# Albania and North Macedonia compared Albania and North Macedonia side by side: 43 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, their chronicles record no events of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/alb-vs-mkd Updated: 2026-08-10 (latest of the two dossiers' refreshes and the two chronicles' verification dates) Two sourced records set beside each other — nothing on this page was written for the pair. Every figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two national dossiers; every event is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle. Figures are compared, never graded. A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero; each value shows its own observation year — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Formation - Albania: 28 November 1912 — Independent Albania is proclaimed at Vlorë - North Macedonia: 1991 — North Macedonia becomes independent in the breakup of Yugoslavia ## Economy | Metric | Albania | Observed | North Macedonia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $27 B | 2024 | $17 B | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $11,378 | 2024 | $9,292 | 2024 | | GDP growth | 4.0% | 2024 | 3.0% | 2024 | | Inflation | 2.2% | 2024 | 3.5% | 2024 | | Trade openness | 79.5% | 2024 | 136.3% | 2024 | ## Society | Metric | Albania | Observed | North Macedonia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 2.4 m | 2024 | 1.8 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 79.8 yrs | 2024 | 76.6 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 58.5% | 2024 | 62.6% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 1.3 | 2024 | 1.4 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | Albania | Observed | North Macedonia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 56.6 | 2024 | 58.1 | 2024 | | Political stability | 66.2 | 2024 | 68.6 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 57.4 | 2024 | 50.7 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 57.0 | 2024 | 59.1 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 54.9 | 2024 | 53.1 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 39.3 | 2024 | 41.2 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | Albania | Observed | North Macedonia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 7.1% | 2023 | 7.4% | 2023 | | Physicians | 1.88 | 2020 | 2.94 | 2022 | | Under-5 mortality | 9.2 | 2024 | 2.8 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 81.0% | 2024 | 73.0% | 2024 | | Safe drinking water | 70.8% | 2024 | 80.8% | 2024 | ## Education | Metric | Albania | Observed | North Macedonia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 97.7% | 2023 | 96.1% | 2002 | | Education spending | 3.1% | 2023 | 3.3% | 2002 | | Primary enrolment | 111.5% | 2024 | 96.3% | 2023 | | Secondary enrolment | 108.4% | 2024 | 90.1% | 2023 | | Tertiary enrolment | 84.1% | 2024 | 55.0% | 2023 | ## Technology | Metric | Albania | Observed | North Macedonia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | R&D spending | 0.2% | 2022 | 0.4% | 2024 | | Researchers (per million) | 429 | 2022 | 888 | 2024 | | Internet users | 85.9% | 2024 | 93.1% | 2025 | | Mobile subscriptions | 89 | 2024 | 108 | 2024 | | High-tech exports | 1.5% | 2024 | 6.4% | 2024 | ## Geography | Metric | Albania | Observed | North Macedonia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 27,400 km² | 2023 | 25,220 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 28.8% | 2023 | 39.7% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 38.1% | 2023 | 49.6% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 1.8 | 2024 | 4.0 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 41.9% | 2021 | 19.5% | 2021 | ## Resources | Metric | Albania | Observed | North Macedonia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 1.4% | 2021 | 0.1% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 1.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 0.2% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 0.1% | 2021 | 0.1% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 100.0% | 2023 | 100.0% | 2023 | ## Military | Metric | Albania | Observed | North Macedonia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 2.0% | 2024 | 2.1% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $535 M | 2024 | $354 M | 2024 | | Armed forces | 8,000 | 2020 | 16,000 | 2020 | Each metric is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Full dossiers: https://terralore.co/country/ALB.md and https://terralore.co/country/MKD.md. ## Entangled histories (0 events) Neither nation's sourced chronicle names the other — across both archives, no recorded event crosses between them. That is a fact about the two records as they stand, not a gap filled here. ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://childmortality.org - R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Chronicle references are cited inline above and resolve in full at https://terralore.co/country/ALB/chronicle.md and https://terralore.co/country/MKD/chronicle.md. 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