Kosovo, Albania, list of 10 most optimistic countries in the world

Data from the latest Gallup International study shows that although 28% of people in the world are optimistic about 2018, economic pessimism is 2 points higher.

The most pessimistic countries are Italy (nott: -50), Greece (notations: -42) followed by Turkey (notations: -40), while Nigeria (nott: +59), and Vietnam (notations: +55) are the most optimistic countries in the world.

On the other hand, the intensity of hope, respectively, general optimism among people remains high even though the number of optimists is declining worldwide.

Less than 40% of respondents worldwide feel that 2017 will be better than 2017, which is 13% less than it was in last year (52% felt that 2017 would be better than 2016), while 23% of the world's population expects to be worse than 2017, while 6% have no idea what next year will be.

This decline in hope and optimism may be viewed as an indicator that the world is becoming a more tense and less predictable place.

As for the general optimism of those who think their country will have economic prosperity, Kosovo and Albania remain on the list of the top 10 most optimistic countries in the world, along with other mainly developing countries like Indonesia, Nigeria, India, Fiji, Bangladeshi, Vietnam, the Philippines and Sweden.

In fact, compared to the last three years, there is a stable rise in the level of overall optimism in Kosovo. In 2014, when citizens were asked if they thought 2015 would be the best or worst year for Kosovo, only 33% declared it would be better.

This was the lowest rate of optimism marked in post-war Kosovo, and certainly all of this was linked to the government crisis of that year, when the government failed to create for almost six months in a row.

Today, the percentage of people who believe that 2018 will be better than 2017 is 51%.

This means that the rate of optimism in Kosovo has increased gradually year after year, reaching an 18% difference more than it was in 2014.

However, about half the population does not expect that next year will be better than the next year.

The resolution reflects the situation of political and economic developments in the country: the visa liberalisation issue, the difficulties for functionalisation of the government, fierce political controversy between position and a very active opposition, the discour used by politicians, the raising of the issue of demarcation and association, and the changes resulting from the recent parliamentary elections can be considered key factors reflecting the level of optimism in Kosovo <x1, the report says.

It is noteworthy that in the Gallup International Barometer, by 2000 Kosovo was for almost a decade the most optimistic country in the world.

Survey of Gallup International ( It's an annual tradition initiated and designed by Dr. George Gallup in 1977. Since that year, this research has been conducted every year. This year the research was conducted by the Gallup International Association in partnership with the WIN in 55 countries around the world.

Kosovo through Kantar TNS Index Kosova, as part of the association since 2000, does this research every year. /Telegraphy/