Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · North Macedonia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Greece’s highest peak towers 153 m above North Macedonia’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · North Macedonia: 2,764 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of North Macedonia, versus 39% of Greece

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · North Macedonia: 49.2% (2024)

Greece has 5.7 times as many people as North Macedonia

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · North Macedonia: 1.82 million (2025)

Greece is 12% more densely populated than North Macedonia

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · North Macedonia: 72 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 5.5 years older than in North Macedonia

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · North Macedonia: 40.3 years (2023)

Women in North Macedonia have 0.2 more children on average than in Greece

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · North Macedonia: 1.4 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 19% in North Macedonia

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · North Macedonia: 18.5% (2025)

Greece hosts 13% more refugees per resident than North Macedonia

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · North Macedonia: 11.4 per 1,000 (2025)

North Macedonia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Greece 1.0

Greece: 1 (2026) · North Macedonia: 5.5 (2026)

Greece and North Macedonia are practically level

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

Greece’s economy is 15 times the size of North Macedonia’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · North Macedonia: $19.1 billion (2025)

Greece produces 61% more per person than North Macedonia

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · North Macedonia: Int$28,029 (2025)

North Macedonia and Greece are practically level

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · North Macedonia: 33.5 (2019)

3.9% of people in North Macedonia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.6% in Greece

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · North Macedonia: 3.9% (2019)

Unemployment is 12% in North Macedonia, versus 8.5% in Greece

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · North Macedonia: 12.3% (2025)

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, North Macedonia 2.0%

Greece: 3% (2025) · North Macedonia: 2% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, North Macedonia’s 19%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · North Macedonia: 18.8% (2024)

Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× North Macedonia’s

Greece: 60% (2025) · North Macedonia: 37% (2025)

Greece spends 3.1 times as much on health per person as North Macedonia

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · North Macedonia: $639 (2023)

A baby in Greece is 28% more likely to die before turning one than in North Macedonia

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · North Macedonia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as North Macedonia

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · North Macedonia: 2.9 per 1,000 (2022)

North Macedonia has 11% more hospital beds per person than Greece

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · North Macedonia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in North Macedonia is 33% higher than in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · North Macedonia: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 31% in North Macedonia

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · North Macedonia: 31.2% (2024)

40% of adults in North Macedonia smoke, versus 30% in Greece

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · North Macedonia: 39.6% (2024)

North Macedonia and Greece are practically level

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · North Macedonia: 5.72 (2025)

Adults in Greece drink 38% more alcohol than in North Macedonia

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · North Macedonia: 6.2 litres (2023)

Greece has 59% more meat per person than North Macedonia

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · North Macedonia: 51.5 kg (2023)

North Macedonia has 94 kcal more food per person per day than Greece

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · North Macedonia: 3,476 kcal (2023)

Workers in North Macedonia put in 56 more hours a year than in Greece

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · North Macedonia: 1,949 hours (2023)

Adults in Greece went to school 1.3 years longer than in North Macedonia

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · North Macedonia: 10.2 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 5.9 times as many tourists per resident as North Macedonia (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · North Macedonia: 0.46 (2024)

Greece has 19 more World Heritage sites than North Macedonia (21 against 2)

Greece: 21 (2026) · North Macedonia: 2 (2026)

Greece has won 129 Olympic medals, North Macedonia 2

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · North Macedonia: 2 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Greece is 93% faster than in North Macedonia

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · North Macedonia: 96 Mbps (2026)

Greece and North Macedonia are practically level

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

79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 63% in North Macedonia

Greece: 79% (2025) · North Macedonia: 63% (2025)

Greece has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, North Macedonia 108

Greece: 114 (2024) · North Macedonia: 108 (2024)

Greece’s railway network is 3.4 times as long as North Macedonia’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · North Macedonia: 683 km (2021)

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · North Macedonia: no data

Forest covers 41% of North Macedonia, but only 37% of Greece

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · North Macedonia: 40.8% (2024)

The average person in Greece emits 46% more CO₂ than someone in North Macedonia

Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · North Macedonia: 3.6 t (2024)

50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in North Macedonia

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · North Macedonia: 47.2% (2025)

The air in North Macedonia carries 37% more fine dust than in Greece

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · North Macedonia: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 82% more likely to be murdered in North Macedonia than in Greece

Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · North Macedonia: 1.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in North Macedonia are 10% deadlier than in Greece

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · North Macedonia: 11.9 per 100k (2023)

Greece is on average 3.8 °C warmer than North Macedonia

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · North Macedonia: 12°C (2016–2025 avg)

Greece and North Macedonia are nearly identical here

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · North Macedonia: 796 mm (2016–2025 avg)