Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in North Carolina instead of Macedonia, you would:
Economy
make 2.5 times more money
Macedonia has a GDP per capita of $23,400 as of 2023, while in North Carolina, the GDP per capita is $59,308 as of 2024.
be 74.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Macedonia, 13.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In North Carolina, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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