Current account balance in Kosovo
Kosovo: Current account balance was -8.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Current account balance in Kosovo, 2008–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Kosovo recorded -8.1% for current account balance in 2025.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current account balance in Kosovo peaked at -3.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, -13.3%, in 2011.
Kosovo ranks 166th of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Current account balance in Kosovo, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -13.0% | — |
| 2009 | -10.4% | -20.4% |
| 2010 | -12.7% | +22.2% |
| 2011 | -13.3% | +5.2% |
| 2012 | -6.2% | -53.8% |
| 2013 | -3.6% | -41.9% |
| 2014 | -7.1% | +98.0% |
| 2015 | -8.7% | +22.6% |
| 2016 | -7.9% | -8.7% |
| 2017 | -5.3% | -33.7% |
| 2018 | -7.6% | +44.8% |
| 2019 | -5.7% | -25.7% |
| 2020 | -7.0% | +23.6% |
| 2021 | -8.7% | +24.3% |
| 2022 | -9.4% | +8.2% |
| 2023 | -7.2% | -23.6% |
| 2024 | -8.3% | +15.8% |
| 2025 | -8.1% | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -11.7% | -13.0% | -10.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | -7.8% | -13.3% | -3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | -8.1% | -9.4% | -7.0% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Kosovo
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 7.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 1.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 1,746 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 0.221 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 3.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 1,973 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2497 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.1056 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.1109 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per capita 876.44 current LCU per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current account balance in Kosovo?
- Current account balance in Kosovo was -8.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest current account balance recorded in Kosovo?
- The highest recorded value was -3.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest current account balance recorded in Kosovo?
- The lowest recorded value was -13.3% in 2011.
- How does Kosovo rank for current account balance?
- Kosovo ranks 166th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is current account balance rising or falling in Kosovo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kosovo data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Current account balance (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.