North Macedonia - Environment
As far as the environment of North Macedonia is concerned, there have been air pollution from metallurgical plants; Skopje has severe air pollution problems every winter as a result of industrial emissions, smoke from wood-buring stoves, and exhaust fumes from old cars. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands.
About the environment of North Macedonia
Climate We have warm, dry summers and autumns; relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall
Revenue from forest resources 0.15% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 796,585 tons (2016 est.)
Total renewable water resources 6.4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 310 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 140 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 25.17 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 7.05 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 2.28 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 44.3% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 16.4% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 1.4% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 26.5% (2018 est.)
Forest 39.8% (2018 est.)
Other 15.9% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 59.5% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 0.61% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 611,000 SKOPJE (capital) (2023).
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North Macedonia is found in Southeast Europe