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Topic 02 of 18 · Country Index 2026

Kosovo: Economy & Innovation

What does an economy do for the people inside it?

Kosovo is placed 60th of 176 countries on economy & innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GDP per Capita (PPP) 16,461 (2025); Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit 69.65 (2025).

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60th

of 176 countries placed

Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics

Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.

01The evidence

The 4 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Kosovo on economy & innovation — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys
  1. Key 1 of 4

    GDP per Capita (PPP)

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0

    16,461

    GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)

    Higher is better

    Kosovo: 16,461. Across the 185 countries in this edition, values run from 1,067 (Burundi) to 139,593 (Singapore); the world median is 17,265.

    World median
    17,265
    Best in Southern Europe
    67,993 Andorra
    Land neighbours
    Albania 22,724 · North Macedonia 25,095 · Montenegro 28,895 · Serbia 27,603
  2. Key 2 of 4

    Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    Latest reading per country, 2016–2025 · Kosovo’s is from 2025 · CC BY 4.0

    69.65

    Firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)

    Higher is better

    Kosovo: 69.65. Across the 179 countries at their latest reading, values run from 2.113 (Pakistan) to 88.52 (Israel); the world median is 35.95.

    World median
    35.95
    Best in Southern Europe
    73.44 Italy
    Land neighbours
    Albania 22.76 · North Macedonia 46.81 · Montenegro 43.18 · Serbia 47.08
  3. Key 3 of 4

    Economic Complexity Index

    Growth Lab at Harvard University

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC0 1.0

    No reading

    ECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3)

    Higher is better

    Growth Lab at Harvard University publishes no 2024 figure for Kosovo, so the standing rests on the other keys.

    Across the 145 countries in this edition, values run from -3.53 (Chad) to 1.729 (Japan); the world median is 0.131.

    World median
    0.131
    Best in Southern Europe
    1.277 Slovenia
    Land neighbours
    Albania 0.032 · North Macedonia 0.405 · Serbia 0.763
  4. Key 4 of 4

    Account Ownership at a Financial Institution

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0

    64.16

    Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+)

    Higher is better

    Kosovo: 64.16. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 14.83 (Niger) to 99.85 (Iceland); the world median is 72.83.

    World median
    72.83
    Best in Southern Europe
    98.75 Slovenia
    Land neighbours
    Albania 46.07 · North Macedonia 84.25 · Montenegro 75.41 · Serbia 83.25

03In context

Kosovo beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 176 countries on economy & innovation, never a place within the region.

Southern Europe
1st176thNot placed · 48 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on economy & innovation

Kosovo and the countries it borders

Standing among all 176; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.

CountryStandingGDP per Capita (PPP)GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of CreditFirms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)Economic Complexity IndexECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3)Account Ownership at a Financial InstitutionAdults with an account (% of population aged 15+)
Serbia42nd27,60347.080.76383.25
North Macedonia52nd25,09546.810.40584.25
Kosovo60th16,46169.65—64.16
Montenegro62nd28,89543.18—75.41
Albania109th22,72422.760.03246.07

“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is

04Context, no vote

Where Kosovo is ahead of the world, and behind

28 more statistics filed under economy & innovation, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Ahead of the world median9

Statistics on which Kosovo does better than the middle country measured.

  • New Business DensityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 2.1878.347▲ Improved since 2014

    Kosovo: 8.347 · world median 2.187 · New limited liability companies registered per 1,000 people aged 15–64. World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 26.76; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Interest Payments on External DebtWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 1.4510.396▲ Improved since 2014

    Kosovo: 0.396 · world median 1.451 · Interest payments on external debt (% of GNI). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.069 to 17.92; lower is better.

    Position 96th of 112 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Debt Service on External DebtWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 12.937.178▲ Improved since 2014

    Kosovo: 7.178 · world median 12.93 · Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.285 to 96.2; lower is better.

    Position 90th of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Firms with an International Quality CertificationWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 10.417.35No earlier reading

    Kosovo: 17.35 · world median 10.4 · Firms with an internationally recognised quality certification (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 45.77; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

  • ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47410.07▼ Worsened since 2014

    Kosovo: 10.07 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.

    Position 46th of 118 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)World Bank Group · 2024 · world median 43.9438.61No real change since 2014

    Kosovo: 38.61 · world median 43.94 · External debt stocks (% of GNI). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 2.213 to 350.57; lower is better.

    Position 68th of 110 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Management Practices IndexWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 52.3954.58No earlier reading

    Kosovo: 54.58 · world median 52.39 · Management practices index, medium and large firms (0–100). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 28.07 to 69.29; higher is better.

    Position 69th of 169 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

  • GNI per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 14,27316,485▲ Improved since 2015

    Kosovo: 16,485 · world median 14,273 · GNI per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1,181 to 116,633; higher is better.

    Position 43rd of 102 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • GDP GrowthWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.3963.592▼ Worsened since 2015

    Kosovo: 3.592 · world median 3.396 · GDP growth (annual %). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from -5.847 to 19.34; higher is better.

    Position 85th of 186 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

Behind the world median3

Statistics on which Kosovo does worse than the middle country measured.

  • Firms Competing Against Informal FirmsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 41.8143.22No earlier reading

    Kosovo: 43.22 · world median 41.81 · Firms competing against unregistered or informal firms (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 1.926 to 90.5; lower is better.

    Position 86th of 181 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

  • Regulatory QualityWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median -0.093-0.2▲ Improved since 2015

    Kosovo: -0.2 · world median -0.093 · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from -2.106 to 2.113; higher is better.

    Position 117th of 209 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4217.09▼ Worsened since 2014

    Kosovo: 17.09 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.

    Position 107th of 170 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

No better end16

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

  • Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 22.9334.6Moved since 2015

    Kosovo: 34.6 · world median 22.93 · Gross capital formation (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from -3.679 to 45.27.

    Position 9th of 131 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Foreign Direct Investment InflowsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 1.9689.971Moved since 2015

    Kosovo: 9.971 · world median 1.968 · FDI inflows (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from -32.97 to 2,221.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Household ConsumptionWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 62.0482.26Moved since 2015

    Kosovo: 82.26 · world median 62.04 · Household and NPISH final consumption expenditure (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 25.21 to 133.34.

    Position 16th of 131 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60236.26Moved since 2015

    Kosovo: 36.26 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7274.24Moved since 2015

    Kosovo: 74.24 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.

    Position 18th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.68118.19Moved since 2015

    Kosovo: 118.19 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.

    Position 33rd of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3443.95Moved since 2015

    Kosovo: 43.95 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.

    Position 49th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Gross Savings (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2024 · world median 22.0625.53Moved since 2014

    Kosovo: 25.53 · world median 22.06 · Gross savings (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from -21.13 to 47.82.

    Position 55th of 146 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 11.2612.54Moved since 2015

    Kosovo: 12.54 · world median 11.26 · Manufacturing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.481 to 43.97.

    Position 58th of 132 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 6.5727.362No real change since 2015

    Kosovo: 7.362 · world median 6.572 · Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.025 to 47.59.

    Position 75th of 158 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 24.6524.97Moved since 2015

    Kosovo: 24.97 · world median 24.65 · Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 2.228 to 75.09.

    Position 76th of 158 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · 2025 · world median 2,2401,413No real change since 2022

    Kosovo: 1,413 · world median 2,240 · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting). OpenAlex (OurResearch), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1 to 1,094,890.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1715.169Moved since 2014

    Kosovo: 5.169 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 1.7080.929Moved since 2011

    Kosovo: 0.929 · world median 1.708 · Natural resources rents (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.03.

    Position 114th of 180 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2021 dataset

  • Inflation, GDP DeflatorWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.3062.811Moved since 2015

    Kosovo: 2.811 · world median 3.306 · Annual change in the GDP implicit deflator (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from -7.93 to 227.09.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • General Government ConsumptionWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 16.2113.43Moved since 2015

    Kosovo: 13.43 · world median 16.21 · General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 5.445 to 38.94.

    Position 87th of 132 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

No current reading for Kosovo

Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP), Adjusted Net Savings, Average Monthly Earnings of Employees (last 2019), Business Ready: Operational Efficiency, Business Ready: Public Services, Business Ready: Regulatory Framework, Commodity Export Dependence, Complexity Outlook Index, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Container Port Traffic, Creative Goods Exports, Crop Production Index, Economic Complexity Index, Export Concentration Index, Food Production Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Frontier Technology Readiness Index, Gini Index (last 2022), Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) (last 2022), Global Innovation Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), ICT Goods Exports, Income Share Held by Lowest 20% (last 2022), Income Share Held by Richest 10% (last 2022), Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Livestock Production Index, Logistics Performance Index, Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, Palma Ratio (last 2022), Price Level of Household Consumption, Productive Capacities Index, Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, Statutory Minimum Wage, Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products, Tax Revenue (% of GDP), Terms of Trade Index, Total Factor Productivity Level, Water-Use Efficiency and World Energy Trilemma Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.

“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing

05Country Index 2026

Economy & Innovation among Kosovo’s 8 topics

Economy & Innovation is Kosovo’s 2nd best-placed topic of 8. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.

On the profile
  1. Health & Wellbeing61st of 200
  2. Economy & Innovation60th of 176
  3. Democracy & Civil Liberties75th of 198
  4. Governance & Institutions93rd of 194
  5. Gender & Equalityjoint 95th of 183
  6. Peace & Security93rd of 177
  7. Digital & Technology112th of 198
  8. Poverty & Inequality121st of 159

No standing on Work & Labour, Education & Knowledge, Development & Human Capital, Environment & Sustainability, Risk & Resilience, Mobility & Trade, Food & Agriculture, Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.

06The top of the list

Who leads on economy & innovation

The three countries placed highest of 176, and the leaders Kosovo can most readily be measured against.

All 176 countries
  1. 1

    Austria

    Western Europe

    1st of 176 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale

  2. 2

    Japan

    Eastern Asia

    2nd of 176 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: JurriaanH · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

  3. 3

    Germany

    Western Europe

    3rd of 176 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: dronepicr · CC BY 2.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

  1. Highest in Europe

    Austria1st4/4 keys
  2. Highest in Southern Europe

    Slovenia11th4/4 keys
  3. This page

    Kosovo60th3/4 keys

Positions out of 176 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

08Questions

Kosovo on economy & innovation: questions answered

Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.

How does Kosovo rank on economy & innovation?

Kosovo is placed 60th of 176 countries on Economy & Innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (GDP per Capita (PPP), Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit and Account Ownership at a Financial Institution). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.

What is the latest GDP per Capita (PPP) figure for Kosovo?

16,461 in 2025 (gDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 17,265.

What is the latest Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit figure for Kosovo?

69.65 in 2025 (firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 35.95.

How does Kosovo compare with Serbia on economy & innovation?

Serbia is placed 42nd of 176, and Kosovo 60th. GDP per Capita (PPP): Serbia 27,603, Kosovo 16,461; Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit: Serbia 47.08, Kosovo 69.65; Account Ownership at a Financial Institution: Serbia 83.25, Kosovo 64.16.

How have Kosovo’s economy & innovation figures changed?

GDP per Capita (PPP) rose from 7,098 in 2008 to 16,461 in 2025; Account Ownership at a Financial Institution rose from 44.31 in 2011 to 64.16 in 2024.

Which economy & innovation statistics are missing for Kosovo?

No current reading is published for Kosovo on Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP), Adjusted Net Savings, Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, Business Ready: Operational Efficiency, Business Ready: Public Services, Business Ready: Regulatory Framework, Commodity Export Dependence, Complexity Outlook Index, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Container Port Traffic, Creative Goods Exports, Crop Production Index, Economic Complexity Index, Export Concentration Index, Food Production Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Frontier Technology Readiness Index, Gini Index, Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), Global Innovation Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), ICT Goods Exports, Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, Income Share Held by Richest 10%, Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Livestock Production Index, Logistics Performance Index, Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, Palma Ratio, Price Level of Household Consumption, Productive Capacities Index, Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, Statutory Minimum Wage, Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products, Tax Revenue (% of GDP), Terms of Trade Index, Total Factor Productivity Level, Water-Use Efficiency and World Energy Trilemma Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.

09Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

The total size of an economy is deliberately left out: a very large economy spread over a very large population is not doing more for each person. Growth rates, trade shares and the structure of output (how much is farming, industry or services) are published here as context, because they describe an economy's shape rather than how well it serves people. Jobs and wages have their own topic, Work & Labour.

About economy & innovation, in full

How the Economy & Innovation standing is decided

A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.

The economy & innovation method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built

The key statistics and their licences

The other 28 statistics on this page come from 3 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Kosovo’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Kosovo: Economy & Innovation — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/kosovo/economy

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