North Macedonia: Current account, in dollars
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| North Macedonia |
Current account balance, billion USD |
|---|---|
| Latest value | -0.81 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Measure | billion U.S. dollars |
| Data availability | 1996 - 2025 |
| Average | -0.32 |
| Min - Max | -1.24 - 0.05 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2025 is -0.81 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from -0.36 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 2.94 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 94 countries. Historically, the average for North Macedonia from 1996 to 2025 is -0.32 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -1.24 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 2008 while the maximum of 0.05 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2023.
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Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 97.20 | 2024 | percent |
| Trade openness | 133.04 | 2025 | percent |
| Financial openness | -0.050 | 2022 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 59.65 | 2025 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 11.39 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | 6.12 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 73.39 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 14.02 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 3.54 | 2025 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 1.06 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | -9.33 | 2024 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | -4.27 | 2025 | percent |
| Current account, in dollars | -0.81 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | -13.74 | 2025 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | -2.19 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 5.80 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 2.70 | 2024 | percent |
| Remittances | 467.75 | 2025 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | 55.51 | 2025 | million USD |
| External debt | 76.88 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 21.60 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 52.75 | 2024 | percent |
| External debt in foreign currencies | 99.41 | 2024 | percent |