The annual inflation rate in Kosovo remained steady at 5.3% in December 2025, marking the fastest pace since April 2023 and unchanged from November. Faster price growth in alcoholic beverages and tobacco (6.2% vs 5.7% in November), clothing and footwear (3.5% vs 2.6%), housing and utilities (10.7% vs 8.8%), and recreation and culture (1.0% vs 0.9%) was partly offset by softer increases in food and non-alcoholic beverages (8.6% vs 8.7%), furniture, household appliances and routine maintenance (2.4% vs 2.9%), health (6.3% vs 7.0%), and transport (0.3% vs 1.5%). Price growth remained stable in education (3.8%), restaurants and hotels (8.5%), and miscellaneous goods and services (3.4%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.7% in December, following a 0.4% increase in November. source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics

Inflation Rate in Kosovo remained unchanged at 5.30 percent in January. Inflation Rate in Kosovo averaged 2.66 percent from 2003 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 14.20 percent in May of 2008 and a record low of -4.40 percent in May of 2009. This page provides the latest reported value for - Kosovo Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Kosovo Inflation Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Inflation Rate in Kosovo remained unchanged at 5.30 percent in January. Inflation Rate in Kosovo is expected to be 4.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Kosovo Inflation Rate is projected to trend around 2.10 percent in 2027 and 2.00 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-12-10 02:45 PM
Inflation Rate YoY
Nov 5.3% 5.1% 5.2%
2026-01-12 03:00 PM
Inflation Rate YoY
Dec 5.3% 5.3% 5.3%
2026-02-13 10:00 AM
Inflation Rate YoY
Jan 5.3% 5.1%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Price Index CPI 138.20 137.20 points Dec 2025
CPI Housing Utilities 138.50 133.60 points Dec 2025
CPI Transportation 118.90 118.40 points Dec 2025
Food Inflation 8.60 8.70 percent Dec 2025
Import Prices 162.10 165.30 points Sep 2025
Inflation Rate YoY 5.30 5.30 percent Dec 2025
Inflation Rate MoM 0.70 0.40 percent Dec 2025
Producer Prices 121.20 119.70 points Sep 2025
PPI YoY 5.50 11.30 percent Sep 2025


Kosovo Inflation Rate
In Kosovo, the most important category in the consumer price index is Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (40 percent of total weight). Transport accounts for 16 percent; Furniture, Household Equipment and Maintenance for 8 percent; Housing and Utilities for 7 percent; and Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco for 6 percent. Clothing and Footwear; Communication; Recreation and Culture; Restaurants; Hotels; Health; Education; and Miscellaneous Goods and Services account for the remaining 24 percent of total weight.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
5.30 5.30 14.20 -4.40 2003 - 2025 percent Monthly
2015=100

News Stream
Kosovo Annual Inflation Holds at 5.3% in December
The annual inflation rate in Kosovo remained steady at 5.3% in December 2025, marking the fastest pace since April 2023 and unchanged from November. Faster price growth in alcoholic beverages and tobacco (6.2% vs 5.7% in November), clothing and footwear (3.5% vs 2.6%), housing and utilities (10.7% vs 8.8%), and recreation and culture (1.0% vs 0.9%) was partly offset by softer increases in food and non-alcoholic beverages (8.6% vs 8.7%), furniture, household appliances and routine maintenance (2.4% vs 2.9%), health (6.3% vs 7.0%), and transport (0.3% vs 1.5%). Price growth remained stable in education (3.8%), restaurants and hotels (8.5%), and miscellaneous goods and services (3.4%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.7% in December, following a 0.4% increase in November.
2026-01-12
Kosovo Inflation Accelerates in November
The annual inflation rate in Kosovo quickened to 5.3% in November 2025, the fastest pace since April 2023, up from 5.1% in the previous month. The acceleration was driven by stronger increases in food and non-alcoholic beverages (8.7% vs 8.0% in October), transport (1.5% vs 1.1%), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (5.7% vs 5.3%), and miscellaneous goods and services (3.4% vs 2.8%). These gains were partly offset by softer inflation in furniture, household appliances and routine maintenance (2.9% vs 3.1%), housing and utilities (8.8% vs 9.8%), recreation and culture (0.9% vs 1.9%), and restaurants and hotels (8.5% vs 8.7%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.4% in November, easing from a 0.6% in October.
2025-12-10
Kosovo Inflation Rate Speeds Up to 2-1/2-Year High of 5.1%
The annual inflation rate in Kosovo quickened for the third month to 5.1% in October 2025, the steepest since April 2023, up from 4.7% in the prior month. Main upward pressure came from prices of housing & utilities (9.8% vs 6% in September); restaurants & hotels (8.7% vs 8.1%); food & non-alcoholic beverages (8% vs 8.2%); health (7% vs 5.3%) and alcoholic beverages & tobacco (5.3% vs 3.8%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose by 0.6%, after a 0.2% fall in the prior month.
2025-11-10