Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Kosovo

17.6% of people in Kosovo lived below the national poverty line in 2015.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2012 to 2015 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Kosovo is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Kosovo, 2015 17.6% % of population
Change from 2014 −3.5percentage points 2014: 21.1%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Kosovo over time

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

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2012 to 2015
Period Kosovo
2015 17.6%
2014 21.1%
2013 17.6%
2012 22.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.5 percentage points from 21.1% in 2014.
  • Since 2012, when it was 22.9%, the figure has changed by −5.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2012 to 2015 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: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources