Retail sales in Macedonia declined by 2.3% year-on-year in July 2025, ending a two-month rising streak and sharply reversing a 13% surge in June, which had marked the strongest growth since August 2021. The renewed downturn reflected weaker demand across most major categories. Sales of food, beverages, and tobacco fell 0.4% after soaring 22.5% in June, while non-food product sales dropped 6.6%, reversing from 5.2% growth previously. In addition, sales of automotive fuel rose by only 2.2%, a notable slowdown from 8.3% in the prior month. Excluding fuel, overall retail trade contracted by 3.4% in July, compared with a robust 13.9% increase in June. source: State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia
Retail Sales in Macedonia decreased 2.30 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Macedonia averaged 1.17 percent from 2011 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 23.00 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -17.60 percent in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Macedonia Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. North Macedonia Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.
Retail Sales in Macedonia decreased 2.30 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Macedonia is expected to be 3.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the North Macedonia Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 1.70 percent in 2026 and 1.50 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.