Real GDP per person during each prime minister's tenure
Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how real GDP per person 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 | +37.7% Q2 2006 → Q4 2015 | +3.4%/yr | |
| 2 |  Vlado Bučkovski | 17 Dec 2004 – 27 Aug 2006 | +13.8% Q3 2004 → Q2 2006 | +7.6%/yr | |
| 3 | VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski | 23 Jun 2024 – now | +8.4% Q1 2024 → Q2 2026 | +3.6%/yr | |
| 4 | Zoran Zaev | 31 May 2017 – 3 Jan 2020 | +6.6% Q1 2017 → Q4 2019 | +2.4%/yr | |
| 5 | Dimitar Kovačevski | 16 Jan 2022 – 28 Jan 2024 | +5.9% Q4 2021 → Q4 2023 | +2.9%/yr | |
| 6 | Zoran Zaev | 30 Aug 2020 – 16 Jan 2022 | +5.1% Q2 2020 → Q4 2021 | +3.4%/yr | |
| 7 | N Emil Dimitriev | 18 Jan 2016 – 31 May 2017 | +4.3% Q4 2015 → Q1 2017 | +3.4%/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 | −6.5% Q4 1992 → Q4 1997 | −1.3%/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 thousand per person, 2020 prices, last four quarters · State Statistical Office quarterly GDP via Eurostat (chain-linked volumes, 2020 reference year), summed over the trailing four quarters (the World Bank's yearly GDP before 2000), over the population (the Office's 30 June estimates revised on the 2021 census, via the World Bank) interpolated to the quarter · North Macedonia data · as of Aug 2026.