ISSN 1409-665X

ISSN 1409-665X

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Macedonia in Figures, 2010

Published by:

State Statistical Officeof the Republic of Macedonia

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Person responsible:

Blagica Novkovska, MSc - Director

3Macedonia in Figures

FOREWORD

The publication “Macedonia in Figures” contains numerous data and interesting mini-facts about our country, and it represents a type of a small statistical yearbook.

Several novelties have been introduced in this edition. One of them is the data on sustainable development indicators, which have multi-dimensional character and reflect the economic, social, environmental and, to some extent, the institutional dimension of sustainable development.

In the past period, the State Statistical Office invested a lot of efforts to harmonise the methodologies for collecting and disseminating statistical data in order to provide comparable statistical data with the member states of the European Union and with the candidate countries.

Based on the achieved harmonisation of standards and methodologies, this edition for the first time contains comparable data about the Republic of Macedonia with the member states and with the candidate countries for membership in the European Union.

Each member state is presented only with some basic data distributed in tables and charts.

I sincerely hope that this publication will provide you with useful and interesting data about the Republic of Macedonia.

Blagica Novkovska, MScDirector


CONTENT

Foreword ................................................................................................................................................. 3

General and Regional Statistics

Basic data ............................................................................................................................................... 7Geographical coordinates of the furthest points of the Republic of Macedonia ..................................... 8Length of the Macedonian border ........................................................................................................... 8Surfaces by height point ......................................................................................................................... 8National parks ......................................................................................................................................... 9Largest natural lakes in the Republic of Macedonia ............................................................................... 9Climate, 2009.......................................................................................................................................... 9

Population and Social Statistics

Population of the Republic of Macedonia ............................................................................................. 10Population by age groups (at the end of the year) - graph ................................................................... 10Vital statistics .........................................................................................................................................11Natural increase - graph ........................................................................................................................11Population by different territorial levels ................................................................................................. 12Most common names, reference date 01.01. 2009 ............................................................................. 13Deaths by causes of death in 2009 - graph .......................................................................................... 13Population by age groups, 2009 - map ................................................................................................. 14Basic data on culture ............................................................................................................................ 15Published books and brochures in the Republic of Macedonia by origin of the author - graph ............ 16Convicted adult perpetrators by type of criminal offence ...................................................................... 17Adult perpetrators of criminal offences ................................................................................................. 17Basic data on education ....................................................................................................................... 18Population aged 15 and over, by educational attainment, Census 2002 - graph ................................. 19

Economy and Finance

Basic data on gross domestic product .................................................................................................. 20Value added by activity and gross domestic product, 2006-2008......................................................... 20Real growth rates of the gross domestic product components, by expenditure method ...................... 21Distribution of the components of gross domestic product by expenditure method - graph ................. 21Gross fixed capital formation by purpose of investment ...................................................................... 22Gross fixed capital formation by institutional sectors - graph ............................................................... 22Foreign direct Investments in the Republic of Macedonia by activity ................................................... 23Balance of payments ........................................................................................................................... 24Average annual exchange rates of the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia .......................... 25Money supply........................................................................................................................................ 25


Incomes, Expenditures and Prices

Distribution of household expenditures ................................................................................................ 26Household possession of durable goods - graph ................................................................................. 26Consumer price index by COICOP ....................................................................................................... 27Consumer price index, 2000 - 2009 - graph ......................................................................................... 27Prices of agricultural products .............................................................................................................. 28Labour force and activity rates ............................................................................................................. 29Activity rates of the population by educational attainment .................................................................... 30Employed persons by sectors of activities of the business entities ..................................................... 31Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment ............................................................................ 32Unemployed persons by age groups, 2009 - graph ............................................................................. 32Employed persons by age groups, 2009 - graph .................................................................................. 33Average monthly net wage in 2009, by quarters ................................................................................. 33Indices of nominal and real wages - graph .......................................................................................... 34Indices of the average monthly net wage and consumer price index, 2009 - graph ........................... 34

Agriculture

Area by category of use, 2009 .............................................................................................................. 35Production of vegetables, 2009 - graph ................................................................................................ 35Area under main crops ......................................................................................................................... 36Production of main crops - graph ......................................................................................................... 36Number of livestock .............................................................................................................................. 37Meat production - graph........................................................................................................................ 37Areas under forest, 2009 - map ............................................................................................................ 38

Industry, Construction and Energy

Industrial production in natural data ..................................................................................................... 39Indices of industrial production - graph ................................................................................................. 39Energy statistics and energy indicators, 2009 ...................................................................................... 40Completed construction works by business entities on structures in public ownership ........................ 41Completed dwellings - total - graph ...................................................................................................... 42

Foreign Trade

Foreign trade ........................................................................................................................................ 43Export and import by countries, 2009 - graph ...................................................................................... 43Foreign trade according to the SITC sectors ........................................................................................ 44

Transport, Tourism, Trade and Other Services

Internet usage by population aged 15 - 74 ........................................................................................... 45Households with Internet access at home (%) - graph ......................................................................... 45Type of Internet connection in enterprises with 10 or more employees (%) - graph ............................ 46Passenger transport by mode, in passenger kilometers ...................................................................... 47Freight transport by mode, in tonne kilometers .................................................................................... 47Killed and injured in traffic accidents .................................................................................................... 47Number of tourists and nights spent ..................................................................................................... 48


Tourists and nights spent by types of accommodation facilities, 2009 ................................................. 48Tourists by country of origin, 2009 - graph ........................................................................................... 49Domestic trade...................................................................................................................................... 50Turnover in retail trade - graph ............................................................................................................. 50

Multi-Domain StatisticsShare of investment in gross fixed capital formation in GDP, by sector ............................................... 51Share of research and development expenditure in GDP .................................................................... 51Dispersion of regional GDP, per capita ................................................................................................. 51Employment rate of persons aged 15-64, total and by gender ............................................................. 52Employment rate of older workers - graph............................................................................................ 52Unemployment rate of persons aged 15-64 ......................................................................................... 53People living in jobless households, by age groups - graph ................................................................. 53Total long-term unemployment rate ...................................................................................................... 53Early school-leavers ............................................................................................................................. 54Lifelong learning ................................................................................................................................... 54Relative poverty rate ............................................................................................................................. 54Life expectancy at age 65, by gender ................................................................................................... 54Emissions of ozone precursors, by source sector ................................................................................ 55Emissions of acidifyng substances, by source sector - graph .............................................................. 55Municipal waste, per capita .................................................................................................................. 56Electricity consumption by households - graph .................................................................................... 56Share of renewables in gross inland energy consumption ................................................................... 56Number of active businesss entities ..................................................................................................... 57

Republic of Macedonia and the European UnionMap of Europe ...................................................................................................................................... 58Basic data, 2008 ................................................................................................................................... 59Participation of population by sex and age groups in the total population - graph ............................... 60Old-age dependency ratio .................................................................................................................... 61Total fertility rate, 2008 - graph ............................................................................................................. 62Marriages .............................................................................................................................................. 63Divorces ................................................................................................................................................ 64Life expectancy at birth, in years .......................................................................................................... 65Pupil/teacher ratio in primary education, 2007 - graph ......................................................................... 66Employment rate of persons aged 15-64 ............................................................................................. 67Gross domestic product per capita according to purchasing power parity ........................................... 68Growth rate of GDP volume compared to previous year ...................................................................... 69Gross value added - Agriculture, hunting and fishing ........................................................................... 70Growth rate of real GDP per capita, 2008 - graph ................................................................................ 71Wheat yields ......................................................................................................................................... 72Energy intensity of the economy .......................................................................................................... 73Total gross electricity generation .......................................................................................................... 74Individuals regularly using the Internet ................................................................................................. 75Households having access to the Internet ............................................................................................ 76Motorisation rate, 2006 - graph ............................................................................................................ 77Tourists ................................................................................................................................................. 78

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Macedonia in Figures

Population on 31.12.2009 2 052 722

Surface area 25 713 km2

Capital city Skopje

Number of municipalities 84

Number of settlements 1 767

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State Statistical Office

GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES OF THE FURTHEST POINTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Latitude North

Longitude East1) Locality Municipality

North 42o22’ 22o18’ Anishta (Mt. Ducat) Kriva Palanka

South 40o51’ 21o08’ Markova Noga (Border Stone 177) Resen

East 41o43’ 23o02’ Chengino Kale (Border Stone 47) Pehchevo

West 41o31’ 20o28’ Kestenjar (Border marker E16/VIII) Debar

1) Greenwich

Source: Geographical Institute at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

LENGTH OF THE MACEDONIAN BORDER

Total Mainland Fluvial Lake

Total 850 786 16 48

Albania 191 151 12 28

Bulgaria 165 165 - -

Greece 262 238 4 20

Serbia 232 232 - -


SURFACES BY HEIGHT POINT

Source: Spatial Plan

Height point Surface in km2 %

Less than 200 m 744.10 2.89

200 - 500 5 769.10 22.44

500 - 1000 11 317.32 44.01

1000 - 1500 5 741.68 22.33

1500 - 2000 1 786.54 6.95

More than 2000 354.26 1.38

From 44 to 2764 m. 25 713.00 100.00

in kilometres

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NATIONAL PARKS

Geographical coordinates1) Surface area, ha Year of proclamation

Galichitsa 40059’N/20052’E 22 750 1958

Mavrovo 41040’N/20046’E 73 088 1949

Pelister 40057’N/21014’E 12 500 1948

1) Greenwich Longitude

Source: Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning

LARGEST NATURAL LAKES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Surface area, km2 Altitude, m Maximum depth, m

Ohrid 3491) 693 286

Prespa 2742) 853 54

Dojran 433) 148 10

1) 118.9 km2 belong to Albania


2) 49.4 km2 belong to Albania and 47.8 km2 to Greece

3) 15.6 km2 belong to Greece

Main meteorological stations

Average annual air temperature in Co

Annual precipitation

in mm

Days with

Rain Snow Fog

Berovo 9.5 720.6 100.0 20.0 10.0

Bitola 12.2 798.4 115.0 25.0 11.0

Demir Kapija 14.6 647.9 87.0 12.0 28.0

Kriva Palanka 10.7 775.0 127.0 27.0 21.0

Ohrid 12.0 835.7 126.0 15.0 0.0

Prilep 12.2 657.6 106.0 20.0 6.0

Skopje 13.0 653.5 116.0 18.0 11.0

Shtip 13.7 561.3 108.0 12.0 12.0

CLIMATE, 2009

Source: Hydro-Meteorological Service



POPULATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

1999 2004 2009

Population at the end of the year 2 021 578 2 035 196 2 052 722

Male 1 011 472 1 021 145 1 028 815

Female 1 010 106 1 014 051 1 023 907

Immigrated citizens of the Republic of Macedonia 658 543 259

Immigrated foreigners 460 838 1 000

Emigrated citizens of the Republic of Macedonia 127 656 769

Emigrated foreigners 14 13 23

The population of the Republic of Macedonia, as a result of the positive natural increase, still maintains an upward trend, though at a slower pace. In the period 1999-2009 the population increase was 31 144 persons or 1.5%.

There have also been significant changes in the age structure of the population. In the period 1999-2009, the participation of the young population (age group 0-14) in the total population decreased from 22.8% to 17.7%, whereas the participation of the old population (age group 65 and over) increased from 9.8% to 11.6%.

POPULATION BY AGE GROUPS (AT THE END OF THE YEAR)



1999 2004 2009

Live births 24 964 23 361 23 684 Male 12 969 12 163 12 340 Female 11 995 11 198 11 344Deaths 16 622 17 944 19 060 Male 9 100 9 650 10 040 Female 7 522 8 294 9 020Marriages 14 172 14 073 14 923Divorces 1 045 1 645 1 287Average age at first marriage: groom 26.4 27.4 28.0 bride 23.4 24.3 25.0 Per 1000 population Live births 12.4 11.5 11.5 Deaths 8.2 8.8 9.3 Marriages 7.0 6.9 7.3 Divorces 0.7 0.8 0.6

VITAL STATISTICS

During the period of 1999-2009, there was a continuous decline in the number of births in the country, causing the rate of natural increase to drop to 11.5‰ in 2009, compared to 1999 when it was 12.4‰.

The changes in the age structure are reflected in the number of deaths in the country. The constant increase in the number of deaths caused an increase in the mortality rate to 9.3‰ in 2009, compared to 1999 when it was 8.2‰.

NATURAL INCREASE



Number of inhabitants

Number of

settle-ments

Popula-tion

(Census 2002)

% of the total number of settle-

ments

% of the total popula-

tion

Number of cities

Popula-tion in the

cities

% of urban

popula-tion in the

group

0 141 0 8.0 0.0 - - -

1-50 455 9 290 25.8 0.5 - - -

51-100 180 12 906 10.2 0.6 - - -

101-200 208 30 087 11.8 1.5 - - -

201-500 294 96 769 16.7 4.8 - - -

501-1000 210 152 214 11.9 7.5 - - -

1001-5000 231 478 106 13.1 23.6 5 17 247 3.6

5001-10000 21 138 355 1.2 6.8 7 47 876 34.6

10001-20000 9 126 979 0.5 6.3 9 126 979 100.0

20001-50000 8 289 185 0.5 14.3 8 289 185 100.0

50001-100000 4 273 444 0.2 13.5 4 273 444 100.0

100001+ 1 415 212 0.1 20.5 1 415 212 100.0

POPULATION BY DIFFERENT TERRITORIAL LEVELS

The territorial distribution of the population in the Republic of Macedonia shows significant disproportion. 57.8% of the population live in the cities (there are 34 cities in the Republic of Macedonia), the highest concentration being in the capital, Skopje (20.5%).

Large part of the rural settlements (the total number of settlements is 1728) are completely depopulated (141 settlement) or have extremely small number of inhabitants, and in the near future, as a result of the unfavorable age structure (old population), will have no population.

On the other hand, in a relatively small number of rural settlements (mostly located in the western and north-eastern parts of the country), the concentration of the population is very large.



The most common causes of death are circulatory diseases with 57.9% of the total number of deaths, followed by neoplasms with 19.3%, and endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases with 3,7%.

MOST COMMON NAMES, REFERENCE DATE 01.01.2009

DEATHS BY CAUSES OF DEATH IN 20091)

1) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-X).

No.Male Female

Name Total Name Total

1 ALEKSANDAR 23 815 MARIJA 21 3792 ZORAN 16 742 ELENA 12 0423 NIKOLA 15 778 BILJANA 11 8274 GORAN 12 558 VESNA 10 5915 DRAGAN 9 433 SNEZANA 10 4486 DEJAN 9 242 VIOLETA 9 4357 PETAR 8 558 ALEKSANDRA 9 2528 ILIJA 8 536 SUZANA 8 5779 IGOR 8 510 KATERINA 7 913

10 LJUPCHO 7 834 LJUBICA 7 637



POPULATION BY AGE GROUPS, 2009



THEATRES 1998/1999 2002/2003 2008/2009

Professional theatres - number 11 11 12

Performances 1 181 1 120 937

Attendance (in thousands) 272 271 228

CINEMAS 1999 2003 2009

Cinemas - number 42 23 10

Performances 10 869 6 818 4 068


MUSEUMS 2003 2006 2009

Museums - number 22 22 23


LIBRARIES 20011) 20042) 20072)

Libraries - number 92 85 72

Members (in thousands) 73 69 74

PUBLISHING ACTIVITY 1999 2003 2009

Books and brochures

Number of titles 733 910 635

Circulation (in thousands) 1 858 1 106 483

Newspapers


Circulation (in thousands) 36 126 44 946 7 131

Magazines


Circulation (in thousands) 3 453 7 312 9 176

BASIC DATA ON CULTURE

1) Included are public libraries only

2) Included are libraries - national facilities and public libraries



The situation in the field of culture is monitored by statistical surveys on theatres, cinemas, libraries, museums and publishing.

In 2008/2009, compared with 1998/1999, the number of performances in theatres decreased by 20.7%, and attendance by 16.2%.

In 2009, compared with 1999, negative tendencies were also observed in cinemas, shown through a decrease in the number of cinemas, performances and attendance.

PUBLISHED BOOKS AND BROCHURES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA BY ORIGIN OF THE AUTHOR



1999 2004 2009

Total 4 295 4 917 5 978 Murder 49 61 53 Bodily harm 434 326 531 Grievous bodily harm 179 174 181 Rape 14 31 19 Theft 738 855 1 320 Aggravated theft 1 271 1 559 1 748 Robbery 64 70 104 Fraud 206 201 320 Misuse of official position and authority 25 55 127 Unauthorized production and release for trade of narcotics, psychotropic substances and precursors 115 204 246

Enabling the taking of narcotics, psychotropic substances 26 39 46 Endangering traffic safety 1 174 1 342 1 897

CONVICTED ADULT PERPETRATORS BY TYPE OF CRIMINAL OFFENCE

Of the total number of convicted adult perpetrators, most were perpetrators convicted for crimes against traffic safety and robberies.

In 2009, the number of perpetrators of crimes against traffic safety increased by 41.4% compared to 2004, and for the same period, the number of perpetrators of crimes - robberies increased by 54,4 %.

ADULT PERPETRATORS OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES



BASIC DATA ON EDUCATION

1999/2000 2003/2004 2009/2010

Primary and lower secondary education

Number of primary and lower secondary schools1)

1 104 1 072 1 046

Students in primary and lower secondary schools

256 280 233 440 211 857

Girls 123 220 112 867 102 268

Boys 133 060 120 573 109 589

Number of teachers 14 034 14 025 16 462

Women 7 760 8 104 10 684

Men 6 274 5 921 5 778

Upper secondary education

Number of upper secondary schools2) 103 101 117

Students in upper secondary schools 92 287 96 230 96 311

Girls 44 205 45 792 46 261

Boys 48 082 50 438 50 050

Number of teachers 5 700 5 916 7 024

Women 3 052 3 248 4 100

Men 2 648 2 668 2 924

Tertiary education

Students in Tertiary education 36 922 46 637 63 4374)

Women 20 325 26 594 33 5934)

Men 16 597 20 043 29 8444)

Number of teachers3) 1 493 1 568 2 057

Women 487 554 814

Men 1 006 1 014 1 243

1) The data refer to all types of schools from I to VIII grade (regular schools, schools for students with special needs and adult schools)

2) The data refer to all types of upper secondary schools (regular schools, schools for students with special needs and religious schools)

3) The data refer only to teachers, without supporting staff in the educational process

4) Data refer to 2008/2009



The situation in the sphere of education varies according to the level of education.

The number of school entrants in primary and lower secondary education has decreased over the years, as well as the total number of students.

The number of enrolled students in primary and lower secondary education in the school year 2009/2010 is lower by 17.3% compared with 1999/2000.

Unlike primary and lower secondary education, the situation is better in upper secondary education and tertiary education, where the coverage of the enrolled students has been increased.

In upper secondary education, the number of enrolled students in 2009/2010, compared with 1999/2000, was higher by 4.4%.

POPULATION AGED 15 AND OVER, BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, CENSUS 2002


Economy and Finance

in million denarsNACE section Name 20061) 20071) 20081)

A+B Agriculture, hunting and forestry; Fishing and operation of fish hatcheries and fish farms 33 530 33 109 41 341

C+D+E+F Industry, including Energy and Construction 78 945 97 039 106 403

G to P Service activities 141 951 159 246 181 173Imputed rents 21 898 24 084 28 533Minus: Imputed banking services - - -Other net taxes on production - - -A. Value added 276 324 313 478 357 450B.Taxes on products 44 741 52 426 56 723Value added tax and excises 39 318 46 227 50 449Import duties 5 423 6 199 6 275C. Minus: Subsidies on products 1 006 915 2 445GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (A+B-C) 320 059 364 989 411 728

VALUE ADDED BY ACTIVITY AND GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, 2006-2008

In the period 2006-2008 the structure of GDP was dominated by Services, which include trade, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration, health, education and other community, social and personal service activities. The share was 44.3% in 2006 and 44.0% in 2008.

The share of Industry, including Energy and Construction was 24.7% in 2006 and 25.8% in 2008.

Agriculture, forestry and Fishing had a share of 10.5% in 2006 and 10.0% in 2008.

1) Revised data due to: allocation of financial services indirectly measured; using a 2.5% annual rate of return to the net value of the stock of owner-occupied dwellings at current prices; methodological improvements

BASIC DATA ON GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

2006 2007 2008

Gross domestic product at market prices in current prices (in million denars)1) 320 059 364 989 411 728

real growth rate (in %) 5.0 6.1 5.0 in million Euros (at current exchange rate) 5 231 5 965 6 720 per capita in Euros (at current exchange rate) 2 564 2 919 3 283 GDP in million PPS2) 14 594 16 212 17 255 GDP per capita in PPS2) 7 153 7 933 8 4301) Revised data on GDP at current prices for the period 2006-2008, GDP at constant prices for 2007 and 2008

2) Calculated according to the Purchasing power standard with the revised GDP data


Economy and Finance

2007 2008

Gross domestic product 6.1 5.0

Final consumption 6.5 8.0

Household final consumption, including NPISHs 8.1 7.4

General government final consumption -0.3 10.6

Gross capital formation 22.2 5.4

Gross fixed capital formation 17.1 5.4

Changes in inventories 45.72) 5.22)

Exports of goods and services 11.8 -6.3

Imports of goods and services 16.1 0.8

REAL GROWTH RATES OF THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT COMPONENTS, BY EXPENDITURE METHOD1)

Gross Domestic Product real growth rate for 2008 amounted to 5.0%. The increase is mainly due to the increase in Final consumption (8%).

DISTRIBUTION OF THE COMPONENTS OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT BY EXPENDITURE METHOD

in %

1) Revised data due to: allocation of financial services indirectly measured; using a 2.5% annual rate of return to the net value of the stock of owner-occupied dwellings at current prices; methodological improvements

2) Includes discrepancies due to balancing


Economy and Finance

in million denars

NACE sector Purpose of investment 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Total 47 286 48 868 56 485 71 557 86 403

A +B Agriculture, hunting and forestry + Fishing 1 730 1 603 2 030 1 937 2 496

C+D+E+F Industry including Energy and Construction 26 881 27 823 32 985 40 928 49 065

G to P Services 18 675 19 442 21 470 28 691 34 842

GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION BY PURPOSE OF INVESTMENT

The nominal increase in GFCF for 2008, in comparison with 2007, was 20.7%. The biggest value of GFCF during the period 2004-2008 was recorded in Industry, including Energy, Construction and Services.

GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION BY INSTITUTIONAL SECTORS


Economy and Finance

in thousand US $

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Total 139 460 116 168 350 665 330 802 356 394

Agriculture, hunting and forestry 1 559 2 892 900 3 040 4 632

Fishing - - - - -

Mining and quarrying 4 401 26 581 20 035 13 272 10 237

Manufacturing 38 586 53 989 50 498 72 982 66 504

Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply - 22 225 962 67 870 35 906

Construction 6 284 2 413 3 349 16 168 21 405

Wholesale and retail trade 13 228 7 967 13 263 14 816 31 048

Hotels and restaurants 22 2 763 5 233 11 500 10 130

Transport, storage and communication 65 996 741 4 471 14 675 14 301

Financial intermediation 7 707 12 784 8 140 107 190 146 637

Real estate, renting and business activities 1 531 3 612 14 178 8 051 12 275

Public administration and defense; compulsory social security - 1 905 323 - -

Education 3 10 17 21 27

Health and social work 7 92 1 083 0 11

Other community, social and personal service activities 136 397 3 213 1 217 3 281

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA BY ACTIVITY

The value of foreign direct investments in 2008 was 356.4 million US $, and compared with 2007 it increased by 25.6 million US $. The largest volume of foreign direct investment in 2004-2008 was recorded in the following sectors: Electricity, gas and water supply; Manufacturing; Financial intermediation; Transport, storage and communication; Mining and quarrying and Wholesale and retail trade.


Economy and Finance

in USD Million2007 2008 2009

I. Current Account - 605.75 - 1 220.14 - 645.65GOODS, net - 1 638.51 - 2 572.53 - 2 156.87

Exports 3 391.49 3 970.86 2 685.47Imports2) - 5 030.00 - 6 543.40 - 4 842.35

SERVICES, net 34.37 11.45 40.08INCOME, net - 385.02 - 114.71 - 128.05

o/w: interest, net - 25.29 - 68.07 - 100.81CURRENT TRANSFERS, net 1 383.41 1 455.66 1 599.19

Official 30.92 72.26 75.94Other 1 352.49 1 383.40 1 523.25

II. Capital & Financial Account 647.77 1 215.39 619.15CAPITAL ACCOUNT, net 4.91 - 17.55 28.38

Capital transfers, net 1.60 - 1.28 17.62Official 0.00 0.00 0.00Other 1.60 - 1.28 17.62Acquisition/disposal of nonproduced, nonfinancial assets 3.32 - 16.27 10.75

FINANCIAL ACCOUNT, net 642.86 1 232.94 590.77Direct investment, net 700.15 600.50 234.80Portfolio investment, net 155.17 - 72.48 147.62Other investment, net - 69.45 657.70 344.81

Trade credits, net - 22.87 - 12.76 234.48Loans, net - 121.52 336.31 67.63Currency and deposits, net - 8.68 322.11 - 84.22 o/w: Monetary authorities, net - 0.22 24.21 0.08 Commercial Banks, net 77.08 352.28 - 75.05 Other sectors, net - 85.55 - 54.38 - 9.26Other, net 83.63 12.04 126.92

Gross official reserve assets, (- = increase)3) - 143.01 47.22 - 136.45

III. Errors & Omissions - 42.02 4.75 26.50

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS 1) 4)

1) Preliminary data (revision shown on web site: www. NBRM.gov.mk)

Source: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia

2) Imports data are on fob basis in accordance with IMF V Balance of Payments Manual. Calculation of cif / fob factor as % of imports cif for 2006 and 2007 is 4.14% and for 2008 is 3,86%. Imports for 2006, 2007 and 2008 have been additionally adjusted with time adjustments for imports of electricity.3) Excluding monetary gold and exchange rate differences

4) Methodological changes: The BOP data for 2009 include estimations for certain elements in the items on direct investment and income - based on actual data from the newly introduced data source (FDI Survey DI 22) available as with end 2008


Economy and Finance

CHF GBR USD EUR 100 JPY

2005 39.5872 89.6186 49.2919 61.2958 44.7895

2006 38.8981 89.7611 48.7854 61.1885 41.9345

2007 37.2534 89.4324 44.7184 61.1838 37.9705

2008 38.6300 77.1265 41.8646 61.2654 40.7177

2009 40.5769 68.8041 44.0766 61.2728 47.1313

At the end of the period In million denars

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Money supply (M1) 30 675 36 153 47 256 54 119 52 223

Money supply (M2) 104 477 130 340 166 953 178 885 185 984

AVERAGE ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

MONEY SUPPLY1)

Source: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia

1) Revised data according to the new methodology based on the new IMF standard reporting forms and the application of the new accounting plan starting from 01.01.2009

CHF Swiss francGBR British poundUSD US dollar EUR EuroJPY Japanese yen

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DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES

The average household in Macedonia spent about 64.6% of its consumption expenditures to satisfy basic needs such as food, clothing, housing and household equipment.

The structure of incomes in 2009 was dominated by revenues from regular and non regular work with 65.8%, pensions 17.5%, revenues from agriculture with 4.6%, revenues from abroad 2.7%, and social benefits with 1.6%.

The data show that the average household with its available income is able to cover about 81.5% of consumption, while the rest is covered by credits or negative balance of payment accounts or by unreported and informal income.

in %

2005 2007 2009

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0Food and non-alcoholic beverages 39.9 38.4 40.7Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 3.9 4.1 4.2Clothing and footwear 7.2 7.0 6.8Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 10.7 10.1 12.3Furnishings, household equipment and maintenance 4.5 5.2 4.8Health 3.0 3.0 3.0Transport 6.3 8.5 5.4Communications 4.2 3.8 4.0Recreation and culture 3.5 3.3 2.9Education 0.7 1.2 0.8Hotels and restaurants 4.2 4.6 4.5Miscellaneous goods and services 3.7 3.8 4.3Other1) 8.2 7.1 6.3

1) Includes expenditures other than for personal consumption: repayment and debt servicing, real estate investments and savings

HOUSEHOLD POSSESSION OF DURABLE GOODS

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previous year =100

2007 2008 2009

Total 102.3 108.3 99.2

Food and non-alcoholic beverages 103.7 114.9 98.6

Alcoholic beverages, tobacco 102.3 104.1 103.3

Clothing and footwear 101.8 101.9 99.9

Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 106.0 106.7 105.2

Furnishings, household equipment and maintenance 100.1 103.2 100.6

Health 99.5 97.4 103.0

Transport 101.4 108.5 90.0

Communications 90.6 95.0 96.5

Recreation and culture 100.6 99.8 95.8

Education 101.3 101.0 101.5

Restaurants and hotels 104.2 110.8 102.2

Miscellaneous goods and services 103.4 102.5 99.9

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX BY COICOP

In 2009, the Consumer price index by COICOP decreased by 0.8% on an annual basis. The main drivers of deflation were the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, transport, communications and recreation and culture.

An increase was recorded in the prices of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, health services, restaurants and hotels and education.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, 2000 - 2009

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price per tonne

2005 2007 2009Indices

2009/2005 2007/2005 2009/2007

Wheat 8 688 10 879 7 147 82.3 125.2 65.7

Barley 7 413 9 818 14 331 193.3 132.4 146.0

Maize 7 213 11 917 8 118 112.5 165.2 68.1

Sunflower 12 266 19 736 12 034 98.1 160.9 61.0

Tobacco 138 670 115 712 186 930 134.8 83.4 161.5

Beans 71 470 79 440 80 000 111.9 111.2 100.7

Tomatoes 27 620 33 920 39 790 144.1 122.8 117.3

Peppers 23 320 54 660 38 970 167.1 234.4 71.3

Cucumbers 21 730 26 200 27 500 126.6 120.6 105.0

Melons and watermelons 4 930 4 970 5 960 120.9 100.8 119.9

Apples 13 560 14 580 16 410 121.0 107.5 112.6

Pears 25 470 19 240 14 380 56.5 75.5 74.7

Peaches 16 080 16 020 17 740 110.3 99.6 110.7

Plums 13 550 11 960 12 940 95.5 88.3 108.2

Grapes 16 520 12 348 10 810 65.4 74.7 87.5

PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS1)

1) The prices of agricultural products are calculated from the values and quantities of purchased agricultural products from private producers and sold from own production

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1999 2004 2009

Labour Force 806 674 832 281 928 775 Men 496 129 506 863 570 698

Women 310 546 325 418 358 077

Activity rate 53.1 52.2 56.7

Men 65.5 63.5 69.6

Women 40.8 40.9 43.7

Employed 545 222 522 995 629 901 Men 337 994 320 640 389 332

Women 207 229 202 355 240 569

Employment rate 35.9 32.8 38.4

Men 44.6 40.2 47.5

Women 27.2 25.4 29.4

Unemployed 261 452 309 286 298 873 Men 158 135 186 223 181 366

Women 103 317 123 063 117 508

Unemployment rate 32.4 37.2 32.2

Men 31.9 36.7 31.8

Women 33.3 37.8 32.8

LABOUR FORCE AND ACTIVITY RATES

In the period from 1999 to 2009, the activity, employment and unemployment rates have registered minimal changes from year to year, in terms of increase and/or decrease.

In this period, the highest activity rate was recorded in 2009, standing at 56.7. The highest employment rate of 38.6 and the lowest unemployment rate of 30.5 were registered in 2001.

The total number of employed persons in 1999, 2004 and in 2009 was dominated by the age group between 40 and 44 years of age. The employment rate for that age group was 65.2 in 1999, 56.0 in 2004 and 58.2 in 2009.

Women’s participation in the total number of employed was lower than men’s participation, which is also reflected in the employment rate of the female population. In 1999, the number of employed women in the total number of employed persons was 38.0%, 38.7% in 2004 whereas in 2009 it was 38.2%.

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Activity rate

2005 2007 2009

Total

Total 54.1 55.7 56.7

Without education 14.4 20.7 13.1

Incomplete primary and lower secondary education 27.5 24.6 24.7

Primary and lower secondary education 39.7 41.7 41.8

3 years of secondary education 74.9 74.6 71.9


Higher education 73.7 69.8 66.1

University level education1) 83.7 83.8 85.6

Men

Total 64.9 67.3 69.6








Women

Total 43.2 44.1 43.7








ACTIVITY RATES OF THE POPULATION BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

1) Also included are master's degree and doctorate

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2005 2007 2009

Total 545 253 590 234 629 901

Agriculture, hunting and forestry 106 179 107 433 116 601

Fishing 354 284 67

Mining and quarrying 3 554 5 093 4 253

Manufacturing 119 953 126 193 126 779

Electricity, gas and water supply 17 035 15 636 15 296

Construction 35 326 38 006 40 749

Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods 74 690 82 971 96 761

Hotels and restaurants 13 558 17 486 21 193

Transport, storage and communication 32 720 35 461 38 300

Financial intermediation 6 303 9 041 8 654

Real estate, renting and business activities 14 804 15 909 19 560

Public administration and defence, compulsory social security 38 301 41 409 44 471

Education 31 652 34 367 37 433

Health and social work 31 320 32 947 35 905

Other community, social and personal service activities 18 175 24 714 22 133

Private households employing domestic staff and undifferentiated production activities of households for own use

414 1 415 1 103

Extraterritorial organisations and bodies 916 1 869 644

EMPLOYED PERSONS BY SECTORS OF ACTIVITIES OF THE BUSINESS ENTITIES

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1999 2004 2009

Total 261 451 309 286 298 873

Up to 1 month 11 517 5 207 10 004

2-5 months 10 961 18 513 23 806

6-11 months 19 777 21 342 20 431

12-17 months 13 472 20 466 17 714

18-23 months 19 595 14 399 12 227

2 years 2 449 2 614 2 000

3 years 28 479 27 791 21 922

4 years and longer 155 200 198 955 190 768

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS BY DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT

The total number of unemployed persons is dominated by the younger population between 15 and 24 years of age. The unemployment rate for that age group was 62.9 in 1999, 64.8 in 2004, and 55.1 in 2009.

In the period from 1999 to 2009, most unemployed persons were seeking job for more than 1 year. In 2009, their participation in the total number of unemployed persons was 81.9%.

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS BY AGE GROUPS, 2009

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I II III IV

Total 19 653 20 117 19 892 20 172Agriculture, hunting and forestry 14 708 14 476 14 915 14 914Fishing 11 265 11 878 11 393 11 177Mining and quarrying 19 485 20 272 20 558 20 925Manufacturing 13 299 13 769 13 922 14 370Electricity, gas and water supply 27 628 28 121 27 943 27 928Construction 14 639 15 210 15 546 15 093Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods 17 681 17 730 17 400 17 451

Hotels and restaurants 15 455 15 424 15 350 15 514Transport, storage and communication 25 104 25 513 24 947 26 429Financial intermediation 34 690 38 129 35 661 36 094Real estate, renting and business activities 20 012 20 373 20 100 20 142Public administration and defence, compulsory social security 24 878 25 115 23 930 24 030

Education 19 367 19 722 20 191 20 233Health and social work 21 614 21 719 21 719 21 780Other community, social and personal service activities 18 145 18 104 18 358 18 657

AVERAGE MONTHLY NET WAGE IN 2009, BY QUARTERS

EMPLOYED PERSONS BY AGE GROUPS, 2009

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INDICES OF NOMINAL AND REAL WAGES

1995=100

INDICES OF THE AVERAGE MONTHLY NET WAGE AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, 2009


Agriculture

AREA BY CATEGORY OF USE, 2009ha

Agricultural area 1 014 410

Cultivated land - total 513 234

Arable land and gardens 420 163

Orchards 14 266

Vineyards 20 606

Meadows 58 199

Pastures 500 468

PRODUCTION OF VEGETABLES, 2009

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Agriculture


ha

1999 2003 2009

Wheat 113 972 103 477 88 151

Barley 50 289 46 540 48 622

Tobacco 24 696 18 008 17 800

Tomatoes 6 751 6 361 5 731

Apples (number of fruit bearing trees in 000) 3 114 3 331 4 049

Grape (number of fruit bearing vines in 000) 97 246 91 894 75 228

AREA UNDER MAIN CROPS

Plant production in the period between 1999 and 2009 is characterized by a slight decrease in area under cereals. In vineyards there is a slight decrease in the number of fruit-bearing vines, whereas there is an increase in the number of fruit-bearing trees and production of apples.

PRODUCTION OF MAIN CROPS


Agriculture

000 heads

1999 2003 2009

Cattle 270 260 253

Sheep 1 289 1 239 755

Pigs 226 179 194

Poultry 3 223 2 417 2 118

Livestock population shows a downward trend in the number of cattle, sheep and poultry and a slight increase in the number of pigs.

There is a decreasing trend in the total production of meat.

NUMBER OF LIVESTOCK

MEAT PRODUCTION

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Agriculture


AREAS UNDER FOREST, 2009

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Name of the product Measure-ment unit 2007 2008 2009

Copper concentrates t 33 467 38 337 35 430

Lead concentrates t 48 702 67 401 63 227

Zinc concentrates t 61 913 77 473 77 296

Beer made from malt hl 695 346 718 124 635 926

Wine in specified regions, in bulk hl 759 943 924 348 955 064

Fermented tobacco t 18 237 16 737 14 858

Medicaments kg 3 099 294 3 591 731 3 140 741

Portland cement (except white) t 902 131 861 904 854 949

Hot-rolled reversing mill (quarto) plate of non-alloy steel (including Clad) t 370 317 344 866 299 332

Ferro-alloys t 94 213 125 254 19 657

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN NATURAL DATA

The graph shows the industrial production in the period 2001 - 2009. Included in the calculation of the Index of Industrial Production are the sections Mining and quarrying, Manufacturing industry and Electricity, gas and water suply from the National Classification of Activities. From the graph, it can be seen that in 2009 the industrial production decreased in comparison with previous years mostly because of the decrease in production in Manufacturing industry.

INDICES OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

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Energy statistics

Total primary energy production 1000 toe 1,607Net energy imports 1000 toe 1,254

Net oil imports 1000 toe 1,015Net natural gas imports 1000 toe 64

Gross inland energy consumption 1000 toe 2,791Final energy consumption 1000 toe 1,652

Industry 1000 toe 422Transport 1000 toe 432Services and households etc. 1000 toe 798

Gross electricity generation GWh 6,828Final electricity consumption GWh 6,392Socio-economic statisticsGross domestic product (at current exchange rate) Million EUR 6 677Population (annual average) 2,050,671Energy intensityGross inland consumption / GDP kgoe/1000 EUR 418.0Final energy consumption / GDP kgoe/1000 EUR 247.4Energy consumption per capitaGross inland energy consumption / capita kgoe/capita 1 361Final energy consumption / capita kgoe/capita 806Households consumption / capita kgoe/capita 264Final electricity consumption / capita kWh/capita 3 117Energy dependencyNet energy imports / Gross inland consumption in % 44.9Energy efficiencyFinal energy consumption / Gross inland consumption in % 59.2Efficiency of thermal power stations in % 36.6

ENERGY STATISTICS AND ENERGY INDICATORS, 20091)

1) Provisional data

In 2009, the energy import dependency of the Republic of Macedonia was 44.9%.Energy efficiency of consumption was 59.2% of Gross inland consumption. Household energy consumption was 264 kgoe per capita.Electricity consumption was 3 117 kWh per capita from final electricity consumption.

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in million denars

2000 2005 2009

Total 7 407 5 332 7 756

Residential buildings 661 416 451

Non-residential buildings 389 726 1 167

Transport infrastructure 3 185 1 771 3 787

Pipelines, communications and electricity lines 540 453 504

Complex constructions on industrial sites 218 151 103

Other civil engineering works 87 29 497

Reconstruction, recovery, adaptation, capital repairs and current maintenance works on constructions

1 916 1 285 1 098

Construction works 411 501 149

COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION WORKS BY BUSSINES ENTITIES ON STRUCTURESIN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

The largest contributor to the total value of completed construction works on structures in public ownership, built by bussines entities, is transport infrastructure (with 48.8% in 2009; 43.0% in 2000 and 33.2% in 2005), followed by non-residential buildings (with 15.0% in 2009; 13.6% in 2005 and 5.3% in 2000), reconstruction, recovery, adaptation, capital repairs and current maintenance works on constructions (with 14.2% in 2009; 25.9% in 2000 and 24.1% in 2005), etc.

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COMPLETED DWELLINGS - TOTAL

In the years 2000, 2005 and 2009, dwellings with 3 rooms were built the most, their share in the total number of completed dwellings by years ranging between 32.2% in 2009, 36.5% in 2000 and 28.8% in 2005, followed by 2 - room dwellings with 27.3% in 2009, 37.3% in 2005, 28.1% in 2000, etc.

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Foreign Trade


2005 2008 20091)

Trade volume 5 275 133 10 873 296 7 734 643

Further processing volume 1 121 609 1 759 159 1 355 343

Export 2 042 296 3 990 642 2 691 528

Export - further processing 656 573 1 015 027 812 211

Import 3 232 837 6 882 653 5 043 115

Import - further processing 465 036 744 132 543 132

Import coverage by export 63.2 58.0 53.4

FOREIGN TRADE

1) Previous data

Further processing participation in the exports and imports decreased from 21.3% of the total trade volume in 2005 to 17.5% in 2009. In the exports the share of further processing decreased from 32.1% in 2005 to 30.2% in 2009, while in the imports it decreased from 14.4% in 2005 to 10.8% in 2009. This shows that the economy is becoming more oriented toward domestic production instead of export of labor force.

EXPORT AND IMPORT BY COUNTRIES, 20091)

in 000 US $

Export Import

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Foreign Trade


2005 2008 20092)

Import Export Import Export Import Export

Total 3 232 837 2 042 296 6 882 653 3 990 642 5 043 115 2 691 528

Food products 343 206 167 220 620 900 308 528 560 371 283 543

Beverages and tobacco 31 099 163 060 51 162 218 825 51 710 197 022

Crude materials, except fuels 106 708 67 755 351 047 272 023 197 326 172 855

Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials

619 249 163 609 1 419 279 314 324 809 747 202 935

Animal and vegetable oils and fats

30 034 2 865 67 438 12 430 45 663 8 165

Chemicals products 333 995 90 795 614 138 181 073 568 761 172 244

Manufactured goods classified mainly by material

950 515 682 815 1 862 929 1 602 802 1 201 540 770 918

Machinery and transport equipment 563 071 109 930 1 442 406 186 389 1 209 292 142 742

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

252 861 590 518 451 637 892 838 392 853 740 276

Special transactions and commodities n.e.s.

2 099 3 728 1 718 1 411 5 852 828

FOREIGN TRADE ACCORDING TO THE SITC SECTORS1)

1) SITC - Standard International Trade Classification, rev.4

2) Previous data

The export structure according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC rev.4) has remained the same over the years, which means that exports are dominated by miscellaneous manufactured articles and manufactured goods classified mainly by material. The import structure has also remained the same, the most important products being manufactured goods classified mainly by material, machinery and transport equipment and mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials.

in 000 US $

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20081) 20091)

Population with Internet access 661 653 835 431

Had Internet access at:

home 409 928 635 201

work 137 820 155 998

place of education 118 701 133 600

Internet café and other pubic places 241 213 199 272

INTERNET USAGE BY POPULATION AGED 15 - 74

1) Data refer to the first quarter of the reference year

The number of persons aged 15-74 that used the Internet in the first quarter of 2009, compared to the same period of 2008, increased by 26.3%. The number of persons that used the Internet at home in the first quarter of 2009, compared to the same period of 2008, increased by 55.0%.

HOUSEHOLDS WITH INTERNET ACCESS AT HOME (%)

In 2009, 41.8% of households had access to the Internet at home, which represents a growth of 12.4 percentage points in comparison with 2008. The most common connection to the Internet in 2009 was through ADSL technologies, used by 47.2% of the households with Internet access.

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TYPE OF INTERNET CONNECTION IN ENTERPRISES WITH 10 OR MORE EMPLOYEES (%)

71.8% of the enterprises (with 10 or more employees) with Internet access had broadband xDSL (ADSL) connection in 2009, which is 6.6 percentage points more than in 2008.

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2003 2006 2009

Total 1 436 1 121 1 368

Road transport 1 344 1 016 1 213

Rail transport 92 105 155

PASSENGER TRANSPORT BY MODE, IN PASSENGER KILOMETERS

In 2009, road passenger transport, with 88.7%, was dominant over rail passenger transport, while in 2003 the participation was 93.6%.

2003 2006 2009

Total 5 823 8 913 4 532

Road transport 5 450 8 299 4 035

Rail transport 373 614 497

FREIGHT TRANSPORT BY MODE, IN TONNE KILOMETERS

In 2009, road freight transport, with 89.0%, was dominant over rail freight transport, while in 2003 the participation was 93.6%.

KILLED AND INjURED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

in million

in million

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2005 2008 2009

Number of tourists Total 509 706 605 320 587 770

Domestic 312 490 350 363 328 566

Foreign 197 216 254 957 259 204

Number of nights spent Total 1 970 041 2 235 520 2 101 606

Domestic 1 527 053 1 648 073 1 517 810

Foreign 442 988 587 447 583 796

Tourists Nights spent

Total 587 770 2 101 606Hotels - total 344 363 721 490

Hotels***** 65 857 126 924

Hotels**** 91 953 210 525

Hotels*** 44 420 83 376

Hotels** 103 064 215 785

Hotels* 39 069 84 880

Boarding houses 2 962 5 201

Motels 2 217 3 626

Overnight lodging houses 3 793 5 715

Spas 20 041 128 626

Mountain lodges and houses 715 1 520

Enterprise vacation facilities 13 030 59 336

Vacation facilities for children and adolescents 20 855 99 034

Youth hotels 3 917 6 905

Camps, uncategorized 17 164 127 524

Houses, flats for vacation and rooms for rent - total 98 193 787 614

Temporary lodging facilities 2 547 13 675

Sleeping cars 7 446 7 446

Uncategorized accommodation establishments 50 527 133 894

NUMBER OF TOURISTS AND NIGHTS SPENT

TOURISTS AND NIGHTS SPENT BY TYPES OF ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES, 2009

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The total number of tourists in 2009 was 587 770, of which about 56% were domestic tourists and the other 44% were foreign tourists. Compared to the previous year, the number of foreign tourists increased by 2.0% in the total number of tourists.

The number of nights spent in 2009 was 2 101 606, of which 72% by domestic and the other 28% by foreign tourists. Compared to the previous year, the number of nights spent by foreign tourists increased by 1.5% in the total number of nights spent.

TOURISTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, 2009

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1999 2003 2009

Retail trade

Stores 6 970 7 935 6 159

Employees 15 019 17 234 23 015

DOMESTIC TRADE

In the period of 1999 to 2003 there was an upward trend in the total number of stores compared to the period of 2003 to 2009. This period is characterized by a decrease in the number of stores by 22.4% in 2009 compared to 2003.

There has been a rise in the number of employees in retail trade in the period 1999 to 2003, and the number of employees in 2009, compared to 2003, increased by 33.5%.

TURNOVER IN RETAIL TRADE


Multi-Domain Statistics

%

20061) 20071) 2008 20092)

Total 17.6 19.6 21.0 20.0

Public 4.7 3.9 5.0 5.2

Private 12.9 15.7 15.9 14.8

A decrease in the share of private investment, as the biggest part of total investment, in total GDP has been registered in 2009. At the same time, a decrease in the share of research and development expenditures in total GDP has been recorded, also.

SHARE OF INVESTMENT IN GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION IN GDP, BY SECTOR

1) Revised data2) Preliminary data

%

20061) 20071) 2008

Dispersion of regional GDP, per capita 37.1 38.3 33.7

The dispersion of regional GDP as a measure of the degree of economic development of a region is zero when the GDP per inhabitant in all regions of a country is identical, and it rises if there is an increase in the distance between a region's GDP per inhabitant and the country mean.

DISPERSION OF REGIONAL GDP, PER CAPITA

%

20061) 20071) 2008 20092)

0.17 0.16 0.14 0.11

SHARE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE IN GDP

1) Revised data2) Preliminary data

1) Revised data

Sustainable Development



%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total 37.9 39.6 40.7 41.9 43.3

Men 45.4 48.3 48.8 50.7 52.8

Women 30.1 30.7 32.3 32.9 33.5

The increase in the employment rate (15-64 years), which has been observed over the past years, continues in 2009, also. Data show that men not only have better access to the labour market but also stay there longer.

EMPLOYMENT RATE OF PERSONS AGED 15-64, TOTAL AND BY GENDER

Source:Labour Force Survey, SSO

EMPLOYMENT RATE OF OLDER WORKERS




%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total 37.3 36.0 34.9 33.8 32.2

men 36.5 35.3 34.5 33.5 31.8

women 38.4 37.2 35.5 34.2 32.8

Age group

15-24 62.6 59.8 57.7 56.4 55.1

25-74 33.7 32.5 31.6 30.5 29.0

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF PERSONS AGED 15-74

It is mainly young and older workers, women and low-skilled people that suffer most from joblessness. The unemployment rate of young workers (aged 15 to 24), which culminated to 65.7 % in 2003, has since improved to reach 55.1 % in 2009. The unemployment rate of women also decreased (32.8% in 2009).

PEOPLE LIVING IN jOBLESS HOUSEHOLDS, BY AGE GROUPS

The changes in the share of children and adults living in jobless households in Macedonia are characterized by a significant decrease over the past years.

%

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

26.9 26.5 27.0 31.2 31.7 32.3 31.1 29.7 28.7 26.3

TOTAL LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT RATE





EARLY SCHOOL-LEAVERS


LIFELONG LEARNING


(70% of median equivalent expenditures)

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Head count index 30.2 29.6 30.0 29.8 29.4 28.7 31.1

Poverty gap index 9.4 9.4 9.7 9.9 9.7 9.2 10.1

RELATIVE POVERTY RATE

Source:Household Budget Survey, SSO

The downward trend of the poverty rate observed over the past years stopped in 2009 by reaching 31.1%. The most vulnerable groups are multi-member households, bearing in mind the fact that 53.7% of the poor people live in households with 5 and more members.

The poverty rate for the unemployed is 40.5%, i.e. 42.7% of all poor people are unemployed.

years

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Men 13.2 13.3 13.2 13.3 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.4 13.5 13.6

Women 15.0 15.2 15.2 15.2 15.3 15.3 15.7 15.2 15.4 15.4

LIFE EXPECTANCY AT AGE 65, BY GENDER

Source :State Statistical Office

%

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

31.4 26.8 30.1 27.4 25.7 23.1 22.2 19.9 19.6 16.2

%

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.8 2.5 3.3




EMISSIONS OF ACIDIFYING SUBSTANCES, BY SOURCE SECTOR

The Energy Industries sector, with more than 70,0%, has the largest share in the total emission of acidifying substances.

kt NMVOC1) equivalent

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Total 47.3 51.2 60.6 52.1 88.3 76.9 53.5

Energy Industries 15.1 16.6 16.6 16.0 18.7 18.8 15.0Industrial Processes and Construction 7.7 10.2 14.6 10.4 19.0 19.0 10.5

Transport 19.3 19.3 23.7 18.5 39.6 28.1 19.3

Other 5.1 5.1 5.7 7.2 11.0 11.0 8.8

EMISSIONS OF OZONE PRECURSORS, BY SOURCE SECTOR

The highest contributor to the total emission of ozone precursors in 2008 was the Transport sector with 36.0%, while emissions in the sector Industrial Processes and Construction decreased significantly, by 44.9%, compared to the previous year.

Source:Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning

1) Non-methane volatile organic compounds




kg/capita

2008 2009

Generated waste 349 354

Collected / landfilled waste 260 270

MUNICIPAL WASTE, PER CAPITA

%

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Total 11.9 8.4 7.8 11.0 11.3 10.2 10.9 7.8 8.4

Hydro 3.6 2.0 2.3 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.8 2.9 2.4

Biomass 7.7 5.6 5.1 6.2 6.2 5.4 5.7 4.6 5.7

Geothermal 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3

SHARE OF RENEWABLES IN GROSS INLAND ENERGY CONSUMPTION

The total quantity of generated municipal waste per capita in 2009 is estimated at 354 kg, or 0.9 kg per day, of which 76,3% is disposed of in landfills.

ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BY HOUSEHOLDS

Electricity consumption in the Household sector over the past years shows a continuous increase (2.0% annually on average). In 2008, electricity consumption was higher by 20.4% in comparison with 2001.




NUMBER OF ACTIVE BUSINESS ENTITIES

Sections of activities 2008 2009

Total % Total %

Total 63 193 100 70 710 100

A/A Agriculture, hunting and forestry 2 683 4.2 2 815 4.0

B/B Fishing 47 0.1 57 0.1

C/V Mining and quarrying 104 0.2 144 0.2

D/G Manufacturing 9 041 14.3 8 225 11.6

E/D Electricity, gas and water supply 88 0.1 124 0.2

F/\ Construction 3 765 6.0 4 004 5.7

G/E Wholesale and retail sale; repair of vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods 26 405 41.8 29 270 41.4

H/@ Hotels and restaurants 3 292 5.2 3 938 5.6

I/Z Transport, storage and communication 5 699 9.0 6 496 9.2

J/Y Financial intermediation 145 0.2 334 0.5

K/I Real estate, renting and business activities 4 432 7.0 6 215 8.8

L/J Public administration and defense; compulsory social security 238 0.4 219 0.3

M/K Education 881 1.4 954 1.3

N/L Health and social work 3 074 4.9 3 246 4.6

O/Q Other community, social and personal service activities 3 299 5.2 4 669 6.6

P/MPrivate households employing domestic staff and undifferentiated production activities of households for own use

- - - -

Q/N Extra-territorial organizations and bodies - - - -

According to the data of the State Statistical Office, the number of active business entities in the Republic of Macedonia in 2009, compared to 2008, increased by 11.9%.

The sectors with the highest share in the structure of business entities were: Wholesale and retail sale; repair of vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods (41.8% and 41.4%) and Manufacturing (14.3% and 11.6%), whereas the sectors with the lowest share were: Fishing (0.1% and 0.1%) and Electricity, gas and water supply (0.1% and 0.2%).


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Total population

Population density, per km2

Republic of Macedonia 25 713 2 046 8981) 80Austria 83 858 8 336 926 99Belgium 30 528 - -Bulgaria 110 993 7 623 395 69Germany 357 030 - -Greece 131 957 11 237 094 85Denmark 43 094 5 493 621 127Estonia 45 228 1 340 675 30Ireland 70 273 4 425 675 63Italy 301 337 59 832 179 199Cyprus 9 251 793 072 86Latvia 64 589 2 266 094 35Lithuania 65 300 3 358 115 51Luxembourg 2 586 488 650 189Malta 316 411 950 1 304Norway 323 759 4 768 212 15United Kingdom 242 910 - -Poland 312 685 38 125 759 122Portugal 91 982 10 622 413 115Czech Republic 78 866 10 424 336 132Romania 238 391 21 513 622 90Slovakia 49 012 5 406 626 110Slovenia 20 253 2 021 316 100Hungary 93 030 10 038 188 108France 551 500 64 166 820 116Netherlands 41 526 16 445 593 396Spain 505 992 45 555 716 90Sweden 449 964 9 219 637 20Turkey 774 815 71 051 678 92Croatia 56 542 4 435 729 78

BASIC DATA, 2008

1) Estimated population, 30.06.2008Source: UN; State Statistical Office



PARTICIPATION OF POPULATION BY SEX AND AGE GROUPS IN THE TOTAL POPULATION

Source: Eurostat, April 2010 State Statistical Office



%

1997 2002 2008

EU 27 22.5 23.8 25.2Republic of Macedonia 13.4 15.3 16.2Austria 22.8 22.9 25.4Belgium 24.7 25.8 25.8Bulgaria 22.7 24.9 25.0Germany 23.0 25.2 30.0Greece 23.0 25.3 27.8Denmark 22.4 22.3 23.6Estonia 21.5 23.0 25.3Ireland 17.4 16.5 15.9Italy 25.2 27.9 30.4Cyprus 17.1 17.4 17.8Latvia 21.4 22.9 24.9Lithuania 19.5 21.7 23.0Luxembourg 21.2 20.8 20.6Malta 17.4 18.5 19.3United Kingdom 24.5 24.3 24.3Poland 17.2 18.2 18.9Portugal 22.6 24.5 23.4Czech Republic 19.6 19.7 20.5Romania 18.6 20.4 21.3Slovenia 18.5 20.6 23.3Slovakia 16.5 16.3 16.6Hungary 21.3 22.3 23.5France 23.5 24.6 25.1Finland 21.7 22.7 24.8Netherlands 19.6 20.2 21.8Spain 23.2 24.8 24.1Sweden 27.4 26.6 26.7Turkey 8.0 8.4 10.4Croatia 18.2 23.7 25.6

OLD-AGE DEPENDENCY RATIO


This indicator is the ratio between the total number of elderly persons of an age when they are generally economically inactive (aged 65 and over) and the number of persons of working age (from 15 to 64).



TOTAL FERTILITY RATE, 2008


The mean number of children that would be born alive to a woman during her lifetime if she were to pass through her childbearing years conforming to the fertility rates by age of a given year. This rate is therefore the completed fertility of a hypothetical generation, computed by adding the fertility rates by age for women in a given year (the number of women at each age is assumed to be the same).



MARRIAGES

* Provisional data


per 1 000 persons

2000 2004 2008

EU 27 5.18 4.86 -Republic of Macedonia 7.03 6.92 7.16Austria 4.90 4.71 4.22Belgium 4.40 4.15 4.35*Bulgaria 4.30 3.99 3.64Germany 5.09 4.80 4.59*Greece 4.48 4.64 4.55*Denmark 7.19 6.98 6.81Estonia 4.01 4.45 4.57Ireland 5.04 5.07 -Italy 4.99 4.28 4.12Cyprus 14.08 7.23 -Latvia 3.88 4.48 5.71Lithuania 4.83 5.57 7.17Luxembourg 4.92 4.36 3.92Malta 6.67 5.99 6.02United Kingdom 5.19 5.20 -Poland 5.49 5.02 6.76Portugal 6.23 4.68 4.07*Czech Republic 5.39 5.04 5.03Romania 6.05 6.61 6.95Slovenia 3.62 3.28 3.13*Slovakia 4.81 5.18 5.23Hungary 4.71 4.33 3.99*France 5.03 4.46 4.26*Finland 5.05 5.61 5.84Netherlands 5.53 4.51 4.61*Spain 5.38 5.06 -Sweden 4.50 4.79 5.46Turkey - 8.75 9.04Croatia 4.93 5.11 5.27



DIVORCES

* Provisional data


per 1 000 persons

2000 2004 2008

EU 27 1.8 2.0 -Republic of Macedonia 0.7 0.8 0.6Austria 2.4 2.4 -Belgium 2.6 3.0 2.8*Bulgaria 1.3 1.9 1.9Germany 2.4 2.6 2.3Greece 1.0 1.1 -Denmark 2.7 2.9 2.7Estonia 3.1 3.1 2.6Ireland 0.7 0.8 -Italy 0.7 0.8 0.9*Cyprus 1.7 2.2 -Latvia 2.6 2.3 2.7Lithuania 3.1 3.2 3.1Luxembourg 2.4 2.3 2.0Malta 0.0 0.0 -United Kingdom 2.6 2.8 -Poland 1.1 1.5 1.7Portugal 1.9 2.2 -Czech Republic 2.9 3.2 3.0Romania 1.4 1.6 1.7Slovenia 1.1 1.2 1.1*Slovakia 1.7 2.0 2.3Hungary 2.3 2.4 2.5*France 1.9 2.2 -Finland 2.7 2.5 2.5Netherlands 2.2 1.9 2.0*Spain 0.9 1.2 -Sweden 2.4 2.2 2.3Turkey - 1.3 1.4Croatia 1.0 1.1 1.1



LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH, IN YEARS


The mean number of years that a newborn child can expect to live if subjected throughout his life to the current mortality conditions (age specific probabilities of dying).

Man Women1997 2008 1997 2008

EU 27 - - - -Republic of Macedonia 70.34 72.41 74.71 76.52Austria 74.07 77.75 80.70 83.28Belgium 74.17 - 80.71 -Bulgaria 66.99 69.78 73.77 77.03Germany 74.09 77.63 80.50 82.67Greece 75.42 77.69 80.43 82.35Denmark 73.58 76.52 78.57 80.99Estonia 64.22 68.7 75.86 79.51Ireland 73.36 77.53 78.71 82.30Italy 75.8 - 82.02 -Cyprus 74.86 78.45 79.96 83.09Latvia - 66.97 - 77.77Lithuania 65.46 66.29 76.63 77.63Luxembourg 74.04 78.11 79.96 83.06Malta 75.16 77.08 80.09 82.33United Kingdom 74.65 - 79.68 -Poland 68.46 71.26 77.02 80.02Portugal 72.17 76.24 79.31 82.41Romania 65.22 69.71 73.29 77.22Czech Republic 70.53 74.06 77.58 80.52Slovenia 71.1 75.53 79.10 82.59Slovakia 68.88 70.84 76.88 78.98Hungary 66.67 69.97 75.53 78.25France - - - -Finland 73.48 76.47 80.67 83.28Netherlands 75.18 78.43 80.65 82.47Spain 75.17 78.01 82.33 84.32Sweden 76.76 - 81.99 -Turkey - - - -Croatia - 72.43 - 79.66



PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO IN PRIMARY EDUCATION, 2007




EMPLOYMENT RATE OF PERSONS AGED 15-64


%

2000 2006 2009

EU 27 62.2 64.5 64.6Republic of Macedonia 40.3 39.6 43.3Austria 68.5 70.2 71.6Belgium 60.5 61 61.6Bulgaria 50.4 58.6 62.6Germany 65.6 67.5 70.9Greece 56.5 61 61.2Denmark 76.3 77.4 75.7Estonia 60.4 68.1 63.5Ireland 65.2 68.6 61.8Italy 53.7 58.4 57.5Cyprus 65.7 69.6 69.9Latvia 57.5 66.3 60.9Lithuania 59.1 63.6 60.1Luxembourg 62.7 63.6 65.2Malta 54.2 53.6 54.9United Kingdom 71.2 71.6 69.9Poland 55 54.5 59.3Portugal 68.4 67.9 66.3Czech Republic 65 65.3 65.4Romania 63 58.8 58.6Slovenia 62.8 66.6 67.5Slovakia 56.8 59.4 60.2Hungary 56.3 57.3 55.4France 62.1 63.7 64.2Finland 67.2 69.3 68.7Netherlands 72.9 74.3 77Spain 56.3 64.8 59.8Sweden 73 73.1 72.2Turkey - 44.6 44.3Croatia - 55.6 56.6



GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA ACCORDING TO PURCHASING POWER PARITY

1) Revised data

* Provisional data

** Estimated data


2000 2003 2006 2008

EU 27 19 100 20 700 23 600 25 100Republic of Macedonia 5 100 5 4481) 7 1561) 8 430Austria 25 000 26 300 29 400 -Belgium 24 000 25 600 27 800 28 900Bulgaria 5 300 6 700 8 600 10 400Germany 22 600 24 200 27 500 29 000Greece 16 000 19 200 22 000* 23 600*Denmark 25 100 25 700 29 400 30 100Estonia 8 600 11 300 15 400 16 900Ireland 24 900 29 200 34 400 33 900Italy 22 300 22 900 24 600 25 600Cyprus 16 900 18 400 21 400 24 000Latvia 7 000 9 000 12 200 14 400Lithuania 7 500 10 200 13 100 15 500Luxembourg 46 400 51 300 64 400 69 300Malta 15 900 16 200 18 200 19 100United Kingdom 22 700 25 200 28 400 29 100Poland 9 200 10 100 12 300 14 100Portugal 14 900 15 900 18 100 19 000Czech Republic 13 000 15 200 18 200 20 200Romania 5 000 6 500 9 100 -Slovenia 15 200 17 300 20 700 22 800Slovakia 9 500 11 500 15 000 18 100**Hungary 10 500 13 000 15 000 16 100France 22 000 23 200 25 700 27 100Finland 22 300 23 300 27 000 29 300Netherlands 25 600 26 800 31 000 33 600Spain 18 500 20 900 24 700 25 700Sweden 24 100 25 400 28 600 30 100Turkey 8 000 7 400 10 500 11 400Croatia 9 400 11 200 13 500 15 700



GROWTH RATE OF GDP VOLUME - COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEAR

1) Revised data

* Provisional data


%

2000 2004 2008

EU 27 3.9 2.5 0.8Republic of Macedonia 4.5 4.61) 5.0Austria 3.7 2.5 2.0Belgium 3.7 3.2 1.0Bulgaria 5.4 6.6 6.0Germany 3.2 1.2 1.3Greece 4.5 4.6* 2.0*Denmark 3.5 2.3 -0.9Estonia 10.0 7.2 -3.6Ireland 9.4 4.6 -3.0Italy 3.7 1.5 -1.0Cyprus 5.0 4.2 3.6Latvia 6.9 8.7 -4.6Lithuania 3.3 7.4 2.8Luxembourg 8.4 4.4 0.0Malta - 0.7 2.1United Kingdom 3.9 3.0 0.5Poland 4.3 5.3 5.0Portugal 3.9 1.5 0.0Czech Republic 3.6 4.5 2.5Romania 2.4 8.5 7.3Slovenia 4.4 4.3 3.5Slovakia 1.4 5.0 6.2Hungary 4.9 4.9 0.6France 3.9 2.5 0.4Finland 5.3 4.1 1.2Netherlands 3.9 2.2 2.0Spain 5.0 3.3 0.9Sweden 4.4 4.1 -0.2Turkey 6.8 9.4 0.9Croatia 3.0 4.2 2.4



GROSS VALUE ADDED - AGRICULTURE, HUNTING AND FISHING

1) Revised data

* Provisional data


At current basic prices and current exchange rates (% of all branches)

2000 2004 2008

EU 27 2.4 2.2 1.8Republic of Macedonia 10.0 11.01) 10.0Austria 2.0 1.9 1.7Belgium 1.4 1.1 0.7Bulgaria 13.9 11.0 7.3Germany 1.3 1.1 0.9Greece 6.6 4.9* 3.7*Denmark 2.6 1.9 1.2Estonia 4.8 3.9 2.9Ireland 3.2 2.3 1.4Italy 2.8 2.5 2.0Cyprus 3.6 3.0 2.1Latvia 4.6 4.4 3.1Lithuania 6.3 4.7 4.4Luxembourg 0.7 0.6 0.3Malta 2.3 2.9 1.8United Kingdom 1.0 1.0 0.9Poland 5.0 5.1 3.7Portugal 3.8 3.2 2.3Czech Republic 3.9 3.3 2.5Romania 12.1 14.1 7.5Slovenia 3.3 2.7 2.4Slovakia 4.5 4.1 3.1Hungary 5.4 4.8 4.3France 2.8 2.5 2.0Finland 3.5 2.9 2.8Netherlands 2.6 2.2 1.8Spain 4.4 3.6 2.6Sweden 2.0 1.8 1.6Turkey 10.8 10.7 8.5Croatia 8.4 7.2 6.4



GROWTH RATE OF REAL GDP PER CAPITA, 2008




WHEAT YIELDS

* Provisional data


100 kg per ha

2007 2008

EU 27 48.4 56.7*Republic of Macedonia 24.0 34.1Austria 47.8 56.9Belgium 78.3 86.8Bulgaria 22.0 41.7Germany 69.6 80.9Greece 22.2 29.5Denmark 65.6 78.6Estonia 34.8 31.8Ireland 84.7 90.6Italy 34.1 38.7Cyprus 20.3 5.5*Latvia 35.9 38.6Lithuania 39.2 42.7Luxembourg 56.0 66.6Malta - -United Kingdom 72.8 82.8Poland 39.4 40.7Portugal 18.6 23.0Czech Republic 48.6 58.5*Romania 15.4 34.0Slovenia 41.7 45.4Slovakia 38.2 48.7Hungary 35.9 49.8France 62.6 71.0Finland 39.1 35.9Netherlands 72.1 87.3Spain 35.7 32.5*Sweden 62.6 61.1Turkey 21.3 22.0Croatia 46.4 54.8



ENERGY INTENSITY OF THE ECONOMY

1) GDP in 1000 Euros '952) Corrected dataSource: Eurostat, April 2010; State Statistical Office

kgoe

2000 2003 2007

EU 27 187.39 187.28 169.39Republic of Macedonia1) 689.00 689.68 621.402)

Austria 140.32 155.14 140.73Belgium 244.14 236.72 198.76Bulgaria 1 360.65 1 249.03 1 016.29Germany 165.99 167.18 151.48Greece 204.57 193.09 181.79Denmark 112.47 117.92 105.70Estonia 819.08 718.72 580.71Ireland 136.98 121.78 103.13Italy 145.21 150.51 142.78Cyprus 237.06 243.12 212.16Latvia 440.93 409.36 306.60Lithuania 571.22 577.19 432.50Luxembourg 165.31 176.49 158.53Malta 191.27 214.42 198.18United Kingdom 144.71 134.13 115.46Poland 488.96 463.41 400.10Portugal 205.10 205.86 196.85Czech Republic 659.13 685.77 553.16Romania 920.26 852.57 655.59Slovenia 299.77 293.64 253.29Slovakia 796.21 769.40 538.64Hungary 480.82 460.23 400.76France 180.04 181.35 165.38Finland 246.04 265.14 229.19Netherlands 184.33 191.48 177.12Spain 196.19 195.62 184.19Sweden 179.77 179.65 156.49Turkey 267.73 259.87 250.99Croatia 392.39 381.60 335.53

This indicator is the ratio between the gross inland consumption of energy and the gross domestic product (GDP) for a given calendar year.



TOTAL GROSS ELECTRICITY GENERATION


GWh

2005 2006 2007

EU 27 3 308 947 3 353 954 3 361 694Republic of Macedonia 6 942 7 006 6 498Austria 65 699 63 537 63 430Belgium 87 025 85 535 88 820Bulgaria 44 365 45 843 43 297Germany 620 300 636 600 637 101Greece 60 020 60 789 63 497Denmark 36 241 45 612 39 154Estonia 10 205 9 731 12 190Ireland 25 357 27 480 28 226Italy 303 699 314 122 313 887Cyprus 4 377 4 652 4 871Latvia 4 905 4 891 4 771Lithuania 14 784 12 482 14 007Luxembourg 4 129 4 333 4 001Malta 2 240 2 296 2 296United Kingdom 398 360 397 854 396 143Poland 156 936 161 742 159 348Portugal 46 578 49 041 47 253Czech Republic 82 578 84 361 88 198Romania 59 413 62 698 61 673Slovenia 15 117 15 115 15 043Slovakia 31 455 31 368 28 056Hungary 35 755 35 859 39 959France 576 165 574 558 569 841Finland 70 550 82 304 81 249Netherlands 100 219 98 392 103 241Spain 294 040 299 460 303 293Sweden 158 435 143 299 148 849Turkey 161 956 176 300 191 558Croatia 12 459 12 430 12 245



INDIVIDUALS REGULARLY USING THE INTERNET


% of individuals aged 16 to 74

2007 2009

EU 27 51 60Republic of Macedonia 26 47Austria 61 67Belgium 63 70Bulgaria 28 40Germany 64 71Greece 28 38Denmark 76 82Estonia 59 67Ireland 51 60Italy 34 42Cyprus 35 45Latvia 52 61Lithuania 45 55Luxembourg 72 83Malta 43 55United Kingdom 65 76Poland 39 52Portugal 35 42Czech Republic 42 54Romania 22 31Slovenia 49 58Slovakia 51 66Hungary 49 57France 57 65Finland 75 79Netherlands 81 86Spain 44 54Sweden 75 86Turkey 23 -Croatia - -



HOUSEHOLDS HAVING ACCESS TO THE INTERNET


%

2007 2009

EU 27 42 56Republic of Macedonia 17 34Austria 46 58Belgium 56 63Bulgaria 15 26Germany 50 65Greece 7 33Denmark 70 76Estonia 48 62Ireland 31 54Italy 25 39Cyprus 20 47Latvia 32 50Lithuania 34 50Luxembourg 58 71Malta 44 63United Kingdom 57 69Poland 30 51Portugal 30 46Czech Republic 28 49Romania 8 24Slovenia 44 56Slovakia 27 42Hungary 33 51France 43 57Finland 63 74Netherlands 74 77Spain 39 51Sweden 67 80Turkey 17 -Croatia - -



MOTORISATION RATE, 2006




TOURISTS

* Provisional data

** Estimated data


thousands

2007 2008

EU 27 - -Republic of Macedonia 536 605Austria 4 094 4 286Belgium 3 962 4 140Bulgaria - 473**Germany 44 993 44 715Greece 4 040 4 106Denmark 2 756 -Estonia 371 385Ireland - -Italy 24 932 -Cyprus 568 579Latvia 365 391Lithuania 771 1 037Luxembourg 250 306United Kingdom 29 005 29 087Poland 10 990 11 747Portugal 1 726 1 528Czech Republic 4 768* 4 574**Romania 5 086 5 264Slovenia 1 066 1 037Slovakia - 2 367Hungary 2 866 4 365France 31 610 35 147Finland 2 638 2 560Netherlands 9 153 9 355Spain 16 551 16 612Sweden - -Turkey - -Croatia 1 326 1 309

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