Europe & Central Asia · Upper middle income
Kosovo: the economy in numbers
Per person: $7,899, or $19,263 at purchasing power parity. Population: 1.58 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #150 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +3.5%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $7.79 billion in 2008, $12.5 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $4,324 per person in 2008, $7,899 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 4.0% a year. Years of falling GDP since 2001: 2 of 25.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 69.1% from 2002 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 11.7% in 2001.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 2006: 24.3% of GDP in 2020. IMF forecast for 2031: 22.7%.
Population
1960: 984,846 · 2025: 1.58 million.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 48.7 years · 2024: 78.2 years.
Exports of goods and services
2008: 17.2% · 2025: 44.0%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 4.0%f | 2.0%f | 22.7%f | ||||||
| 2030 | 4.0%f | 2.1%f | 21.8%f | ||||||
| 2029 | 4.0%f | 2.3%f | 20.7%f | ||||||
| 2028 | 4.0%f | 2.4%f | 19.7%f | ||||||
| 2027 | 3.6%f | 4.5%f | 18.8%f | ||||||
| 2026 | 3.5%f | 6.8%f | 18.1%f | ||||||
| 2025 | $12.5B | $7,899 | $19,263 | 3.6% | 3.9% | 17.5% | 1.58M | 44.0% | |
| 2024 | $11.2B | $7,027 | $17,890 | 4.6% | 1.6% | 17.9% | 1.59M | 78.2 | 41.7% |
| 2023 | $10.5B | $6,220 | $15,817 | 4.1% | 4.9% | 18.6% | 1.68M | 78.0 | 39.6% |
| 2022 | $9.37B | $5,298 | $13,949 | 4.3% | 11.6% | 21.4% | 1.77M | 77.6 | 38.6% |
| 2021 | $9.41B | $5,270 | $12,362 | 10.7% | 3.4% | 23.1% | 1.79M | 75.0 | 33.4% |
| 2020 | $7.73B | $4,321 | $10,533 | −5.3% | 0.2% | 24.3% | 1.79M | 74.2 | 21.7% |
| 2019 | $7.9B | $4,416 | $10,861 | 4.8% | 2.7% | 17.7% | 1.79M | 77.2 | 29.3% |
| 2018 | $7.88B | $4,384 | $10,019 | 3.4% | 1.1% | 17.1% | 1.8M | 77.1 | 29.1% |
| 2017 | $7.18B | $4,009 | $9,381 | 4.8% | 1.5% | 16.4% | 1.79M | 77.1 | 27.3% |
| 2016 | $6.68B | $3,759 | $9,157 | 5.6% | 0.3% | 14.5% | 1.78M | 76.7 | 23.8% |
| 2015 | $6.3B | $3,521 | $8,715 | 5.9% | −0.5% | 13.4% | 1.79M | 76.0 | 22.5% |
| 2014 | $7.07B | $3,902 | $8,200 | 3.3% | 0.4% | 11.2% | 1.81M | 76.2 | 23.5% |
| 2013 | $6.74B | $3,705 | $8,091 | 5.3% | 1.8% | 9.4% | 1.82M | 76.3 | 23.0% |
| 2012 | $6.16B | $3,411 | $7,898 | 1.7% | 2.5% | 8.6% | 1.81M | 75.8 | 24.5% |
| 2011 | $6.34B | $3,539 | $7,776 | 6.3% | 7.3% | 5.6% | 1.79M | 75.3 | 25.0% |
| 2010 | $5.34B | $2,988 | $7,179 | 4.9% | 3.5% | 6.5% | 1.79M | 74.6 | 21.7% |
| 2009 | $5.04B | $2,806 | $6,737 | 5.0% | −2.4% | 6.9% | 1.79M | 74.8 | 19.2% |
| 2008 | $5.2B | $2,889 | $6,353 | 1.8% | 9.4% | 10.8% | 1.8M | 74.7 | 17.2% |
| 2007 | 8.3% | 4.4% | 14.3% | 1.81M | 74.4 | ||||
| 2006 | 3.6% | 0.6% | 16.3% | 1.81M | 73.6 | ||||
| 2005 | 4.5% | −1.4% | 1.82M | 73.4 | |||||
| 2004 | 0.6% | −1.1% | 1.82M | 73.1 | |||||
| 2003 | 2.6% | −1.1% | 1.83M | 72.7 | |||||
| 2002 | −0.4% | 2.7% | 1.83M | 72.2 | |||||
| 2001 | 4.6% | 11.7% | 1.82M | 71.8 | |||||
| 2000 | 1.8M | 71.3 | |||||||
| 1999 | 1.87M | 58.3 | |||||||
| 1998 | 2.08M | 68.6 | |||||||
| 1997 | 2.2M | 69.9 | |||||||
| 1996 | 2.17M | 69.4 | |||||||
| 1995 | 2.14M | 68.8 | |||||||
| 1994 | 2.11M | 68.6 | |||||||
| 1993 | 2.07M | 67.9 | |||||||
| 1992 | 2.04M | 67.4 | |||||||
| 1991 | 2.01M | 66.5 | |||||||
| 1990 | 1.97M | 66.5 | |||||||
| 1989 | 1.95M | 65.2 | |||||||
| 1988 | 1.92M | 64.2 | |||||||
| 1987 | 1.88M | 63.6 | |||||||
| 1986 | 1.84M | 62.5 | |||||||
| 1985 | 1.8M | 61.2 | |||||||
| 1984 | 1.76M | 61.5 | |||||||
| 1983 | 1.72M | 61.0 | |||||||
| 1982 | 1.68M | 60.1 | |||||||
| 1981 | 1.65M | 60.4 | |||||||
| 1980 | 1.6M | 60.3 | |||||||
| 1979 | 1.56M | 59.1 | |||||||
| 1978 | 1.52M | 58.8 | |||||||
| 1977 | 1.47M | 58.4 | |||||||
| 1976 | 1.43M | 57.5 | |||||||
| 1975 | 1.4M | 57.3 | |||||||
| 1974 | 1.36M | 56.4 | |||||||
| 1973 | 1.33M | 55.9 | |||||||
| 1972 | 1.3M | 55.1 | |||||||
| 1971 | 1.27M | 55.1 | |||||||
| 1970 | 1.25M | 54.0 | |||||||
| 1969 | 1.23M | 53.4 | |||||||
| 1968 | 1.21M | 53.6 | |||||||
| 1967 | 1.19M | 53.1 | |||||||
| 1966 | 1.15M | 52.5 | |||||||
| 1965 | 1.12M | 52.0 | |||||||
| 1964 | 1.09M | 51.1 | |||||||
| 1963 | 1.06M | 50.1 | |||||||
| 1962 | 1.04M | 48.4 | |||||||
| 1961 | 1.01M | 49.9 | |||||||
| 1960 | 985K | 48.7 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast. Real growth: IMF data for 2001–2008, World Bank for the other years. Inflation: IMF data for 2001–2002, World Bank for the other years.
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)