Poverty rate in the Western Balkans 2016-2025
In 2022, the poverty headcount ratio in Western Balkans was estimated at 15.9 percent. In other words, this share of the population in the region lived on less than 6.85 U.S. dollars per day in revised 2017 purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. The war in Ukraine and subsequent energy and food price growth negatively affected poverty rates in the region. The country with the highest poverty rate in the region in 2017 was Kosovo.
