The construction sector remains one of the most important drivers of economic growth in the country and is among the biggest contributors to the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said today, answering a journalist’s question about yesterday’s meeting with representatives of the construction sector and the impact of this economic branch on the economy, reported MIA.
Mickoski expressed satisfaction with the latest economic indicators, pointing out that GDP with adjusted values is 3.3 percent, which, according to him, positions the country in fourth place in Europe in terms of economic growth.
– I am satisfied that GDP with harmonized values is 3.3 percent and we are currently fourth in Europe according to the published data. It is a percentage of GDP, and I emphasize it because of all those who will try to spin the numbers, as they have done before. I am particularly pleased that for the seventh quarter in a row we are recording an average growth of around 3.4 percent, in conditions where our largest trading partner, the European Union, has a growth of less than one percent – said Mickoski.
He assessed that this is an extremely positive result for the Macedonian economy.
The Prime Minister recalled that three days ago, at a press conference, he pointed out that according to Eurostat data, the country has recorded GDP growth for seven consecutive quarters, which ranks it among the most successful European economies.
– These are not data published by the Government, but official indicators of Eurostat – stressed Mickoski.
Referring to industrial production, he said that according to the data of the State Statistics Office, in April this year a growth of 7.6 percent was registered compared to the same month last year.
– With that, in the first four months of 2026, i.e. in the first third of the year, we are among the few countries in Europe that have a positive trend of industrial production – the Prime Minister emphasized.
He added that the indicators of the labor market are also positive, stating that in the first 21 months of the Government’s mandate, about 16,000 new jobs were opened.
