The Poverty Line in Macedonia

The Poverty Line in Macedonia

The poverty line in Macedonia is 31,200 denars, and 33%, or around 180,000 workers out of 540,000 employed, live on a wage below the poverty line, or in other words, they work and are still poor.

It is a political decision for these people to live in poverty, that is, to work and still be poor, because had the minimum wage been increased, there would not be a single worker living on an income below the poverty line in Macedonia.

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty has been marked since 1987, when hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Paris to pay tribute to the victims of poverty, hunger and violence, and to send the message that poverty is a violation of human rights.

In 1992, the General Assembly of the United Nations officially proclaimed October 17 the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.