Life in Kosovo
Europe & Central Asia · upper-middle-income · capital Pristina
World Bank country code XKX · ISO XK · Data sources
Live a life in Kosovo
Start from this country's own statistics — its mortality curve, its income level, its school system — and play the years out: what happens if you leave school at fifteen, or take the job that is offered, or move to the capital.
Start a life in KosovoThe statistics behind the simulation
Each figure shows the year it was observed. A missing row means the World Bank does not report that indicator for Kosovo — not that the value is zero.
| Indicator | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|
Life expectancy at birth The average number of years a newborn would live if the year's mortality rates held for their whole life. | 78.2 years | 2024 |
Infant mortality Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 live births. | 8.0 per 1,000 | 2024 |
Under-5 mortality Children who die before their fifth birthday, per 1,000 live births. | 8.7 per 1,000 | 2024 |
Fertility rate The average number of children a woman is expected to have over her lifetime. | 1.54 | 2024 |
GDP per capita (PPP) Purchasing-power-adjusted output per person — the best single measure of how much a person in this country can buy. | $17,890 | 2024 |
Urban population The share of people living in urban areas. | 50.3% | 2024 |
Poverty rate The share of people living below the national poverty line. | 10.0% | 2022 |
Population Total population. | 1,594,353 | 2024 |
Birth rate Crude birth rate: births per 1,000 population per year. | 11.9 | 2024 |
What these numbers mean
A newborn in Kosovo can expect to live 78.2 years, above the dataset median of 74.7 years. Infant mortality runs at 8.0 deaths per 1,000 live births (2024), so roughly 8 in every thousand babies do not reach their first birthday. Output per person, adjusted for purchasing power, is $17,890 (2024) — which puts the country in the lower half of the dataset on purchasing power, and it is what sets the scale of every income the simulation can offer. The fertility rate is 1.54 births per woman (2024) — below replacement level, so the simulation's households tend to be small. 10.0% of the population lives below the national poverty line (2022), so the poorest tier in the simulation is a minority position here rather than the norm. 50.3% of people live in urban areas (2024), so where you start — village, town, city or capital — is a real difference in what the same life can offer.
In the simulation, income is expressed as a share of what an average worker in Kosovo earns, so the same household choice buys very different amounts in different countries. Median output per person across this dataset is $21,026.
Other countries in Europe & Central Asia
Where Kosovo sits within Europe & Central Asia
Of the 58 countries in Europe & Central Asia that report life expectancy, Kosovo sits below the regional median, at 78.2 years against a regional median of 79.9. 35 countries report a higher figure and 22 report a lower one.
| Indicator | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia median | Europe & Central Asia range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.2 | 79.9 | 70.2 – 86.5 |
| Infant mortality | 8.0 | 3.4 | 1.2 – 30.4 |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | $17,890 | $50,396 | $5,414 – $156,079 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 – 3.5 |
| Urban population | 50.3% | 69.1% | 14.7% – 100.0% |
Ranges cover every country in the region that reports the indicator, in the year each country last reported it. Medians are unweighted, so a large country and a small one count the same.
Where Kosovo shows up in the topics
These pages put Kosovo's figures next to the other 216 countries, for the indicators that shape the decisions in the simulation.
- Child marriage around the worldFertility rate · Secondary school enrolment · Female labour-force participation
- Child labour statistics by countrySecondary school enrolment · Adult literacy rate · Poverty rate
- Fertility and family size by countryFertility rate · Birth rate · Maternal mortality
- Marriage and family life by countryFertility rate · Female labour-force participation · Life expectancy at birth
- Pensions and retirement incomeLife expectancy at birth · Government health spending · Population
- Ageing and elder careLife expectancy at birth · Fertility rate · Government health spending
About these figures
The statistics above are national averages from the World Bank Open Data, retrieved 2026-11-01 and released under World Bank data is released under CC BY 4.0. National averages do not describe any individual life, and this page does not rank Kosovo against other countries. Life expectancy reflects a country's mortality conditions as a whole, which include healthcare access, income distribution, nutrition, sanitation and public safety — the simulation uses it as a risk curve, not as a measure of the people who live there.