EIGE stakeholders in North Macedonia

Ministry for Labour and Social Policy

State Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia

Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of North Macedonia

Gender Equality Index

North Macedonia published two Gender Equality Index editions that allow to monitor the progress over time. It scored 62 points in 2019 and 64.5 points in 2022. More significant changes can be observed in the domains of Power (+6.0), Knowledge (+2.8) and Money (+2.2). No progress in the domain of Time due to lack of new data and only an insignificant change In the domain of Health (+0.1). If this pace is continued, the country will need ~57 years to achieve full gender equality.

North Macedonia drew closer to the EU scores and is now just 3.5 points behind the EU-27 (2021) average. In the domain of Power, the country has a 3.6 points higher score than the EU average. More work needs to be done in domains of Money and Time, which are respectively by 18.1 and 9.1 points behind the EU average.

The 2022 report also includes a set of data on prevalence of violence against women.

Gender Equality Index for North Macedonia (2022)

Индекс на родова еднаквост во Северна Македонија (2022)

Indeksi i Barazisë Gjinore në Maqedoninë e Veriut (2022)

Gender Equality Index for North Macedonia (2019)

Индекс на родова еднаквост во Северна Македонија 2019

Examples of gender equality initiatives from North Macedonia

Embedding a gender perspective in strategic planning policies

Gender mainstreaming e-module for civil servants

EIGE's Gender Equality Glossary and Thesaurus

in Macedonian

In Albanian