Infrastructure and access
- Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding5
- Public Wi-Fi / Community Network Infrastructure2
- Backbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile Infrastructure1
- Digital Public Infrastructure1
- Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure1
Digital Divide Country Profile · Europe
MK
North Macedonia
Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.
Location in the world
North Macedonia
Europe
North Macedonia🇲🇰
- Population (2024)
- 1,824,359
- Total area
- 25,713 km²
- Area in square miles
- 9,927.84 mi²
- Coastline
- Landlocked · 0 km
National digital inclusion context
A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.
This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to North Macedonia in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.
The documented portfolio emphasizes Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding, Public Wi-Fi / Community Network Infrastructure, Backbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile Infrastructure, Wi-Fi, 5G. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.
Portfolio pattern
What the documented response contains.
Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.
Specific technologies
- Wi-Fi2
- 5G1
Intervention classification
- Neither explicitly identified7
- Infrastructure only5
- Infrastructure and Specific Technology3
Education and workforce
Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.
3 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 0 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.
Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.
Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.
Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.
Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.
Project and initiative portfolio
15 documented records
Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.
01Broadband strategy / implementation
5G and Gigabit Society Connectivity Measures
Ongoing · Nationwide / white areasView details
Broadband strategy / implementation
5G and Gigabit Society Connectivity Measures
Ongoing · Nationwide / white areasStatus / periodOngoingLocationNationwide / white areasPopulationResidents, businesses and public institutions in underserved areasOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation; national operators/regulator
Implements measures to support next-generation mobile and gigabit network targets.
Activities and approach: 5G / gigabit deployment
02Assisted digital access
e-Kiosk service terminals
Launched December 2025 · Public service locationsView details
Assisted digital access
e-Kiosk service terminals
Launched December 2025 · Public service locationsStatus / periodLaunched December 2025LocationPublic service locationsPopulationPeople without devices or digital skillsOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Self-service terminals for access to e-government services
Education
03Digital public communication
e-Sandace electronic mailbox
Launched December 2025 · NationwideView details
Digital public communication
e-Sandace electronic mailbox
Launched December 2025 · NationwideStatus / periodLaunched December 2025LocationNationwidePopulationCitizens using public servicesOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Secure electronic mailbox for official communication
04Digital public infrastructure
Health Insurance Fund connection to Central Population Register
Implementation January 2026 · Health insurance systemView details
Digital public infrastructure
Health Insurance Fund connection to Central Population Register
Implementation January 2026 · Health insurance systemStatus / periodImplementation January 2026LocationHealth insurance systemPopulationCitizens, businesses and HIF usersOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation; Health Insurance Fund
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Technical connection to CPR; new e-services; reduced paperwork
05Mobile digital government
m.Uslugi national super-app
Presented October 2025 / rollout · NationwideView details
Mobile digital government
m.Uslugi national super-app
Presented October 2025 / rollout · NationwideStatus / periodPresented October 2025 / rolloutLocationNationwidePopulationCitizensOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: All-in-one services, documents, reminders and mailbox
06Broadband strategy / implementation
National Operational Broadband Plan
Ongoing · Nationwide / white areasView details
Broadband strategy / implementation
National Operational Broadband Plan
Ongoing · Nationwide / white areasStatus / periodOngoingLocationNationwide / white areasPopulationResidents, businesses and public institutions in underserved areasOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation; national operators/regulator
Defines national broadband targets and implementation measures aligned with EU gigabit objectives.
Activities and approach: National broadband implementation framework
07Broadband strategy / implementation
National Optical Transport Network Development
Ongoing · Nationwide / white areasView details
Broadband strategy / implementation
National Optical Transport Network Development
Ongoing · Nationwide / white areasStatus / periodOngoingLocationNationwide / white areasPopulationResidents, businesses and public institutions in underserved areasOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation; national operators/regulator
Develops public/backbone optical capacity required for next-generation connectivity.
Activities and approach: Optical backbone
08Broadband strategy / implementation
Public Wi-Fi / Free Internet Access in White Areas
Ongoing · Nationwide / white areasView details
Broadband strategy / implementation
Public Wi-Fi / Free Internet Access in White Areas
Ongoing · Nationwide / white areasStatus / periodOngoingLocationNationwide / white areasPopulationResidents, businesses and public institutions in underserved areasOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation; national operators/regulator
Uses public access measures in underserved locations as part of operational broadband planning.
Activities and approach: Public Wi-Fi / access points
09Broadband strategy / implementation
Rural White-Area Next-Generation Network Intervention
Ongoing · Nationwide / white areasView details
Broadband strategy / implementation
Rural White-Area Next-Generation Network Intervention
Ongoing · Nationwide / white areasStatus / periodOngoingLocationNationwide / white areasPopulationResidents, businesses and public institutions in underserved areasOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation; national operators/regulator
Targets locations where commercial operators do not provide sufficient next-generation broadband.
Activities and approach: State-aid rural broadband
10Digital skills and inclusion
SMART/MK 2030 – digital competences and inclusiveness pillar
Adopted / implementation · NationwideView details
Digital skills and inclusion
SMART/MK 2030 – digital competences and inclusiveness pillar
Adopted / implementation · NationwideStatus / periodAdopted / implementationLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens with low digital skills and vulnerable groupsOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Digital skills; equal access to opportunities
Education
11Digital public services
SMART/MK 2030 – e-governance and electronic services pillar
Adopted / implementation · NationwideView details
Digital public services
SMART/MK 2030 – e-governance and electronic services pillar
Adopted / implementation · NationwideStatus / periodAdopted / implementationLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens and businessesOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Expanded e-services, transparency and trusted government
12National digital infrastructure
SMART/MK 2030 – ICT infrastructure and connectivity pillar
Adopted / implementation · NationwideView details
National digital infrastructure
SMART/MK 2030 – ICT infrastructure and connectivity pillar
Adopted / implementation · NationwideStatus / periodAdopted / implementationLocationNationwidePopulationAll citizens and businessesOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Secure, accessible and sustainable digital infrastructure
13Digital public services
uslugi.gov.mk expansion – 120 new services
Implemented / reported July 2025 · NationwideView details
Digital public services
uslugi.gov.mk expansion – 120 new services
Implemented / reported July 2025 · NationwideStatus / periodImplemented / reported July 2025LocationNationwidePopulation170,000+ citizen usersOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: 120 new e-services; legally valid electronic documents
14Universal broadband
White-zone household internet commitment
Government programme / 2024-2028 · Operator non-commercial white zonesView details
Universal broadband
White-zone household internet commitment
Government programme / 2024-2028 · Operator non-commercial white zonesStatus / periodGovernment programme / 2024-2028LocationOperator non-commercial white zonesPopulationHouseholds outside commercial coverageOrganizationsGovernment of North Macedonia
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Public intervention to provide internet opportunity to every household
15Public Wi-Fi
WiFi4WB – free public Wi-Fi in 64 municipalities
Launched February 2026 · 64 municipalitiesView details
Public Wi-Fi
WiFi4WB – free public Wi-Fi in 64 municipalities
Launched February 2026 · 64 municipalitiesStatus / periodLaunched February 2026Location64 municipalitiesPopulationCitizens and visitorsOrganizationsEU; German Government; GIZ; Ministry of Digital Transformation
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Free Wi-Fi in squares, parks, libraries, schools and cultural institutions
EducationK–12
Evidence boundary
Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.
Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.
Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.
Evidence and contextProfile Sources+
These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.
- Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). North Macedonia. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/north-macedonia/
- International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
- World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): North Macedonia. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=MK
- World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: North Macedonia. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=MK