🇲🇰 North Macedonia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇲🇰 North Macedonia MK / MKD #145

Nomad Score 62.0

Cities 8

Region Central European Free Trade Agreement, Slavic Countries, Europe, Europe, Southeast Europe

Currency MKD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 40/100

Press Freedom (2025) 70.4/100 #42

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.562

HDI 0.815

Regional Blocs CEFTA

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 1.5/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 5.1/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.1% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of North Macedonia	Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
Prime Minister of North Macedonia	Hristijan Mickoski

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 40 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 70.4 / 100

Global Rank #42 / 180

Rank Change -6 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #50 57.9

Economic #54 50.5

Legal #16 83.4

Social #56 71.0

Safety #43 89.4

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.562

Liberal 0.374

Participatory 0.354

Deliberative 0.372

Egalitarian 0.373

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	70.4	42	57.9	50.5	83.4	71.0	89.4
2024	73.8	36	67.0	54.2	83.2	75.2	89.4
2023	74.4	38	72.3	55.0	85.0	78.2	81.3
2022	68.4	57	66.2	43.7	81.3	73.2	77.9
2021	68.3	90	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	68.7	92	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	68.3	95	-	-	-	-	83.9
2018	67.6	109	-	-	-	-	86.1
2017	64.3	111	-	-	-	-	78.0
2016	63.9	118	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	63.7	117	-	-	-	-	83.9
2014	63.6	123	-	-	-	-	-
2013	65.7	116	-	-	-	-	-
2012	31.7	94	-	-	-	-	-
2010	18.4	68	-	-	-	-	-
2009	8.8	34	-	-	-	-	-
2008	8.3	42	-	-	-	-	-
2007	11.5	36	-	-	-	-	-
2006	11.5	46	-	-	-	-	-
2005	8.8	43	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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