Editing Skopje (section)

===Economic weight===
[[File:Skopje X9.JPG|thumb|The small business district]]
Skopje is a medium city at the European level. Being the capital and largest city of North Macedonia, Skopje concentrates a large share of the national economy. The [[Skopje Statistical Region]], which encompasses the City of Skopje and some neighbouring municipalities, produces 45.5% of the Macedonian GDP.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2011/3.1.11.03.pdf |title=Gross domestic product and gross fixed capital formation, by regions, 2009 |publisher=State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia |access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref> In 2009, the regional GDP per capita amounted to US$6,565, or 155% of the Macedonian GDP per capita.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2011/3.1.11.03.pdf |title=Gross domestic product and gross fixed capital formation, by regions |publisher=State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia |year=2009 |access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref> This figure is, however, smaller than the one of neighboring [[Sofia]] (US$10,106),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lmlegalservices.com/blog/archives/825 |title=Bulgaria – Regional Differences |year=2012 |publisher=LM Legal Services |access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref> [[Sarajevo]] (US$10,048)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/ECAEXT/Resources/258598-1279117170185/7247167-1279119399516/7247361-1279119430793/sarajevo.pdf |title=Resouyrce data |date=21 May 2010 |website=siteresources.worldbank.org}}</ref> or Belgrade (US$7,983),<ref>{{Cite book |title=Serbia on the Road to Eu Accession: Consequences for Agricultural Policy and the Agri-Food Chain |author=Siemen Van Berkum et Natalija Bogdanov |publisher=CABI |year=2012 |isbn=9781780641454 |page=40}}</ref> but higher than the one of [[Tirana]] (US$4,126).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.top-channel.tv/english/artikull.php?id=2632 |title=Albanian economy concentrated in Tirana |publisher=Top Channel |year=2011 |access-date=14 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016020348/http://www.top-channel.tv/english/artikull.php?id=2632 |archive-date=16 October 2013}}</ref>

Because there are no other large cities in the country, and because of political and economic centralisation, a large number of Macedonians living outside of Skopje work in the capital city. The dynamism of the city also encourages [[rural exodus]], not only from North Macedonia, but also from [[Kosovo]], [[Albania]] and Southern [[Serbia]].<ref name="quality">{{cite web |url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/80214 |title=The Quality of Life and Regional Development in FYR Macedonia |year=2010 |publisher=Hrčak, Portal znanstvenih časopisa Republike Hrvatske |author=William Bartlett |author2=Hristina Cipusheva |author3=Marjan Nikolov |author4=Miroljub Shukarov |access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref>