Editing Economy of North Macedonia (section)

===Unemployment===
{| class="wikitable"
!Unemployed<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/Default_en.aspx|title=State Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia|website=www.stat.gov.mk|language=mk|access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref>
!1995
!2000
!2005
!2010
!2015
!2016
!2017
!2018
!2019
!2020
!2021
|-
|Persons
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|311,000
|265,000
|225,000
|218,601
|199,325
|161,242
|156,627
|142,206
|-
|Percent (%)
|30%
|33%
|38%
|32%
|27%
|24%
|22.9%
|19.4%
|16.6%
|16.2%
|15.2%
|}
Unemployment is a continuing problem in the Republic's economy where a large percentage of the Republic's qualified labor force cannot find work. Many people lost their jobs with the collapse of Yugoslavia. As a result, national unemployment was above 35% (37.30% in 2005), but that number has since dropped to 16.6% (2019), with population below the poverty line also dropping from 30.4% (2011) to 21.5% (2015), it is reasonable to assume that based on the trend over the past few years, further declines are likely for both unemployment and poverty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ieconomics.com/macedonia-unemployment-rate-forecast|title=Macedonia Unemployment Rate &#124; Forecast &#124; Chart|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-date=5 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405145948/http://ieconomics.com/macedonia-unemployment-rate-forecast|url-status=dead}}</ref> Full-time employment has risen steadily over the last few years,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ieconomics.com/macedonia-full-time-employment|title=Macedonia - Full Time Employment - Actual Data - Historical Charts|access-date=24 August 2016|archive-date=28 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828180828/http://ieconomics.com/macedonia-full-time-employment|url-status=dead}}</ref> with part-time employment trending slightly downward over the same period resulting in an overall increase to employment, wages increased sharply after 2008, with steady increases continuing into 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ieconomics.com/macedonia-wages|title=Macedonia - Wages - Actual Data - Historical Charts|access-date=24 August 2016|archive-date=28 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828180859/http://ieconomics.com/macedonia-wages|url-status=dead}}</ref>