Western Balkans: poverty rate by country

Kosovo was estimated to have to highest poverty rate among the presented Western Balkan countries, at over 34 percent of the population in 2017. Montenegro was reported to have the lowest rate in the region, at around 17 percent of residents living on less than 6.85 U.S. dollars per person in revised 2017 purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. In total, the poverty rate across the region, excluding Bosnia and Herzegovina, was forecast at approximately 13 percent in 2025.

Poverty headcount ratio in the Western Balkans from 2014 to 2020, by selected country

Characteristic	Albania	Kosovo	Montenegro	North Macedonia	Serbia
2020	13.7%	-	-	-	10.1%
2019	14.9%	-	-	19%	12%
2018	18.2%	-	18.5%	20.8%	17.2%
2017	25.5%	34.2%	17.2%	23.1%	21.7%
2016	25.4%	35%	17.3%	24.9%	24.6%
2015	26.2%	35.7%	21.3%	28.8%	27.2%
2014	38.7%	39.8%	22.6%	29.8%	28.2%

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Release date

May 2023

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Region

Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Kosovo

Survey time period

2014 to 2020

Supplementary notes

All figures are estimates.

Data for Bosnia and Herzegovina were not available.
The figures for missing years were not available.
The figures refer to the share of population living on less than $6.85/day per person in revised 2017 PPP terms.

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