List of  the largest employers created by the “Capital ” and on which,  are ranked 20 largest employers in Macedonia shows that nine companies are directly or indirectly owned or established by the State. If each of these 20 employers employs  30,000 workers , in state-owned companies  16,000 people are employed  or 53 % of the total .

According to data for 2012, the largest employer with 4,228 employees is the state-owned power company “Elektrani  na Makedonija” (ELEM ) , and  among the private companies ,in the top 20 largest employers,  great  number of employees has the  power distribution company EVN  and that number is 2.233  workers.

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Statistics show  more devastating data   about employment in Macedonia. Thus , according to the State Statistical Office of Macedonia ,  among total of 74,000 companies, only 200 of them have more than 250 employees. Only 57 of these companies  are from the manufacturing industry , while 72 companies  or institutions work in the areas where the state ownership  is dominant .