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Largest religious group: Muslims. These are labels that describe the country, not numbers, so they are never compared with other measures. The numbers behind them, such as population shares, are.

Kosovo

Against upper middle income countries, Kosovo ranks 19th of 51 on governance and 26th of 35 on wellbeing. Each ranking counts only the countries that report that score, so the totals differ and the two ranks can’t be compared directly. Both compare Kosovo with countries of similar wealth. That is the only kind of ranking that tells you something a ranking by income does not already show.

How it has changed

Every measure Kosovo reports, over all the years it has been published. Pick one. Hover or use the arrow keys to read a year. Gaps in a line are years with no data. They are left open, not filled in.

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Scores by area

Each score averages the measures in one area, such as health. Each measure is first put on a common scale and turned so that higher is always better. Zero is the average country in an average year. One point is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation), so +1 means about one typical gap above average. These are summaries, not measurements. See how the country scores are built and how the topic scores compare with each other.

ScoreValueRank, all countriesRank, similar incomeMostly income?
Governance score 2025+0.3780 of 17919 of 51moderate +0.53
Wellbeing score 2010-0.2978 of 11026 of 35high +0.80
Equality score 2022-0.02104 of 16538 of 53high +0.64
Gender score 2020+0.3899 of 18629 of 57moderate +0.37

The last column shows how closely each score just tracks national income. The number is its link with GDP per person (the value of everything a country produces, divided by its people), from −1 to +1. A score marked proxy is mostly a measure of how rich the country is. Its rank among all countries says little that GDP per person does not. That is why the rank among similar-income countries sits beside it.

The measures behind them

Every measure reported for Kosovo, grouped by area. Some measures have no agreed better direction, such as population growth, inflation and military spending. They are listed here but left out of every score, since there is no fair way to say which way is better. Some names use technical terms: PPP means adjusted for what money buys in each country, HDI is a United Nations score combining life expectancy, schooling and income, and a Gini indexmeasures how unequally income is shared. Each measure’s own page explains it.

crime

Conflict deaths0per 100,000 people2025higher is worse
Armed conflict present01 if any conflict, else 02025higher is worse
Homicide rate1.89per 100,000 population2021higher is worse

culture

Religious attendance48.7%% of respondents2010no agreed direction
Religion very important47.1%% of respondents2010no agreed direction
Confidence in religious institutions86.7%% of respondents2010no agreed direction
Religiously unaffiliated0.139%% of population2020no agreed direction
Christian share5.6%% of population2020no agreed direction
Muslim share94.3%% of population2020no agreed direction
Single-parent households5.6%% of households2019no agreed direction
One-person households3.32%% of households2019no agreed direction
Women in a union61.6%% of women aged 15-492020no agreed direction

demography

Median age31.4years2023no agreed direction
Age at childbearing29.7years2023no agreed direction
Population1,576,876people2025no agreed direction
Population growth-1.1%% per year2025no agreed direction
Urbanization50.9%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 65+10.5%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 0-1420%% of population2025no agreed direction
Fertility rate1.54births per woman2024no agreed direction
Birth rate11.9per 1,000 people2024no agreed direction
Net migration-18,380people2025no agreed direction

economy

GDP per capita (PPP)$16,461international $2025higher is better
GNI per capita (PPP)$16,485international $2025higher is better
GDP per capita (market)$5,899US$2025higher is better
GDP growth3.59%% per year2025no agreed direction
Inflation3.86%% per year2025no agreed direction
Trade openness118%% of GDP2025no agreed direction
FDI inflows10%% of GDP2025no agreed direction
Government consumption13.4%% of GDP2025no agreed direction
Military spending1.48%% of GDP2024no agreed direction

education

PISA maths355PISA points2022higher is better
PISA reading342PISA points2022higher is better
PISA science357PISA points2022higher is better

gender

Women's political empowerment0.771index (0-1)2025higher is better
Women in management26.7%% of managers2024higher is better
Married by 184%% of women aged 20-242020higher is worse

governance

Corruption Perceptions Index44index (0-100, higher = cleaner)2024higher is better
Political rights (FH)3rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Civil liberties (FH)4rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Pre-trial detainee share35.2%% of prisoners2020higher is worse
Electoral democracy0.631index (0-1)2025higher is better
Liberal democracy0.457index (0-1)2025higher is better
Participatory democracy0.346index (0-1)2025higher is better
Free and fair elections0.699index (0-1)2025higher is better
Regime type2regime category (0-3)2025higher is better
Political corruption0.348index (0-1)2025higher is worse
Freedom of expression0.766index (0-1)2025higher is better
Freedom of association0.838index (0-1)2025higher is better
Political civil liberties0.828index (0-1)2025higher is better
Civil society participation0.555index (0-1)2025higher is better
Control of corruption-0.255index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Rule of law0.0521index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Government effectiveness-0.0613index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Regulatory quality-0.223index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Voice and accountability0.16index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Political stability-0.322index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better

health

Life expectancy78.2years2024higher is better
Infant mortality8per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Under-5 mortality8.7per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Adolescent fertility7.71births per 1,000 women aged 15-192024higher is worse
Skilled birth attendance99%% of births2014higher is better

inequality

Gini index38.3index (0-100)2022higher is worse
Extreme poverty rate10%% of population2022higher is worse

infrastructure

Internet users89.4%% of population2018higher is better
Mobile subscriptions34.5per 100 people2022higher is better

labor

Youth not in work or study30%% of 15 to 24 year olds2024higher is worse

wellbeing

Interpersonal trust10.5%% of respondents2010higher is better
Self-reported happiness87.2%% of respondents2010higher is better
Life satisfaction6.91score (0-10)2025higher is better

Values are the most recent in 2010–2025, and different measures can come from different years. The year is shown beside each. Nothing here ranks countries by merit. An area score averages whatever measures its publishers happen to collect, and the choice of what to collect is itself a judgement made by someone else. All countries · How the country data works

Countries to compare with Kosovo

Also in Europe & Central Asia: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkiye, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan.

Also upper middle income, in other regions: Algeria, Argentina, Belize, Botswana, Brazil, Cabo Verde, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Grenada, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Mongolia, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and more on the full list of countries.