Kosovo vs Serbia

Kosovo vs Serbia: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 3.6% a year in Kosovo and 2% a year in Serbia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kosovo, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.77 times that in Serbia.

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Change since 2001, percentage points · IMF

All yearsSince 2010
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Kosovo vs Serbia: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 3.6% a year in Kosovo and 2% a year in Serbia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kosovo, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.77 times that in Serbia.
KosovoSerbiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

Latest figures

% a year · IMF

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2025Projected
Kosovo3.6 20255.965 of 1434 2031
Serbia2 20251.3102 of 1433.5 2031

What the numbers say

  • Kosovo has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Serbia.
  • In 2025, Kosovo ranked 65 and Serbia ranked 102 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kosovo at 4% a year and Serbia at 3.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearKosovoSerbia
20253.62
20244.64
20234.13.7
20224.32.7
202110.87.9
2020-5.3-1
20194.84.8
20183.44.6
20174.82.4
20165.63
20155.91.3
20143.3-1.8
20135.30.5
20121.7-0.4
20116.30.1
20104.91.6
20095-3.1
20081.85.2
20078.37.8
20063.63.9
20054.55.9
20040.66.7
20032.64.6
2002-0.46.5
20014.66.8
2000–6.1
1999–-10.3
1998–5.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearKosovoSerbia
20263.53.3
20273.64
202843.5
202943.5
203043.5
203143.5

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • 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 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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