North Macedonia

News coverage about North Macedonia accounts for 0.051% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is down 19.8% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -0.26 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.051%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-19.8%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.26
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

North Macedonia coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.05% on 2026-08-200.000.501.0May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

North Macedonia coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.26 on 2026-08-20+2.50-2.5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (4/day latest)

Protest events located in North Macedonia: 4 days, latest 4.00 on 2026-08-070.002.55.0Jun 17Jun 22Jun 25Aug 7

Diplomacy (8/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in North Macedonia: 79 days, latest 8.00 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 9Jul 23Aug 10Aug 20

Coercion & force (2/day latest)

Coercive events located in North Macedonia: 47 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-190.0010.020.0May 26Jun 15Jun 25Jul 5Jul 17Aug 6Aug 19

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to North Macedonia, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 57% of the coverage about North Macedonia came from outlets based in North Macedonia — the rest was written from abroad (9,370 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about North Macedonia from domestic outlets (%): 48 days, latest 61.17 on 2026-08-190.0050.0100Jul 3Jul 11Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 12Aug 19

Share of articles about North Macedonia produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Skopje (4)
  • Ohrid (2)
  • Tabanovce (2)
  • Prilep (1)
  • Kruseica (1)
  • Mariovo (1)
  • Negotino (1)
  • Bitola (1)

Places named in coverage about North Macedonia on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about North Macedonia

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$19.1B
World Bank, 2025
Population
1.8M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
133.0%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2.1%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
1,886
originating from North Macedonia
Refugees hosted
20,822
from other countries
Asylum seekers
38
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks, plus 300 stateless persons. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by North Macedonia-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).