Employment rate, 15 and over during each prime minister's tenure
Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the employment rate, 15 and over changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Prime minister | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski | 27 Aug 2006 – 18 Jan 2016 | +7.6 pp Q2 2006 → Q4 2015 | +0.8 pp/yr | |
| 2 |  Zoran Zaev | 31 May 2017 – 3 Jan 2020 | +4.1 pp Q1 2017 → Q4 2019 | +1.5 pp/yr | |
| 3 | Vlado Bučkovski | 17 Dec 2004 – 27 Aug 2006 from Q1 2005 | +2.5 pp Q1 2005 → Q2 2006 | +2.0 pp/yr | |
| 4 | VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski | 23 Jun 2024 – now | +1.3 pp Q1 2024 → Q1 2026 | +0.7 pp/yr | |
| 5 | N Emil Dimitriev | 18 Jan 2016 – 31 May 2017 | +0.1 pp Q4 2015 → Q1 2017 | +0.1 pp/yr | |
| 6 | Zoran Zaev | 30 Aug 2020 – 16 Jan 2022 | −0.1 pp Q2 2020 → Q4 2021 | −0.1 pp/yr | |
| 7 | Dimitar Kovačevski | 16 Jan 2022 – 28 Jan 2024 | −0.2 pp Q4 2021 → Q4 2023 | −0.1 pp/yr | |
| 8 | VMRO-DPMNE Ljubčo Georgievski | 30 Nov 1998 – 1 Nov 2002 | −4.5 pp Q3 1998 → Q3 2002 | −1.1 pp/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of the population aged 15 and over · State Statistical Office, Labour Force Survey, persons aged 15 and over, as ILOSTAT compiles it (BA:501): quarterly from 2004, yearly rounds from 1996 · North Macedonia data · as of Aug 2026.