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Kosovo: a wage buys 16.8% more than in 2019
Prices are 38.3% higher than in August 2019. The average gross wage rose 49.5% between 2019 and 2025, while prices rose 28.0% over the same years. Wages have more than caught up.
How much have prices risen since 2019?
Prices in Kosovo are 38.3% higher than in August 2019. What cost €100 then costs €138.25 now.
Price rise since August 2019, by what people buy. The red mark is all items, +38.3%.
- Food and soft drinks+49.8%
- Housing and energy+44.8%
- Restaurants and hotels+40.8%
- Transport+36.7%
- Alcohol and tobacco+31.8%
- Furniture and household goods+26.4%
- Personal care and other+25.6%
- Health+23.1%
- Leisure and culture+20.0%
- Insurance and finance+19.9%
- Phone and internet+12.7%
- Clothing and shoes+11.9%
- Education+7.7%
Have wages kept up?
The average gross wage rose 49.5% between 2019 and 2025. Prices rose 28.0% over the same years, so a wage buys 16.8% more than in 2019.
From 2023 the private-sector figures come from the Tax Administration; before, from the business register.
How does Kosovo compare with its neighbours?
- European UnionPrices +30.0%, wages +30.0%, a wage buys +0.1%
- Kosovo2025Prices +28.0%, wages +49.5%, a wage buys +16.8%
- SerbiaPrices +48.7%, wages +127.7%, a wage buys +53.2%
- AlbaniaPrices +26.9%, wages +75.0%, a wage buys +38.0%
- North MacedoniaPrices +45.6%, wages +97.4%, a wage buys +35.6%
- MontenegroPrices +38.2%, wages +60.0%, a wage buys +15.8%
Work out your own inflation
Your prices depend on what you buy. Put in what you spend each month and see your own rate beside the official one: your inflation in Kosovo.
Sources and method
Prices: Eurostat, HICP (prc_hicp_minr), August 2026 against August 2019. Wages: Kosovo Agency of Statistics, average salary (tab01), average gross monthly wage, all sectors, yearly, 2025 against 2019. For the comparison, prices are the average of the same months. Eurostat allows its data for this country to be reused for non-commercial purposes only. The figures are as published on 6 October 2026.