Real GDP during each prime minister's tenure
Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how real GDP 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 | +31.8% Q2 2006 → Q4 2015 | +2.9%/yr | |
| 2 |  Vlado Bučkovski | 17 Dec 2004 – 27 Aug 2006 | +12.7% Q3 2004 → Q2 2006 | +7.1%/yr | |
| 3 | VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski | 23 Jun 2024 – now | +8.0% Q1 2024 → Q2 2026 | +3.5%/yr | |
| 4 | Dimitar Kovačevski | 16 Jan 2022 – 28 Jan 2024 | +5.4% Q4 2021 → Q4 2023 | +2.7%/yr | |
| 5 | Zoran Zaev | 31 May 2017 – 3 Jan 2020 | +4.9% Q1 2017 → Q4 2019 | +1.8%/yr | |
| 6 | N Emil Dimitriev | 18 Jan 2016 – 31 May 2017 | +3.8% Q4 2015 → Q1 2017 | +3.0%/yr | |
| 7 | Zoran Zaev | 30 Aug 2020 – 16 Jan 2022 | +3.7% Q2 2020 → Q4 2021 | +2.4%/yr | |
| 8 | Branko Crvenkovski | 1 Nov 2002 – 2 Jun 2004 | +2.2% Q3 2002 → Q1 2004 | +1.5%/yr | |
| 9 | Branko Crvenkovski | 4 Sep 1992 – 30 Nov 1998 from Q4 1992 | −7.7% Q4 1992 → Q4 1997 | −1.6%/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 %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. MKD billion, 2020 prices, last four quarters · State Statistical Office quarterly national accounts via Eurostat (namq_10_gdp, B1GQ, chain-linked volumes, 2020 reference year, not seasonally adjusted), summed over the trailing four quarters, from 2000; the World Bank's GDP at constant denars by calendar year before, rescaled to 2000 · North Macedonia data · as of Aug 2026.