Inflation (CPI) during each prime minister's tenure
Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the inflation (CPI) 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 |  Vlado Bučkovski | 17 Dec 2004 – 27 Aug 2006 | +4.7 pp Nov 2004 → Jul 2006 | +2.8 pp/yr | |
| 2 | Zoran Zaev | 30 Aug 2020 – 16 Jan 2022 | +3.6 pp Jul 2020 → Dec 2021 | +2.5 pp/yr | |
| 3 | VMRO-DPMNE Ljubčo Georgievski | 30 Nov 1998 – 1 Nov 2002 | +3.3 pp Oct 1998 → Oct 2002 | +0.8 pp/yr | |
| 4 | N Emil Dimitriev | 18 Jan 2016 – 31 May 2017 | +1.3 pp Dec 2015 → Apr 2017 | +1.0 pp/yr | |
| 5 | Zoran Zaev | 31 May 2017 – 3 Jan 2020 | −0.5 pp Apr 2017 → Dec 2019 | −0.2 pp/yr | |
| 6 | Dimitar Kovačevski | 16 Jan 2022 – 28 Jan 2024 | −1.2 pp Dec 2021 → Dec 2023 | −0.6 pp/yr | |
| 7 | VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski | 23 Jun 2024 – now | −1.9 pp May 2024 → Aug 2026 | −0.9 pp/yr | |
| 8 | Branko Crvenkovski | 1 Nov 2002 – 2 Jun 2004 | −2.6 pp Oct 2002 → May 2004 | −1.6 pp/yr | |
| 9 | VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski | 27 Aug 2006 – 18 Jan 2016 | −4.1 pp Jul 2006 → Dec 2015 | −0.4 pp/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month 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. % change on a year earlier · State Statistical Office consumer price index via the IMF (CPI, all items, spliced across base years by the IMF), change on the same month a year earlier, from 1994 · North Macedonia data · as of Aug 2026.