Albania vs Kosovo

Albania vs Kosovo: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.2% a year in Albania and 3.9% a year in Kosovo, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kosovo, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.73 times that in Albania.

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% a year · IMF

Albania vs Kosovo: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.2% a year in Albania and 3.9% a year in Kosovo, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kosovo, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.73 times that in Albania.
AlbaniaKosovoIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Kosovo has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Albania.
  • In 2025, Albania ranked 110 and Kosovo ranked 61 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Albania at 3% a year and Kosovo at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAlbaniaKosovo
20252.23.9
20242.21.6
20234.84.9
20226.711.5
202123.4
20201.60.2
20191.42.6
201821.1
201721.5
20161.30.3
20151.9-0.5
20141.60.4
20131.91.8
201222.5
20113.47.3
20103.63.5
20092.2-2.4
20083.49.3
20072.94.3
20062.40.6
20052.4-1.4
20042.9-1.1
20032.41.2
20025.22.7
20013.111.7
20000.1–
19990.4–
199820.7–
199733.1–
199612.8–
19957.8–
199422.6–
199385–
1992226–
199135.7–
1990-0.2–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAlbaniaKosovo
20263.26.8
20273.24.5
202832.4
202932.3
203032.1
203132

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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