What is the highest emissions of air pollutants, per capita recorded in North Macedonia?

The highest recorded value was 0.1027 tonnes per person in 1994.

What is the lowest emissions of air pollutants, per capita recorded in North Macedonia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0254 tonnes per person in 2022.

How does North Macedonia rank for emissions of air pollutants, per capita?

North Macedonia ranks 154th out of 207 countries with data for 2022.

Is emissions of air pollutants, per capita rising or falling in North Macedonia?

Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this North Macedonia data come from?

The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of emissions of air pollutants, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

emissions of air pollutants, per capita in North Macedonia

Name: emissions of air pollutants, per capita in North Macedonia
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

North Macedonia: emissions of air pollutants, per capita was 0.0254 tonnes per person in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)

0.0254 tonnes per person

Change on year

down 3.0%

World rank

154th

of 207 countries

All-time high

0.1027 tonnes per person

in 1994

All-time low

0.0254 tonnes per person

in 2022

Years of data

1960–2022

emissions of air pollutants, per capita in North Macedonia, 1960–2022

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.

Analysis

North Macedonia recorded 0.0254 tonnes per person for emissions of air pollutants, per capita in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 24.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emissions of air pollutants, per capita in North Macedonia peaked at 0.1027 tonnes per person in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.0254 tonnes per person, in 2022.

That places North Macedonia 154th out of 207 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

emissions of air pollutants, per capita in North Macedonia, year by year

Annual values for emissions of air pollutants, per capita in North Macedonia, 1960 to 2022.
Year	tonnes per person	Change
1960	0.0677 tonnes per person	—
1961	0.0669 tonnes per person	-1.2%
1962	0.0665 tonnes per person	-0.6%
1963	0.0668 tonnes per person	+0.5%
1964	0.0674 tonnes per person	+0.9%
1965	0.0682 tonnes per person	+1.2%
1966	0.0682 tonnes per person	-0.0%
1967	0.0701 tonnes per person	+2.8%
1968	0.0716 tonnes per person	+2.2%
1969	0.0718 tonnes per person	+0.3%
1970	0.0773 tonnes per person	+7.7%
1971	0.0773 tonnes per person	-0.0%
1972	0.0754 tonnes per person	-2.4%
1973	0.0772 tonnes per person	+2.3%
1974	0.0795 tonnes per person	+3.0%
1975	0.0887 tonnes per person	+11.6%
1976	0.0866 tonnes per person	-2.4%
1977	0.0887 tonnes per person	+2.5%
1978	0.0898 tonnes per person	+1.2%
1979	0.0825 tonnes per person	-8.2%
1980	0.0725 tonnes per person	-12.1%
1981	0.0792 tonnes per person	+9.3%
1982	0.074 tonnes per person	-6.5%
1983	0.0725 tonnes per person	-2.1%
1984	0.0705 tonnes per person	-2.7%
1985	0.0706 tonnes per person	+0.1%
1986	0.0778 tonnes per person	+10.3%
1987	0.0735 tonnes per person	-5.6%
1988	0.0738 tonnes per person	+0.5%
1989	0.0774 tonnes per person	+4.9%
1990	0.0841 tonnes per person	+8.6%
1991	0.0838 tonnes per person	-0.4%
1992	0.0828 tonnes per person	-1.2%
1993	0.0881 tonnes per person	+6.4%
1994	0.1027 tonnes per person	+16.6%
1995	0.0937 tonnes per person	-8.7%
1996	0.0936 tonnes per person	-0.1%
1997	0.0918 tonnes per person	-2.0%
1998	0.0735 tonnes per person	-19.9%
1999	0.0748 tonnes per person	+1.8%
2000	0.0704 tonnes per person	-5.9%
2001	0.0547 tonnes per person	-22.4%
2002	0.0562 tonnes per person	+2.7%
2003	0.0563 tonnes per person	+0.3%
2004	0.0592 tonnes per person	+5.0%
2005	0.0366 tonnes per person	-38.1%
2006	0.0347 tonnes per person	-5.3%
2007	0.0354 tonnes per person	+2.0%
2008	0.0328 tonnes per person	-7.3%
2009	0.0313 tonnes per person	-4.6%
2010	0.0309 tonnes per person	-1.3%
2011	0.0318 tonnes per person	+3.1%
2012	0.0335 tonnes per person	+5.2%
2013	0.0322 tonnes per person	-3.7%
2014	0.031 tonnes per person	-3.9%
2015	0.0316 tonnes per person	+1.9%
2016	0.0318 tonnes per person	+0.6%
2017	0.0278 tonnes per person	-12.4%
2018	0.0275 tonnes per person	-1.2%
2019	0.0282 tonnes per person	+2.6%
2020	0.026 tonnes per person	-7.7%
2021	0.0261 tonnes per person	+0.5%
2022	0.0254 tonnes per person	-3.0%

North Macedonia compared with similar countries

North Macedonia's 0.0254 tonnes per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0327 tonnes per person, 78% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
North Macedonia's 0.0254 tonnes per person is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.036 tonnes per person, 71% of the median. (52 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where emissions of air pollutants, per capita in North Macedonia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
2005	-38.1%	0.0592 tonnes per person	0.0366 tonnes per person

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0685 tonnes per person	0.0665 tonnes per person	0.0718 tonnes per person	10
1970s	0.0823 tonnes per person	0.0754 tonnes per person	0.0898 tonnes per person	10
1980s	0.0742 tonnes per person	0.0705 tonnes per person	0.0792 tonnes per person	10
1990s	0.0869 tonnes per person	0.0735 tonnes per person	0.1027 tonnes per person	10
2000s	0.0468 tonnes per person	0.0313 tonnes per person	0.0704 tonnes per person	10
2010s	0.0306 tonnes per person	0.0275 tonnes per person	0.0335 tonnes per person	10
2020s	0.0258 tonnes per person	0.0254 tonnes per person	0.0261 tonnes per person	3

Countries ranked near North Macedonia

151 Netherlands 0.0259 tonnes per person compare
152 Malawi 0.0257 tonnes per person compare
153 Colombia 0.0255 tonnes per person compare
155 Sweden 0.0251 tonnes per person compare
156 Mexico 0.0249 tonnes per person compare
157 Uzbekistan 0.0248 tonnes per person compare

See the full ranking of 207 places →

More climate change data for North Macedonia

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 26.14 million kg (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,372 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 316.81 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,055 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1.2 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions 37.67 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 221.08 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 190.06 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 31.02 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.7172 kt (2050)

All data for North Macedonia →

Frequently asked questions

What is emissions of air pollutants, per capita in North Macedonia?: Emissions of air pollutants, per capita in North Macedonia was 0.0254 tonnes per person in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emissions of air pollutants, per capita recorded in North Macedonia?: The highest recorded value was 0.1027 tonnes per person in 1994.
What is the lowest emissions of air pollutants, per capita recorded in North Macedonia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0254 tonnes per person in 2022.
How does North Macedonia rank for emissions of air pollutants, per capita?: North Macedonia ranks 154th out of 207 countries with data for 2022.
Is emissions of air pollutants, per capita rising or falling in North Macedonia?: Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this North Macedonia data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of emissions of air pollutants, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

emissions of air pollutants, per capita in North Macedonia. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 11 October 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/emissions-of-air-pollutants-per-capita/north-macedonia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/emissions-of-air-pollutants-per-capita/north-macedonia/">emissions of air pollutants, per capita in North Macedonia</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

emissions of air pollutants divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

emissions of air pollutants ÷ Population, total

Computed from

emissions of air pollutants Hoesly et al. (2024) – Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator: emissions of air pollutants, per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 207 places, 13,011 data points, 1960–2022
Last refreshed: 30 September 2026

emissions of air pollutants divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.