Source
Central bank

Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo

International Reserves

USD 1.10 billion (2020)
World Bank, last updated 12/16/2021

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

USD 8.96 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

USD 22.54 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Real GDP growth
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
4.2% 3.8% 4.9% -5.3.% 6.0%*

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

USD 4,986.26 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP per capita - PPP

USD 12,545.74 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (PPP) - share of world total
0.02% (2021 estimate)
 
 
Source
GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 7.6% 
  • industry: 25.8% 
  • services: 44.2%

(2009 estimate)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)

N/A

 

Inflation
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
1.5% 1.1% 2.7% 0.2% 3.1%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021*
30.5% 29.6% 25.7% 25.6% N/A

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

 

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021*
16.2% 17% 17.6% 24.1% 25.8%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021*
–1.2% –2.6% –2.6% -7.5% –4.4%

*Estimate

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's: N/A

Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)

Market value of publicly traded shares
N/A
Largest companies

N/A

 
 
Source
Current account balance

USD -0.71 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-7.9% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)

21.7% (2020)
World Bank - World Development Indicators (updated Feb 2022)

Shares in world total merchandising export

N/A

Shares in world total commercial services export

0.02% (2020)

Total exports

N/A

Export commodities

Mining and processed metal products, scrap metals, leather products, machinery, appliances, prepared foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco, vegetable products, textiles and apparel

Total imports

N/A

 
 
Source
Import commodities

Foodstuffs, livestock, wood, petroleum, chemicals, machinery, minerals, textiles, stone, ceramic and glass products, electrical equipment

Exports - major partners

Albania 16%, India 14%, North Macedonia 12.1%, Serbia 10.6%, Switzerland 5.6%, Germany 5.4% (2017)

Imports - major partners

Germany 12.4%, Serbia 12.3%, Turkey 9.6%, China 9.1%, Italy 6.4%, North Macedonia 5.1%, Albania 5%, Greece 4.4% (2017)

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014

N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015

N/A

Best countries for doing business

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking: 57 out of 190 countries (2017)

Subcategories:

Starting a Business: 12 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 160 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 90 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 37 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 15 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 128 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 48 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 31 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 53 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 48 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2020

Global competitiveness ranking

N/A

Index of Economic Freedom

Ranking: 86 / Score: 60.1 (Moderately Free)

The Heritage Foundation - 2022 Index of Economic Freedom

 
 
Source
Time zone

UTC+1

Total area

10,887 sq km

Capital

Pristina (Prishtine, Prishtina)

Currency

Euros (EUR)

Government type

Parliamentary republic

Languages

Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1%; note - in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages (2011 est.)​

Religions

Muslim 95.6%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Orthodox 1.5%, other 0.1%, none 0.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)

Total population
1980 1990 2000 2015 2020
1.9 million 1.7 million 1.8 million 1.8 million 1.8 million

 

 
 
Source
Urban population as % of total population
N/A
Population median age

30.5 years (2020 estimate)

Population growth rate

0.57% (2022 est.)

Life expectancy

71.1 years (2020)

Literacy

N/A

% of population living on less than $3.10 a day

3.6% (last available estimate, 2017)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

29.0 (last available estimate, 2017)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Total score: 56/100

Status: Partly Free

Political Rights: 25/40

Civil Liberties: 31/60 (2022)                       

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

Source
Total telephone subscribers as % of population

N/A

Internet users as % of total population

89.4% (2018)

Mercer Cost of living index

N/A

CO2 emissions

N/A

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