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Kosovo

Name: World Residence Index 2026 scores for Kosovo
Published: 2026

Region: Southern Europe
Capital: Pristina
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Density: 168 / km²

WRI Score 2026

56.79

scale 1–100 · higher is better

Global rank: 140th
In Europe: 49th
Ranked: 211

Parameter Breakdown · 2026

The nine components behind the score.

Every parameter is scored 1–100, higher is better, equally weighted; their sum normalises to the 0–100 WRI Score.

Personal Income Tax · 100 = no income tax Top rate 10%· KPMG / EY
80.2
Below-average top marginal rate for a modern economy.
Population Density · 100 = uncrowded 168 / km²· UN WPP
39.7
Densely populated relative to land area.
GDP per Capita · 100 = highest output per resident $8,972· IMF WEO 2026
39.0
Below-average per-capita output.
Life Expectancy · 100 = longest life expectancy 73 years· WHO / UN
52.5
Below-average life expectancy.
Tourism & Lifestyle · 100 = strongest lifestyle appeal 0.3 arrivals per capita· UNWTO
55.1
Moderate tourism activity relative to population.
Unemployment · 100 = lowest unemployment 25%· ILO / SECO
1.0
Among the highest unemployment rates on this list.
Warmongering · 100 = least militarised 1% of GDP· SIPRI
94.8
Modest military expenditure relative to GDP.
Safety & Rule of Law · 100 = safest Composite· UNODC · WJP · TI
56.8
Moderate safety and rule-of-law composite.
Ideological Neutrality · 100 = most ideologically neutral WRI rubric composite· WRI rubric
96.0
Among the highest ideological-neutrality scores on this list.

Where it sits

Among the world's elite tier.

Kosovo holds 140th of 211 with a WRI Score of 56.79 — sits in the lower-middle of the field. Its profile is defined by near-perfect ideological neutrality (96) and military posture (94.8), offset by unemployment, its clearest structural constraint.