Social welfare information system (SWIS) in North Macedonia
This brief summarises key learnings from the dialogue on advancing interoperability in North Macedonia’s social protection held on December 10, 2024.
You can watch the recordings and download the materials on the event page.
Overview:
North Macedonia, with a population of 1.83 million individuals and 598,632 households, has made notable progress in poverty reduction, decreasing from 41% in 2009 to 19% in 2019.
The main social protection programmes targeting poor households and individuals include guaranteed minimum income (34,095 households with 97,033 individuals), child allowance (19,248 families with 40,256 children), educational allowance (27,344 children), and social security for the elderly (18,875 individuals). However, challenges remain, as approximately 400,000 people still live in poverty.
The country also faces a persistently low Human Capital Index (HCI) of 0.56 and a 13.01% unemployment rate, significantly trailing behind its European counterparts.
This learning brief explores North Macedonia’s robust digital infrastructure, built upon policy-level reforms, that underpins its social protection systems.
