The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Macedonia  
Rank: 87 · Score: 33.7  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 2.1   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 13.5   M&A volume (quartile) 2nd
GDP per capita (US$) 6,565.2   Venture capital investments (quartile) Bottom
GDP growth (per cent) 1.4   Private equity investments (quartile) Bottom
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 87 37, 36, 37, 37, 38 33.7
1 Economic Activity 118 3, 7, 8, 8, 7 48.3
2 Depth of Capital Market 86 38, 34, 36, 37, 39 14.7
3 Taxation 3 121, 121, 121, 121, 122 124.2
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 63 57, 59, 59, 62, 62 65.2
5 Human and Social Environment 87 38, 33, 33, 38, 38 26.6
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 72 53, 53, 56, 53, 53 43.5


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Macedonia  
Eastern Europe
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Ukraine 65.1 28.0 104.4 58.8 31.8 46.0
Serbia 65.0 16.3 100.7 61.6 31.1 54.8
Georgia 57.8 10.9 113.5 87.1 34.6 45.9
Macedonia 48.3 14.7 124.2 65.2 26.6 43.5
Montenegro 37.7 12.0 105.7 79.2 31.6 38.4
Bosnia-Herzegovina 52.7 14.4 102.9 49.6 21.4 38.6
Moldova 62.1 6.9 117.6 65.3 26.9 40.3
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023