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Kosovo


Kosovo Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Kosovo; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION
Central bankN/A
International ReservesUS$ 846.409 million (Source: World Bank; Data updated: November 2010)
Gross Domestic Product - GDPUS$ 6.488 billion (2009 estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)12.777 billion of International dollars (2009 estimate)
Real GDP growth
20002001200220032004200520062007
N/A27%-0.7%5.4%2.6%3.8%3.8%4%
2008200920102011*
5.4%2.9%4%5.5%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current pricesN/A
GDP per capita - PPPN/A
GDP (PPP) - share of world total
19801990200020102015**
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 12.9% 
  • industry: 22.6% 
  • services: 64.5% (2009 estimate)

    • (Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation
2008200920102011*
9.4%(2008)-2.4%3.5%8.2%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate
2008200920102011*
N/AN/AN/A(2009)N/A

*Estimate

Household saving ratesN/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
20072008200920102011*
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2007200820092010*2011**
4.9%-0.2%-0.8%-3.4%-5.5%

*Estimate    **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's rating: N/A

Moody's outlook: N/A

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares
200720082009
N/AN/AN/A
Largest companies in KosovoN/A
DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS
Current account balanceUS$ -1.5 billion (2010 estimate)(After 2008)
Current account balance by percentage of GDP-23.1% of GDP (2009 estimate)(2009)
Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

14.2% (2008)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising exportN/A(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services exportN/A(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exportsN/A
Export commoditiesmining and processed metal products, scrap metals, leather products, machinery, appliances
Total importsUS$2.6 billion (2007)
Import commoditiesfoodstuffs, wood, petroleum, chemicals, machinery and electrical equipment
Exports - major partnersN/A
Imports - major partnersN/A
FDI inflows
200820092010
N/AN/A(2009)N/A(2009)
FDI outflows
200820092010
N/AN/AN/A
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
2008200920102011
N/AN/A(2009)N/A(2009)N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 119 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 163 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 65 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 41 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 32 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 173 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 130 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 155 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)		N/A

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

N/A (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW
Time zoneUTC+1
Total area 10,887 km2 (2006)
CapitalPristina (Prishtine, Prishtina) (2009)
Currencyeuros (EUR) (2009)
Government typerepublic (2009)
LanguagesAlbanian (official), Serbian (official), Bosnian, Turkish, Roma
ReligionsMuslim, Serbian Orthodox, Roman Catholic
Total population
1980199020002010*2015**
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

*Estimate    **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population
1960198020002009
N/AN/AN/AN/A
Population median ageN/A
Population growth rate0.6% (2009)
Life expectancyN/A
Adult literacy92% (2000/2007)
% of population living on less than $2 a dayN/A
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

N/A

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:5
Civil Liberties:4 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

N/A

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total populationN/A
Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

N/A

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

N/A

GLOBAL FINANCE RANKINGS AND AWARDS

WORLD'S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS

2012:
  • COUNTRY WINNERS ProCredit Bank Kosovo (National, 2012)
2011:
  • COUNTRY WINNERS Raiffeisen Bank Kosovo (National, 2011)
2010:
  • COUNTRY WINNERS Raiffeisen Bank Kosovo (National, 2010)
ARTICLES AND COUNTRIES REPORTS FROM GLOBAL FINANCE ARCHIVE