Albania: 362 km (2026 edition) · North Macedonia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Albania and North Macedonia are practically level

Albania: 2,764 m (2026 edition) · North Macedonia: 2,764 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of North Macedonia, versus 41% of Albania

Albania: 41.1% (2024) · North Macedonia: 49.2% (2024)

Albania has 29% more people than North Macedonia

Albania: 2.35 million (2025) · North Macedonia: 1.82 million (2025)

Albania is 19% more densely populated than North Macedonia

Albania: 86 per km² (2025) · North Macedonia: 72 per km² (2025)

The typical person in North Macedonia is 4 years older than in Albania

Albania: 36.3 years (2023) · North Macedonia: 40.3 years (2023)

Women in North Macedonia have 0.1 more children on average than in Albania

Albania: 1.34 children per woman (2024) · North Macedonia: 1.4 children per woman (2024)

19% of people in North Macedonia are 65 or older, versus 18% in Albania

Albania: 17.6% (2025) · North Macedonia: 18.5% (2025)

North Macedonia hosts 5.7 times as many refugees per resident as Albania

Albania: 2 per 1,000 (2025) · North Macedonia: 11.4 per 1,000 (2025)

North Macedonia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Albania none

Albania: 0 (2026) · North Macedonia: 5.5 (2026)

Albania and North Macedonia are practically level

Albania: 1 (2026) · North Macedonia: 1 (2026)

Albania’s economy is 60% larger than North Macedonia’s

Albania: $30.5 billion (2025) · North Macedonia: $19.1 billion (2025)

Albania and North Macedonia are nearly identical here

Albania: Int$28,221 (2025) · North Macedonia: Int$28,029 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in North Macedonia than in Albania (Gini 4.1 points higher)

Albania: 29.4 (2020) · North Macedonia: 33.5 (2019)

3.9% of people in North Macedonia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.3% in Albania

Albania: 0.3% (2020) · North Macedonia: 3.9% (2019)

Unemployment is 12% in North Macedonia, versus 11% in Albania

Albania: 10.9% (2025) · North Macedonia: 12.3% (2025)

Albania and North Macedonia are practically level

Albania: 2% (2025) · North Macedonia: 2% (2025)

North Macedonia’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Albania’s 18%

Albania: 18% (2024) · North Macedonia: 18.8% (2024)

Albania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× North Macedonia’s

Albania: 46% (2025) · North Macedonia: 37% (2025)

North Macedonia spends 8% more on health per person than Albania

Albania: $591 (2023) · North Macedonia: $639 (2023)

A baby in Albania is 3.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in North Macedonia

Albania: 8.3 per 1,000 (2024) · North Macedonia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2024)

North Macedonia has 57% more doctors per person than Albania

Albania: 1.9 per 1,000 (2020) · North Macedonia: 2.9 per 1,000 (2022)

North Macedonia has 63% more hospital beds per person than Albania

Albania: 2.9 per 1,000 (2020) · North Macedonia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Albania is 2% higher than in North Macedonia

Albania: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · North Macedonia: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in North Macedonia are obese, versus 27% in Albania

Albania: 27.3% (2024) · North Macedonia: 31.2% (2024)

40% of adults in North Macedonia smoke, versus 21% in Albania

Albania: 21.4% (2024) · North Macedonia: 39.6% (2024)

People in North Macedonia rate their lives 0.06 points higher than in Albania

Albania: 5.66 (2025) · North Macedonia: 5.72 (2025)

Adults in North Macedonia drink 46% more alcohol than in Albania

Albania: 4.3 litres (2023) · North Macedonia: 6.2 litres (2023)

Albania has 10% more meat per person than North Macedonia

Albania: 56.7 kg (2023) · North Macedonia: 51.5 kg (2023)

North Macedonia has 238 kcal more food per person per day than Albania

Albania: 3,238 kcal (2023) · North Macedonia: 3,476 kcal (2023)

Workers in Albania put in 203 more hours a year than in North Macedonia

Albania: 2,152 hours (2023) · North Macedonia: 1,949 hours (2023)

Adults in North Macedonia went to school 0.05 years longer than in Albania

Albania: 10.2 years (2023) · North Macedonia: 10.2 years (2023)

Albania welcomed 11 times as many tourists per resident as North Macedonia (2019)

Albania: 4.83 (2024) · North Macedonia: 0.46 (2024)

Albania has 2 more World Heritage sites than North Macedonia (4 against 2)

Albania: 4 (2026) · North Macedonia: 2 (2026)

Albania and North Macedonia are practically level

Albania: 2 (2026 edition) · North Macedonia: 2 (2026 edition)

93% of people in North Macedonia are online, versus 86% in Albania

Albania: 86% (2024) · North Macedonia: 93% (2025)

Home internet in Albania is 56% faster than in North Macedonia

Albania: 151 Mbps (2026) · North Macedonia: 96 Mbps (2026)

Albania and North Macedonia are practically level

Albania: 100% (2024) · North Macedonia: 100% (2024)

63% of people in North Macedonia live in cities, versus 59% in Albania

Albania: 59% (2025) · North Macedonia: 63% (2025)

North Macedonia has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Albania 89

Albania: 89 (2024) · North Macedonia: 108 (2024)

North Macedonia’s railway network is 61% longer than Albania’s

Albania: 424 km (2017) · North Macedonia: 683 km (2021)

Albania: 0.16 (2023) · North Macedonia: no data

Forest covers 41% of North Macedonia, but only 34% of Albania

Albania: 34.3% (2024) · North Macedonia: 40.8% (2024)

The average person in North Macedonia emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Albania

Albania: 1.6 t (2024) · North Macedonia: 3.6 t (2024)

100% of Albania’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in North Macedonia

Albania: 100% (2024) · North Macedonia: 47.2% (2025)

The air in North Macedonia carries 22% more fine dust than in Albania

Albania: 16.9 µg/m³ (2024) · North Macedonia: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 15% more likely to be murdered in Albania than in North Macedonia

Albania: 1.8 per 100k (2024) · North Macedonia: 1.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Albania are 33% deadlier than in North Macedonia

Albania: 15.8 per 100k (2023) · North Macedonia: 11.9 per 100k (2023)

Albania is on average 1.6 °C warmer than North Macedonia

Albania: 13.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · North Macedonia: 12°C (2016–2025 avg)

Albania gets 70% more rain than North Macedonia

Albania: 1,356 mm (2016–2025 avg) · North Macedonia: 796 mm (2016–2025 avg)