Insurance and financial services in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244): Insurance and financial services was 0.6% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Insurance and financial services in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244), 2004–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
In 2025, insurance and financial services in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) stood at 0.6%. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 71.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) peaked at 5.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2025.
That places Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 157th out of 190 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Insurance and financial services in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5.8% | — |
| 2005 | 5.1% | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 5.4% | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 4.4% | -19.8% |
| 2008 | 4.8% | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 4.5% | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | -17.3% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -51.0% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | +67.7% |
| 2013 | 2.9% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | -17.1% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | -16.7% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | -12.1% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | -14.1% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | +28.6% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 5.9% | +178.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -87.2% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +28.2% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | -38.9% |
| 2025 | 0.6% | -2.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +178.3% | 2.1% | 5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.0% | 4.4% | 5.8% | 6 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 1.5% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 0.6% | 5.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
More private sector data for Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
- Commercial service exports 4.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 20.0% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 18.0% (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 19.3% (2025)
- Travel services 55.9% (2025)
- Travel services 75.7% (2025)
- Transport services 4.5% (2025)
- Insurance and financial services 6.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World 1.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)?
- Insurance and financial services in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) was 0.6% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest insurance and financial services recorded in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2025.
- How does Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) rank for insurance and financial services?
- Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) ranks 157th out of 190 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.