North Macedonia: Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, North Macedonia's net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) rose 71.9% on 2022 (from US$241.1 million to US$414.46 million).

Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2022), the average change was +105% and a typical year strayed about 531.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2,861.9% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 37.7% in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$17.36 million a year. A straight line explains 40% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, North Macedonia had the 74th highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to North Macedonia in the 2023 ranking

• Guatemala — 71st of 136: US$447.02 million
• Kyrgyz Republic — 72nd of 136: US$440.52 million
• Mauritania — 73rd of 136: US$419.49 million
• Panama — 75th of 136: US$410.18 million
• Venezuela, RB — 76th of 136: US$405.3 million
• Kosovo — 77th of 136: US$402.26 million

What this measures

Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Net official aid refers to aid flows (net of repayments) from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. Data are in constant 2023 U.S. dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 31 values

Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) in nearby economies

• Albania — US$360.63 million (2023)
• Armenia — US$205.14 million (2023)
• Azerbaijan — US$123.23 million (2023)
• Belarus — US$114.75 million (2023)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$307.69 million (2023)
• Georgia — US$365.22 million (2023)
• Kazakhstan — US$79.08 million (2023)
• Kosovo

More economic policy & debt data for North Macedonia

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 3.27% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$3.13 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 171.08 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$1.83 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 69.05 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 16.39% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)

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Questions people ask

What is North Macedonia's net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$)?

US$414.46 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1993?

It is up 7,537% from US$5.43 million in 1993 (15.55% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$449.72 million in 2002 and the lowest US$5.43 million in 1993.

How does North Macedonia rank?

74th highest of 136 economies with data for 2023.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.ODA.ALLD.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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