Net migration in Kosovo

Net migration to Kosovo was -18,380 people in 2025.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Kosovo, 2025 -18,380 People
Change from 2024 +17.1% 2024: -22,178 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 172nd of 217 See the full ranking

Net migration in Kosovo over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Net migration (people), 2001 to 2025
Period KosovoWorld
2025 -18,380 people 0 people
2024 -22,178 people 0 people
2023 -28,754 people 0 people
2022 -28,588 people 0 people
2021 -38,584 people 0 people
2020 2,815 people 0 people
2019 -28,829 people 0 people
2018 -21,386 people 0 people
2017 -5,428 people 0 people
2016 -8,937 people 0 people
2015 -55,524 people 0 people
2014 -39,586 people 0 people
2013 -16,367 people 0 people
2012 -3,403 people 0 people
2011 -9,064 people 0 people
2010 -29,433 people 0 people
2009 -31,556 people 0 people
2008 -32,053 people 0 people
2007 -31,597 people 0 people
2006 -31,202 people 0 people
2005 -31,137 people 0 people
2004 -29,433 people 0 people
2003 -27,491 people 0 people
2002 -27,289 people 0 people
2001 -1,989 people 0 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +17.1% from -22,178 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -55,524 people, the figure has changed by +66.9%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Kosovo has the 172nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.NETM · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Kosovo
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects