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US foreign aid to North Macedonia

The US gave North Macedonia $10.6 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $5.83 per person, 97th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $10.6 million in foreign assistance for North Macedonia and disbursed $24.4 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.

Recent years may be incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov with a lag, and Peace and Security reporting for FY2025 is lower than earlier years. Treat the drop as provisional. (FY2025: $10.6 million against a FY2022–24 average of $78.0 million. ForeignAssistance.gov reporting status, FY2025: U.S. Agency for International Development complete, Department of State complete, Department of Defense partial agency, through quarter 4.)
FY2025 obligated
$11M
$10.6 million
Per person
$5.83
pop. 1,820,909 (2025)
Rank
97th
of 173 recipient countries
FY2025 disbursed
$24M
paid out in the year

North Macedonia ranks 97th of 173 recipient countries

US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.

$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)North Macedonia $10.6 millionHighestLowest$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)North Macedonia $10.6 millionHighestLowest

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were down 72.8% from $39.0 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $46.9 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2022, at $164.5 million. In total, $479.1 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for North Macedonia in FY2025 was the U.S. Agency for International Development ($4.8 million, 45.2% of the total). By sector, the largest was Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance ($3.8 million, 35.4%). That sector includes: Rule of Law and Human Rights; Good Governance; Civil Society; Political Competition and Consensus-Building. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $1.0 million (9.8%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.

For FY2026, $2.1 million has been reported so far. Agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag, so this page uses FY2025 for comparisons. The figures cover aid recorded for North Macedonia itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Europe and Eurasia page).

US aid to North Macedonia by year

Recent years may be incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov with a lag, and Peace and Security reporting for FY2025 is lower than earlier years. Treat the drop as provisional. (FY2025: $10.6 million against a FY2022–24 average of $78.0 million. ForeignAssistance.gov reporting status, FY2025: U.S. Agency for International Development complete, Department of State complete, Department of Defense partial agency, through quarter 4.)

North Macedonia: $11M in FY2025, against a peak of $165M in FY2022

Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.

  • Other agencies
  • Defense Department
  • State Department
  • USAID
$0$50M$100M$150M$200MFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$11M$0$50M$100M$150M$200M'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$11M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearUSAIDState DepartmentDefense DepartmentOther agenciesTotal obligatedDisbursedPer personRank
FY2015$14.4M$11.8M$1.6M$2.5M$30.2M$30.8M$15.8087
FY2016$23.0M$6.4M$491,723$2.3M$32.2M$28.4M$16.9180
FY2017$24.2M$13.1M$63,097$2.3M$39.6M$30.0M$20.8784
FY2018$16.7M$3.0M$1.7M$2.5M$24.0M$27.8M$12.6999
FY2019$11.5M$17.1M$1.5M$2.6M$32.8M$34.1M$17.4895
FY2020$9.5M$24.5M$1.0M$2.0M$37.0M$36.3M$19.9692
FY2021$20.4M$16.6M$0$1.5M$38.5M$28.0M$20.9788
FY2022$17.8M$144.9M$0$1.8M$164.5M$160.8M$89.8153
FY2023$14.0M$13.3M$0$3.3M$30.6M$32.4M$16.75100
FY2024$21.3M$12.9M$0$4.7M$39.0M$35.6M$21.3793
FY2025$4.8M$1.4M$0$4.5M$10.6M$24.4M$5.8397
FY2026*-$195,458$6,743$0$2.3M$2.1M$4.1M$1.1562

B = billion, M = million. Agency columns and the total are obligations (money committed); "disbursed" is money actually paid out in that year, which can include payments on earlier commitments. * FY2026 is incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag. Negative amounts are net de-obligations.

Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).

Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025

By managing agency

Managing agencyFY2025Share
U.S. Agency for International Development$4.8 million45.2%
Peace Corps$2.5 million23.7%
Department of the Treasury$1.9 million18.3%
Department of State$1.4 million12.8%

By sector

SectorFY2025Share
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$3.8 million35.4%
Education and Social Services$2.6 million24.5%
Economic Development$1.7 million15.9%
Program Support$1.5 million14.2%
Peace and Security$1.1 million10.4%

Largest program areas

Program areaFY2025Share
Good Governance$3.1 million28.8%
Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth$2.6 million24.5%
Policies, Regulations, and Systems$2.5 million23.7%
Direct Administrative Costs$1.3 million12.1%
Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform$1.1 million10.4%
Rule of Law and Human Rights$615,5385.8%
Monitoring and Evaluation$227,3822.1%
Basic Education$208,4882.0%
Financial Sector$176,9211.7%
Civil Society$164,9811.6%

Sectors over the last five years

SectorFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Peace and Security$11.1M$140.1M$6.7M$6.3M$1.1M
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$14.2M$11.6M$9.0M$16.8M$3.8M
Program Support$6.7M$4.2M$7.7M$7.6M$1.5M
Economic Development$1.5M$5.3M$3.7M$5.2M$1.7M
Education and Social Services$2.2M$3.2M$2.2M$2.6M$2.6M
Health$2.7M$0$1.3M$0$0
Environment-$97$284,300$0$315,000-$25,654
Humanitarian Assistance$0$0$0$25,000-$20,698
Multi-sector-$33,773-$1,259-$17,912$0$0

Who carried out the work, FY2025

Implementing partners by type, as reported to ForeignAssistance.gov. “Government” includes US agencies that carry out programs themselves and partner-country governments.

Partner typeFY2025Share
Enterprises$6.5 million61.1%
Government$5.5 million52.1%
Multilateral$828,8667.8%
Universities and Research Institutes$789,5727.4%

How North Macedonia compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Paraguay$11.2 million
Libya$11.1 million
North Macedonia (this page)$10.6 million
Gambia$10.3 million
Malaysia$10.1 million

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give North Macedonia?
$10.6 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $24.4 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $479.1 million.
How much US aid does North Macedonia get per person?
About $5.83 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 1,820,909.
How much USAID funding goes to North Macedonia?
USAID managed $4.8 million of the FY2025 total (45.2%), more than any other agency.
What is US aid to North Macedonia spent on?
In FY2025, by sector: Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance $3.8 million (35.4%); Education and Social Services $2.6 million (24.5%); Economic Development $1.7 million (15.9%); Program Support $1.5 million (14.2%).
Has US aid to North Macedonia gone up or down?
FY2025: $10.6 million; FY2024: $39.0 million (down 72.8%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2022 ($164.5 million).
Does the US give military aid to North Macedonia?
In FY2025, $1.0 million (9.8%) of obligations for North Macedonia was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.

Sources and notes

  1. ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State), complete dataset (us_foreign_aid_complete.csv), version of 02 Sep 2026, retrieved 2026-10-06. Obligations and disbursements in current (nominal) US dollars by U.S. fiscal year (October to September), FY2015–FY2026; FY2026 is incomplete. Public domain.
  2. Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
  3. Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
  4. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.