Unemployment rate (IMF) — all countries

Unemployment rate (IMF) — Kosovo

Unemployment rate (IMF) in Kosovo in 2023 — 10.9%. Ranked 98 in the world out of 111. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 20 pp.

2023 10.9% −1.7 pp vs 2022
World rank 98of 111
Period maximum 35.3%2014
Period minimum 10.9%2023

Trend over time

2012–2023 · % of labor force

Unemployment rate (IMF) — Kosovo, 2012–202301020304020122014201620182020202220232012: 30.9%2013: 30%2014: 35.3%2015: 32.9%2016: 27.5%2017: 30.5%2018: 29.5%2019: 25.7%2020: 26%2021: 20.8%2022: 12.6%2023: 10.9%
Change over the period: −20 pp Annual average: -1.82 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kosovo

Kosovo 10.9%
Europe & Central Asia computed 5.7%
Southern Europe computed 9.6%
Unemployment rate (IMF) — Kosovo, by year Kosovo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 10.9 −1.7 pp
2022 12.6 −8.2 pp
2021 20.8 −5.2 pp
2020 26 +0.3 pp
2019 25.7 −3.8 pp
2018 29.5 −1 pp
2017 30.5 +3 pp
2016 27.5 −5.4 pp
2015 32.9 −2.4 pp
2014 35.3 +5.3 pp
2013 30 −0.9 pp
2012 30.9

About the indicator

The unemployment rate as a percent of the labor force, from the IMF World Economic Outlook database. The series is shorter than the ILO one: the IMF publishes it only for countries with comparable labor market statistics, but in exchange it includes a forecast. For full country coverage there is the unemployment rate based on ILO data.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.