Chemicals in Kosovo
Kosovo: Chemicals was 1.0% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Chemicals in Kosovo, 2008–2021
Source: International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Measured in % of value added in manufacturing.
Analysis
Kosovo recorded 1.0% for chemicals in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chemicals in Kosovo peaked at 1.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2020.
That places Kosovo 146th out of 153 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Chemicals in Kosovo, year by year
| Year | % of value added in manufacturing | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1.3% | — |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kosovo
- 143 Romania 1.9% compare
- 144 Algeria 1.8% compare
- 145 Yemen 1.6% compare
- 146 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.0% compare
- 148 Burkina Faso 0.9%
- 149 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% compare
More economy & growth data for Kosovo
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.346 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current LCU), per capita 2,054 current LCU per person (2024)
- Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 6.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2315 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 1,627 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 13.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per capita 2,419 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.3062 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.2924 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chemicals in Kosovo?
- Chemicals in Kosovo was 1.0% in 2021, according to International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
- What is the highest chemicals recorded in Kosovo?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest chemicals recorded in Kosovo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2020.
- How does Kosovo rank for chemicals?
- Kosovo ranks 146th out of 153 countries with data for 2021.
- Is chemicals rising or falling in Kosovo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kosovo data come from?
- The figures come from International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), published as part of Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Manufacturing of chemicals and chemical products includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) division 24. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D).