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Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1%
PRISTINA (capital) 207,062 (2014)
- Conventional long form
- Republic of Kosovo
- Conventional short form
- Kosovo
- Local long form
- Republika e Kosoves (Republika Kosovo)
- Local short form
- Kosova (Kosovo)
parliamentary republic
- Name
- Pristina
- Geographic coordinates
- 42 40 N, 21 10 E
- Time difference
- UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
- Daylight saving time
- +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt
Kosovo's economy has shown progress in transitioning to a market-based system and maintaining macroeconomic stability, but it is still highly dependent on the international community and the diaspora for financial and technical assistance. Remittances from the diaspora - located mainly in Germany, Switzerland, and the Nordic countries - are estimated to account for about 17% of GDP and international donor assistance accounts for approximately 10% of GDP. With international assistance, Kosovo has been able to privatize a majority of its state-owned enterprises.
- Inflation
- 1.763%
- External debt stocks
- US$ 2,158,196,000
- Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
- 15.2%
- Real Interest Rate
- 7.572%
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
- 12.845%
- Current Account Balance
- US$ -546,946,907
- Labor Force, Total
- Employment in Agriculture
- 2.25%
- Employment in Industry
- 28.25%
- Employment in Services
- 69.50%
- Unemployment Rate
- 30.90%
- Imports of goods and services
- US$ 3,398,444,444
- Exports of goods and services
- US$ 1,495,888,889
- Total Merchandise Trade
- %
- FDI, net inflows
- US$ 239,338,811
- Commercial Service Exports
- US$ 1,018,035,555
wheat, corn, berries, potatoes, peppers, fruit; dairy, livestock; fish
mineral mining, construction materials, base metals, leather, machinery, appliances, foodstuffs and beverages, textiles
- Commodities
- mining and processed metal products, scrap metals, leather products, machinery, appliances, prepared foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco, vegetable products, textiles and apparel
- Partners
- Italy 25.8%, Albania 14.6%, Macedonia 9.6%, China 5.5%, Germany 5.4%, Switzerland 5.4%, Turkey 4.1% (2012 est.)
- Commodities
- foodstuffs, livestock, wood, petroleum, chemicals, machinery, minerals, textiles, stone, ceramic and glass products, electrical equipment
- Partners
- Germany 11.9%, Macedonia 11.5%, Serbia 11.1%, Italy 8.5%, Turkey 9%, China 6.4%, Albania 4.4% (2012 est.)