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House prices (Skopje) during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how house prices (skopje) changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#Prime ministerIn officeTotalPer yearChart
1VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski 23 Jun 2024 – now +47.0% Q1 2024 → Q2 2026+18.7%/yr
2 Dimitar Kovačevski 16 Jan 2022 – 28 Jan 2024 +28.7% Q4 2021 → Q4 2023+13.5%/yr
3VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski 27 Aug 2006 – 18 Jan 2016 +21.8% Q2 2006 → Q4 2015+2.1%/yr
4 Zoran Zaev 30 Aug 2020 – 16 Jan 2022 +10.5% Q2 2020 → Q4 2021+6.9%/yr
5 Zoran Zaev 31 May 2017 – 3 Jan 2020 +7.8% Q1 2017 → Q4 2019+2.8%/yr
6 Branko Crvenkovski 1 Nov 2002 – 2 Jun 2004 0.0% Q3 2002 → Q1 20040.0%/yr
7N Emil Dimitriev 18 Jan 2016 – 31 May 2017 −0.9% Q4 2015 → Q1 2017−0.7%/yr
8 Vlado Bučkovski 17 Dec 2004 – 27 Aug 2006 −2.1% Q3 2004 → Q2 2006−1.2%/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. index, 2010 = 100 · National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia, residential property price index, new and used flats in Skopje (asking prices in real-estate agencies' notices, hedonic method), via the BIS's residential property prices (WS_SPP, Q.MK.N.628), not adjusted for inflation, from 2000 · North Macedonia data · as of Aug 2026.

Sources: State Statistical Office (MAKStat: wages, population by municipality, the labour force survey by region; national and regional accounts via Eurostat; labour force survey via ILOSTAT; consumer prices via the IMF; population via the World Bank), National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia (house prices in Skopje, via the BIS), IMF (World Economic Outlook: government debt), World Bank (GDP before 2000), Eurostat, ILO (ILOSTAT), BIS, GISCO, Natural Earth, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; prime ministers checked against the official lists, mayors of Skopje against the municipal election results. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy