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Topic 02 of 12 · Country Index 2026
What does an economy do for the people inside it?
Kosovo is placed 78th of 150 countries on economy & innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: GDP per Capita (PPP) 16,461 (2025); Account Ownership at a Financial Institution 64.16 (2024).
Economy & Innovation
78th
of 150 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 3 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
01The evidence
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; the grey ticks are every other country in that edition, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 3
World Bank Group
Why it is a key: Output per person: the standard measure of an economy's size set against the population it has to support.
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.
Each grey tick is one of 185 countries in the 2025 edition.
Key 2 of 3
Growth Lab at Harvard University
Why it is a key: What an economy knows how to make, read from the diversity and rarity of what it exports.
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.
Each grey tick is one of 145 countries in the 2024 edition.
Key 3 of 3
World Bank Group
Why it is a key: Whether ordinary adults are inside the financial system at all, which output per person does not reveal.
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.
Each grey tick is one of 139 countries in the 2024 edition.
02Over time
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) · higher is better
KosovoWorld median
Kosovo rose from 7,098 in 2008 to 16,461 in 2025; the world median went from 14,030 to 17,265.
| Year | Kosovo | World median |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,461 | 17,265 |
| 2024 | 15,716 | 18,108 |
| 2023 | 14,240 | 17,686 |
| 2022 | 13,022 | 16,933 |
| 2021 | 12,362 | 16,260 |
| 2020 | 11,138 | 15,631 |
| 2019 | 11,774 | 16,761 |
| 2018 | 11,188 | 16,349 |
| 2017 | 10,856 | 16,129 |
| 2016 | 10,435 | 15,512 |
| 2015 | 9,825 | 14,857 |
| 2014 | 9,151 | 14,475 |
| 2013 | 8,828 | 14,681 |
| 2012 | 8,432 | 14,631 |
| 2011 | 8,360 | 13,916 |
| 2010 | 7,877 | 14,101 |
| 2009 | 7,481 | 13,655 |
| 2008 | 7,098 | 14,030 |
| 2007 | — | 13,755 |
| 2006 | — | 12,983 |
| 2005 | — | 12,023 |
| 2004 | — | 11,608 |
| 2003 | — | 11,183 |
| 2002 | — | 11,144 |
| 2001 | — | 10,907 |
| 2000 | — | 10,589 |
Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+) · higher is better
KosovoWorld median
Kosovo rose from 44.31 in 2011 to 64.16 in 2024; the world median went from 37.03 to 72.83.
| Year | Kosovo | World median |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64 | 73 |
| 2021 | 58 | 74 |
| 2017 | 52 | 59 |
| 2014 | 48 | 52 |
| 2011 | 44 | 37 |
03In context
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 150 countries on economy & innovation, never a place within the region.
The standing is each country’s place among all 150 placed on the topic; the other columns are the publishers’ own values, read at the edition the standing used.
| Country | Standing | GDP per Capita (PPP)GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) | Economic Complexity IndexECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3) | Account Ownership at a Financial InstitutionAdults with an account (% of population aged 15+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49th | 27,603 | 0.763 | 83.25 | |
| =51st | 25,095 | 0.405 | 84.25 | |
| 56th | 28,895 | — | 75.41 | |
| 78th | 16,461 | — | 64.16 | |
| =87th | 22,724 | 0.032 | 46.07 |
“—” means the publisher gives no reading for that country in that edition. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed.
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 150.
The countries immediately above and below Kosovo in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
24 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.
Statistics on which Kosovo does better than the middle country measured.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Statistics on which Kosovo does worse than the middle country measured.
Kosovo: -0.223 · world median -0.09 · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -2.035 to 2.132; higher is better.
Position 117th of 209 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Kosovo: 38.31 · world median 33.91 · Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 24.08 to 54.82; lower is better.
Position 22nd of 73 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Kosovo: 38.23 · world median 10.79 · Population below $8.30 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0.04 to 96.28; lower is better.
Position 20th of 73 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Kosovo: 9.98 · world median 1.05 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 81.36; lower is better.
Position 8th of 71 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Kosovo: 5.6 · world median 0.42 · Poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 44.72; lower is better.
Position 6th of 69 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Kosovo: 7.461 · world median 2.118 · Average factor incomes must rise by to reach $28 a day. World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0.43 to 24.43; lower is better.
Position 6th of 73 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Kosovo: 4.46 · world median 7.08 · Share of national income held by the poorest fifth (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 3.22 to 10.36; higher is better.
Position 69th of 73 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Kosovo: 3.766 · world median 2.579 · Net ODA received (% of GNI). OECD Development Assistance Committee, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -0.001 to 101.78.
Position 51st of 130 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Kosovo: 8.071 · world median 7.975 · Public sector wage bill (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0.977 to 42.65.
Position 83rd of 168 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No current reading for Kosovo
Adjusted Net Savings, Agricultural Land, Business Ready: Operational Efficiency, Business Ready: Public Services, Business Ready: Regulatory Framework, Cereal Yield, Container Port Traffic, Crop Production Index, Economic Complexity Index, Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, Food Production Index, Global Innovation Index, Government AI Readiness Index, ICT Goods Exports, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Livestock Density, Livestock Production Index, Logistics Performance Index, Research and Development Spending and World Energy Trilemma Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
05Country Index 2026
Economy & Innovation is Kosovo’s 6th best-placed topic of 6. Strongest first; each marker sits at the position divided by that topic’s field, so fields of different sizes compare fairly.
No standing on Work & Labour, Education & Knowledge, Development & Human Capital, Environment & Sustainability, Risk & Resilience, Mobility & Connectivity: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
The three countries placed highest of 150, and the leaders Kosovo can most readily be measured against.
1Iceland
Northern Europe
1st of 150 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Hansueli Krapf · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2Switzerland
Western Europe
2nd of 150 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Simon Koopmann derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 2.0 de, greyscale
3Austria
Western Europe
3rd of 150 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale
Highest in Europe
Highest in Southern Europe
This page
Positions out of 150 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.
07Analysis

On economy & innovation
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.

On economy & innovation
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita. India is the better placed on five of them; Pakistan on one.

On economy & innovation
Thirteen Asian countries by gross average monthly wage, each carrying its WORLD rank rather than an Asian one — so the numbers skip, from 11th place to 45th.
08Questions
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
Kosovo is placed 78th of 150 countries on Economy & Innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics (GDP per Capita (PPP) and Account Ownership at a Financial Institution). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
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.
64.16 in 2024 (adults with an account (% of population aged 15+)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 72.83.
Serbia is placed 49th of 150, and Kosovo 78th. GDP per Capita (PPP): Serbia 27,603, Kosovo 16,461; Account Ownership at a Financial Institution: Serbia 83.25, Kosovo 64.16.
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.
No current reading is published for Kosovo on Adjusted Net Savings, Agricultural Land, Business Ready: Operational Efficiency, Business Ready: Public Services, Business Ready: Regulatory Framework, Cereal Yield, Container Port Traffic, Crop Production Index, Economic Complexity Index, Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, Food Production Index, Global Innovation Index, Government AI Readiness Index, ICT Goods Exports, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Livestock Density, Livestock Production Index, Logistics Performance Index, Research and Development Spending and World Energy Trilemma Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Keep reading
10Method
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.
A standing is a place in a list, not a mark out of anything. This one is part of the Country Index 2026, and it is worked out like this.
The other 24 statistics on this page come from 2 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.
Kosovo’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
Nations Inquiry (2026). Kosovo: Economy & Innovation — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/kosovo/economy