia across 119 metrics
				Winner
Solar Electricity Share	23.75%	0.44%	5298% higher	North Macedonia
Firms Asked for Bribes	9.6% of firms	2.0% of firms	368% higher	North Macedonia
Firms Making Informal Payments	18.39% of firms	6.4% of firms	187% higher	North Macedonia
Capital Elevation	251 m	117 m	115% higher	North Macedonia
Protected Land (%)	28.2%	13.4%	110% higher	North Macedonia
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	North Macedonia
All-Time Olympic Medals	2.0 medals	28 medals	93% lower	Serbia
Scientific Publications	532.17	5.4K	90% lower	Serbia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.56	0.30	87% higher	North Macedonia
Electricity Generation	5.8 TWh	37.12 TWh	84% lower	Serbia
Unemployment Rate	13.42%	7.4%	82% higher	North Macedonia
Tourism Revenue	$253,000,000	$1,422,000,000	82% lower	Serbia
GDP (Nominal)	$16,951,682,245.42	$90,097,765,959.11	81% lower	Serbia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.37	0.21	80% higher	North Macedonia
Railway Network	683 km	3.3K km	80% lower	Serbia
Railway Length	699 km	3.3K km	79% lower	Serbia
Tourist Arrivals	118.0K	446.0K	74% lower	Serbia
Airports	13	46	72% lower	Serbia
Domestic Patents	42	138	70% lower	Serbia
Land Area	25.2K km²	84.1K km²	70% lower	Serbia
Electric Generating Capacity	2.47M kW	8.20M kW	70% lower	Serbia
Spirits Consumption	0.73 L/person/yr	2.4 L/person/yr	69% lower	Serbia
Population	2.14M	6.65M	68% lower	Serbia
Land Border Length	838 km	2.3K km	64% lower	Serbia
Forest Area	10.0K km²	27.2K km²	63% lower	Serbia
Researchers	922.47 per 1M	2.5K per 1M	63% lower	Serbia
Suicide Rate	5.8 per 100k	15.14 per 100k	62% lower	Serbia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	5.0 sites	60% lower	Serbia
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.40% of GDP	0.95% of GDP	58% lower	Serbia
Water Withdrawal	2.2 B m³	5.1 B m³	57% lower	Serbia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.66	0.42	57% higher	North Macedonia
Coal Electricity Share	30.65%	65.05%	53% lower	Serbia
Irrigated Land	844 km²	550 km²	53% higher	North Macedonia
Armed Forces Personnel	16.0K	32.0K	50% lower	Serbia
Government Debt (% GDP)	39.3% of GDP	73.1% of GDP	46% lower	Serbia
Lowest Elevation	50 m	35 m	43% higher	North Macedonia
Insufficient Physical Activity	25.8% of adults	45.49% of adults	43% lower	Serbia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	18.66% of firms	32.6% of firms	43% lower	Serbia
Border Neighbors	4.0	7.0	43% lower	Serbia
CO2 Per Capita	3.6 t/person/yr	6.2 t/person/yr	42% lower	Serbia
Alcohol Consumption	4.4 L/adult/yr	7.5 L/adult/yr	41% lower	Serbia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.5K kg oil eq/person	2.4K kg oil eq/person	39% lower	Serbia
Beer Consumption	2.0 L/person/yr	3.2 L/person/yr	38% lower	Serbia
Infant Mortality	2.8 per 1k births	4.5 per 1k births	38% lower	Serbia
Health Spending Per Capita	$561.69	$903.12	38% lower	Serbia
Child Mortality	3.3 per 1k births	5.2 per 1k births	37% lower	Serbia
Youth Unemployment Rate	28.75% of youth labor force	20.93% of youth labor force	37% higher	North Macedonia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	441.35 gCO2/kWh	695.8 gCO2/kWh	37% lower	Serbia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	3.3K kWh/person	5.1K kWh/person	35% lower	Serbia
Water Stress (%)	40.21%	60.56%	34% lower	Serbia
Death Rate	9.6 per 1k	14.66 per 1k	34% lower	Serbia
Meat Consumption per Person	36.62 kg/person/yr	53.49 kg/person/yr	32% lower	Serbia
Informal Employment Share	11.96% of employed people	17.14% of employed people	30% lower	Serbia
GNI Per Capita	$8,300	$11,610	29% lower	Serbia
Renewable Energy (%)	19.5%	27.2%	28% lower	Serbia
Imports (% GDP)	74.65% of GDP	58.14% of GDP	28% higher	North Macedonia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	231.62 per 1k people	323.36 per 1k people	28% lower	Serbia
Wind Electricity Share	2.9%	4.0%	27% lower	Serbia
Highest Elevation	2.8K m	2.2K m	27% higher	North Macedonia
Inflation Rate	3.5%	4.7%	26% lower	Serbia
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	17.76% of GDP	23.89% of GDP	26% lower	Serbia
University Enrollment Rate	55.01%	73.21%	25% lower	Serbia
GDP Growth Rate	3.0%	3.9%	24% lower	Serbia
Seafood Consumption per Person	6.1 kg/person/yr	8.0 kg/person/yr	23% lower	Serbia
Agricultural Land (%)	49.6%	40.39%	23% higher	North Macedonia
Forest Coverage (%)	39.71%	32.39%	23% higher	North Macedonia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	67.15 per 100k	54.43 per 100k	23% higher	North Macedonia
Road Traffic Death Rate	5.7 per 100k	7.4 per 100k	23% lower	Serbia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	4.2 per 1k	5.4 per 1k	22% lower	Serbia
Corruption Perceptions Index	40 pts	33 pts	21% higher	North Macedonia
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.6% of GDP	9.7% of GDP	21% lower	Serbia
Elderly Population (%)	18.02%	22.69%	21% lower	Serbia
Firms with Female Top Manager	16.43% of firms	20.89% of firms	21% lower	Serbia
Nurses & Midwives	4.8 per 1k	5.9 per 1k	19% lower	Serbia
Military Spending	2.1% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	19% lower	Serbia
Obesity Rate	30.65%	26.05%	18% higher	North Macedonia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$26,536.05	$32,233.76	18% lower	Serbia
Youth Population (%)	16.82%	14.31%	18% higher	North Macedonia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	108 per 100 people	128.47 per 100 people	16% lower	Serbia
Homicide Rate	1.5 per 100k	1.3 per 100k	16% higher	North Macedonia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	26.12 µg/m³	22.51 µg/m³	16% higher	North Macedonia
Exports (% GDP)	61.68% of GDP	53.58% of GDP	15% higher	North Macedonia
Birth Rate	10.07 per 1k	8.7 per 1k	15% higher	North Macedonia
Life Evaluation Score	5.7 pts	6.7 pts	15% lower	Serbia
Women in Senior Management	36.44% of managers	31.91% of managers	14% higher	North Macedonia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.4 per 100k people	1.6 per 100k people	13% lower	Serbia
Dependency Ratio	53.49% of working-age pop.	58.72% of working-age pop.	9% lower	Serbia
Population Density	72.47 /km²	78.76 /km²	8% lower	Serbia
Median Age	40.3 years	43.9 years	8% lower	Serbia
Safe Drinking Water (%)	80.79%	74.97%	8% higher	North Macedonia
Credit Card Ownership	25.95% of adults	24.29% of adults	7% higher	North Macedonia
Milk Consumption per Person	157.93 kg/person/yr	148.53 kg/person/yr	6% higher	North Macedonia
Broadband Access (%)	29.18 per 100 people	31 per 100 people	6% lower	Serbia
Political Corruption Index	0.75	0.79	5% lower	Serbia
Teen Birth Rate	12.96 per 1k	13.67 per 1k	5% lower	Serbia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.82	0.86	5% lower	Serbia
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.9 per 1k	3.1 per 1k	5% lower	Serbia
Fertility Rate	1.5 children/woman	1.5 children/woman	4% higher	North Macedonia
Women in Parliament (%)	39.17%	38%	3% higher	North Macedonia
Can Raise Emergency Money	94.02% of adults	91.38% of adults	3% higher	North Macedonia
Human Development Index	0.81	0.83	2% lower	Serbia
Average Weekly Work Hours	39.39 hrs/week	40.37 hrs/week	2% lower	Serbia
Hypertension Prevalence	45.2% of adults	46% of adults	2% lower	Serbia
Digital Payments Used	75.19% of adults	77.05% of adults	2% lower	Serbia
Food Waste per Person	124.83 kg/person/yr	122.81 kg/person/yr	2% higher	North Macedonia
Internet Users (%)	87%	87.69%	1% lower	Serbia
Sanitation Access (%)	99%	97.94%	1% higher	North Macedonia
Life Expectancy	75.3 years	76.2 years	1% lower	Serbia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	6.2% of GDP	6.2% of GDP	1% higher	North Macedonia
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	equal	North Macedonia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	20 days/yr	equal	North Macedonia
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	North Macedonia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	39.6% of adults	39.6% of adults	equal	North Macedonia
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	North Macedonia
Urban Population (%)	62.56%	62.38%	equal	North Macedonia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.47 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	North Macedonia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-4.4% of GDP	-4.9% of GDP	ranked higher	North Macedonia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	9.0 gold medals	ranked lower	Serbia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	6.0 per 1M people	ranked lower	Serbia

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Analysis

Serbia leads in 76 of 119 shared metrics, while North Macedonia leads in 43.

North Macedonia's Solar Electricity Share is 53.0x that of Serbia (23.75% vs 0.44%).

North Macedonia's Firms Asked for Bribes is 3.7x that of Serbia (9.6% of firms vs 2.0% of firms).

North Macedonia's Firms Making Informal Payments is 1.9x that of Serbia (18.39% of firms vs 6.4% of firms).

North Macedonia's Capital Elevation is 1.1x that of Serbia (251 m vs 117 m).

North Macedonia's Protected Land (%) is 1.1x that of Serbia (28.2% vs 13.4%).

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareNorth Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

23.75%

Serbia

0.44%

Firms Asked for BribesNorth Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

9.6% of firms

Serbia

2.0% of firms

Firms Making Informal PaymentsNorth Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

18.39% of firms

Serbia

6.4% of firms

Capital ElevationNorth Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

251 m

Serbia

117 m

Protected Land (%)North Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

28.2%

Serbia

13.4%

Official Languages CountNorth Macedonia leads

North Macedonia

2.0

Serbia

1.0

Solar Electricity Share

23.75%

0.44%

Firms Asked for Bribes

9.6% of firms

2.0% of firms

Firms Making Informal Payments

18.39% of firms

6.4% of firms

Capital Elevation

251 m

117 m

Protected Land (%)

28.2%

13.4%

Official Languages Count

2.0

1.0

All-Time Olympic Medals

2.0 medals

28 medals

Scientific Publications

532.17

5.4K

Electoral Democracy Index

0.56

0.30

Electricity Generation

5.8 TWh

37.12 TWh

Unemployment Rate

13.42%

7.4%

Tourism Revenue

$253,000,000

$1,422,000,000

GDP (Nominal)

$16,951,682,245.42

$90,097,765,959.11

Liberal Democracy Index

0.37

0.21

Railway Network

683 km

3.3K km

Railway Length

699 km

3.3K km

Tourist Arrivals

118.0K

446.0K

Airports

Domestic Patents

138

Land Area

25.2K km²

84.1K km²

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

Firms Asked for Bribes

Firms Making Informal Payments

Capital Elevation

Protected Land (%)

Official Languages Count

All-Time Olympic Medals

Scientific Publications

Electoral Democracy Index

Electricity Generation

Unemployment Rate

Tourism Revenue

GDP (Nominal)

Liberal Democracy Index

Railway Network

Railway Length

Tourist Arrivals

Airports

Domestic Patents

Land Area

Electric Generating Capacity

Spirits Consumption

Population

Land Border Length

Forest Area

Researchers

Suicide Rate

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Water Withdrawal

Freedom of Expression Index

Coal Electricity Share

Irrigated Land

Armed Forces Personnel

Government Debt (% GDP)

Lowest Elevation

Insufficient Physical Activity

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Border Neighbors

CO2 Per Capita

Alcohol Consumption

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Beer Consumption

Infant Mortality

Health Spending Per Capita

Child Mortality

Youth Unemployment Rate

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Water Stress (%)

Death Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

Informal Employment Share

GNI Per Capita

Renewable Energy (%)

Imports (% GDP)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Wind Electricity Share

Highest Elevation

Inflation Rate

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

University Enrollment Rate

GDP Growth Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Agricultural Land (%)

Forest Coverage (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Road Traffic Death Rate

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Health Spending (% GDP)

Elderly Population (%)