International Rankings of Kosovo 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Kosovo, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Kosovo, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	65	N/A	2023
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	201	N/A	2023
Internet users - percent of population	14	91 %	2021
Internet users - total	137	1.756 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	34	25	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	101	383763	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	62	98	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	155	1.778 million	2022
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	144	2.547 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	147	1.951 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	50	2.1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	134	818.351 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	151	2.388 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	149	3.138 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	153	7.926 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	128	27 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	96	13.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	22	84.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	118	53.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	29	29 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	70	11.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	130	17.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	56	70.4 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	113	29 %	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	100	22 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	14	3.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	134	6.128 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	53	7.76 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	97	3.35 %	2021
Labor force	160	500300 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	118	4.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	84	17.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	26	78.2 %	2017
Population below poverty line	103	17.6 %	2015
Public debt	172	21.2 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	151	21.226 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	23	10.75 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	116	11900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	142	1.244 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	29	29 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	4	30.5 %	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	7	57.3	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	4	44.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	5	48.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	53	6.100 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	153	1.909 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	37	8.549 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	56	9000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	103	20000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	30	8.538 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	28	1.564 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	124	4.861 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	44	2.715 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	55	2.572 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	127	1.424 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	110	1.145 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	23	95.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	119	3.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	62	1.1 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	99	51.462 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	152	12800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	107	N/A bbl/day	2023
Refined petroleum products - exports	121	192 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	140	14040 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	104	8.94 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	165	0.54 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	56	52.8	2018
Land use - arable land	33	27.4	2018
Land use - forest	68	41.7	2018
Land use - other	175	5.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	67	1.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	68	23.5	2018
Revenue from coal	17	0.31 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	178	N/A	2023
Urbanization - urban population	183	N/A	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	165	10887 sq km	0
Area - total	169	10887 sq km	0
Area - water	205	0167 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	77	2656 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	59	N/A meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	78	450 meters	0
Irrigated land	161	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	128	714 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	56	52.8	2018
Land use - arable land	33	27.4	2018
Land use - forest	68	41.7	2018
Land use - other	175	5.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	67	1.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	68	23.5	2018
Military
Military expenditures	32	2 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	116	14.57 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	165	N/A %	2023
Death rate	92	7.65 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	77	14.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	93	6.9 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	137	46.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	112	32.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	103	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	78	0.91 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	61	23.38 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	69	26.36 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	66	24.93 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	140	74.54 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	140	69.93 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	144	72.15 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	2023
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	2023
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	2023
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	91	30.8 years	2020
Median age - male	85	30.2 years	0
Median age - total	85	30.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	107	0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	153	1.964 million	2023
Population growth rate	107	0.62 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	122	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	13	1.1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	36	0.77 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	5	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	97	1.88 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	178	N/A	2023
Urbanization - urban population	184	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	7	57.3	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	4	44.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	5	48.8	0
Transportation
Airports	117	6	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	95	31000	3280
Heliports	24	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	31	437 km	2020
Roadways - paved	113	1921 km	2015
Roadways - total	152	2012 km	2015
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Kosovo on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kosovo 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kosovo 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.