Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Kosovo
Survey time period
2014 to 2021
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 the population living on less than $6.85/day per person in revised 2017 PPP terms.
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Poverty rate in the Western Balkans 2014-2021, by country
Kosovo was estimated to have the highest poverty rate among the presented Western Balkan countries, at over 34 percent of the population in 2017. Serbia was reported to have the lowest rate in the region, at 7.5 percent of residents living on less than 6.85 U.S. dollars per person in revised 2017 purchasing power parity (PPP) terms in 2021. In total, the poverty rate across the region, excluding Bosnia and Herzegovina, was forecast at approximately 13 percent in 2025.
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