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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Kosovo economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Kosovo best banks and safest banks are also available.
The region battled continuing recession or, at best, slow growth, a tightening regulatory environment and country-specific banking taxes or fines for past misdemeanors.
USD 0.8 billion (2015)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 6.9 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 19.5 billion (2017, estimate)
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
3.4% | 8.3% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 4.4% | 2.8% |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
3.4% | 1.2% | 4% | 4.1% | 3.3% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
N/A | N/A | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
*Estimate
(2009 estimate)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
1.8% | 0.4% | -0.5% | 0.2% | 0.9% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
16.2% | 16.7% | 19% | 22.3% | 24.6% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
-3.1% | -2.6% | -1.9% | -2% | -3.6% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-9.1% (2017 estimate)
19.4% (2015)
N/A
N/A
Mining and processed metal products, scrap metals, leather products, machinery, appliances, prepared foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco, vegetable products, textiles and apparel
Foodstuffs, livestock, wood, petroleum, chemicals, machinery, minerals, textiles, stone, ceramic and glass products, electrical equipment
Italy 25.8%, Albania 14.6%, Macedonia 9.6%, China 5.5%, Germany 5.4%, Switzerland 5.4%, Turkey 4.1% (2012 estimate)
Germany 11.9%, Macedonia 11.5%, Serbia 11.1%, Italy 8.5%, Turkey 9%, China 6.4%, Albania 4.4% (2012 estimate)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 356 million | USD 199 million | USD 360 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
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: 60 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 13 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 44 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 33 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 20 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 63 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 51 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 43 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 129 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 114 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 163 out of 190 countries
Ranking: 84 / Score: 61.37 (Moderately free) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
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.)
Muslim 95.6%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Orthodox 1.5%, other 0.07%, none 0.07%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2016* | 2021* |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total population: 91.9%
Male: 96.6%
Female: 87.5% (2003 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
0.8% (2013)
26.7 (2013)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 3
Civil Liberties: 4 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)