North Macedonia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Serbia: 0 km (2026 edition)

North Macedonia’s highest peak towers 595 m above Serbia’s

North Macedonia: 2,764 m (2026 edition) · Serbia: 2,169 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of North Macedonia, versus 38% of Serbia

North Macedonia: 49.2% (2024) · Serbia: 38.1% (2024)

Serbia has 3.6 times as many people as North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 1.82 million (2025) · Serbia: 6.55 million (2025)

Serbia is 4% more densely populated than North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 72 per km² (2025) · Serbia: 75 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Serbia is 3.6 years older than in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 40.3 years (2023) · Serbia: 43.9 years (2023)

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

North Macedonia: 1.4 children per woman (2024) · Serbia: 1.64 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in Serbia are 65 or older, versus 19% in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 18.5% (2025) · Serbia: 23.1% (2025)

North Macedonia: 11.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Serbia: no data

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

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

North Macedonia and Serbia are practically level

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

Serbia’s economy is 5.2 times the size of North Macedonia’s

North Macedonia: $19.1 billion (2025) · Serbia: $100 billion (2025)

Serbia produces 21% more per person than North Macedonia

North Macedonia: Int$28,029 (2025) · Serbia: Int$33,910 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in North Macedonia than in Serbia (Gini 0.7 points higher)

North Macedonia: 33.5 (2019) · Serbia: 32.8 (2023)

3.9% of people in North Macedonia live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.1% in Serbia

North Macedonia: 3.9% (2019) · Serbia: 1.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 12% in North Macedonia, versus 7.1% in Serbia

North Macedonia: 12.3% (2025) · Serbia: 7.1% (2025)

Serbia spends 2.8% of its GDP on the military, North Macedonia 2.0%

North Macedonia: 2% (2025) · Serbia: 2.8% (2025)

Serbia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, North Macedonia’s 19%

North Macedonia: 18.8% (2024) · Serbia: 23.9% (2022)

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

North Macedonia: 37% (2025) · Serbia: 45% (2025)

Serbia spends 54% more on health per person than North Macedonia

North Macedonia: $639 (2023) · Serbia: $984 (2023)

A baby in Serbia is 84% more likely to die before turning one than in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Serbia: 4.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Serbia has 5% more doctors per person than North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 2.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Serbia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Serbia has 22% more hospital beds per person than North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2021) · Serbia: 5.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Serbia is 94% higher than in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Serbia: 10.1 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in North Macedonia are obese, versus 26% in Serbia

North Macedonia: 31.2% (2024) · Serbia: 25.6% (2024)

Serbia and North Macedonia are practically level

North Macedonia: 39.6% (2024) · Serbia: 39.7% (2024)

People in Serbia rate their lives 0.97 points higher than in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 5.72 (2025) · Serbia: 6.69 (2025)

Adults in Serbia drink 80% more alcohol than in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 6.2 litres (2023) · Serbia: 11.2 litres (2023)

Serbia has 64% more meat per person than North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 51.5 kg (2023) · Serbia: 84.2 kg (2023)

Serbia has 403 kcal more food per person per day than North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 3,476 kcal (2023) · Serbia: 3,879 kcal (2023)

Workers in Serbia put in 46 more hours a year than in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 1,949 hours (2023) · Serbia: 1,995 hours (2023)

Adults in Serbia went to school 1.4 years longer than in North Macedonia

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

North Macedonia welcomed 26% more tourists per resident than Serbia (2019)

North Macedonia: 0.46 (2024) · Serbia: 0.36 (2024)

Serbia has 3 more World Heritage sites than North Macedonia (5 against 2)

North Macedonia: 2 (2026) · Serbia: 5 (2026)

Serbia has won 28 Olympic medals, North Macedonia 2

North Macedonia: 2 (2026 edition) · Serbia: 28 (2026 edition)

93% of people in North Macedonia are online, versus 88% in Serbia

North Macedonia: 93% (2025) · Serbia: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Serbia is 74% faster than in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 96 Mbps (2026) · Serbia: 168 Mbps (2026)

North Macedonia and Serbia are practically level

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

North Macedonia and Serbia are practically level

North Macedonia: 63% (2025) · Serbia: 63% (2025)

Serbia has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, North Macedonia 108

North Macedonia: 108 (2024) · Serbia: 124 (2024)

Serbia’s railway network is 4.9 times as long as North Macedonia’s

North Macedonia: 683 km (2021) · Serbia: 3,348 km (2021)

North Macedonia: no data · Serbia: 0.59 (2023)

Forest covers 41% of North Macedonia, but only 39% of Serbia

North Macedonia: 40.8% (2024) · Serbia: 39.2% (2024)

The average person in Serbia emits 72% more CO₂ than someone in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: 3.6 t (2024) · Serbia: 6.2 t (2024)

47% of North Macedonia’s electricity is renewable, versus 28% in Serbia

North Macedonia: 47.2% (2025) · Serbia: 27.8% (2025)

The air in North Macedonia carries 18% more fine dust than in Serbia

North Macedonia: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Serbia: 17.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 16% more likely to be murdered in North Macedonia than in Serbia

North Macedonia: 1.5 per 100k (2023) · Serbia: 1.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in North Macedonia are 3% deadlier than in Serbia

North Macedonia: 11.9 per 100k (2023) · Serbia: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Serbia is on average 0.1 °C warmer than North Macedonia

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

North Macedonia gets 2% more rain than Serbia

North Macedonia: 796 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Serbia: 782 mm (2016–2025 avg)