Falling level of satisfaction with government work

The findings of the opinion poll of “Pulsus public” of April show changes in people's satisfaction with the performance of key executive, legislative and judicial institutions in Kosovo compared to the previous poll conducted in October-November 2021.

Following are some of the main findings:

The level of satisfaction with the executive performance amounted to 47.6%, which represents a 0.4 percentage point drop from the October-November 2021 poll when this value was 47.6%.

The registered level of satisfaction with the prime minister's work is 52.6% (53.2% in autumn 2021), while with the work of Kosovo's Parliament Speaker is 54.4% (55.4% in autumn 2021).

The level of satisfaction with the president amounted to 58.4%, compared to the level of satisfaction of 55.2% registered in autumn 2021.

The increase was to the degree of satisfaction with the prosecutor's courts and office, at the level of 39.1% and 37.1%, respectively, compared to 33.9% and 34%, respectively, in autumn 2021, respectively.

The Democratic Index (ID) stands at 1.66 points, which is an increase of 0.07 from autumn 2021.

Economic Stability Index (IBE) stands at 0.98 points, which is a 0.54 point drop from autumn 2021.

A slightly higher number of respondents were willing to protest for political reasons in April 2022 (37.6%) than in autumn 2021 (35.6%).

The findings from opinion polls show an increased sense of security in respondents, with 80.4% feeling safe when they're outside, compared to 73.6% in autumn 2021.

The three major problems reported during this survey were unemployment (36.4%), poverty (21.1%) and the prices of essential supplies (7.7%). The environment, which was one of the three main problems in autumn 2021, has dropped to eighth place. Healthcare (5.7%) and corruption (5%) were among the five main problems identified by respondents.

22.2% respondents claim they perceive that large-scale corruption is present in public and international institutions in Kosovo. This value represents a 1.2 percentage point drop from autumn 2021- (23.4%).

Fifteen.3% of residents (7.9% in autumn 2021 and 16.1% in May 2021) said they know a lot about their right to live in a healthy and clean environment, 25.5% (24.9% in autumn 2021) said they have average knowledge, while 40.7% of respondents (39.7% in autumn 2021) said they know little about the subject.

78% (12.3% in autumn 2021) believe Kosovo is influenced by climate change and 63.4% (49.7% in autumn 2021) believe it is influenced to some extent by climate change.

62.5% of respondents said COVID-19 has had a negative impact on their economic well-being, 48.1% said it has negatively affected their physical health, and 52.6% indicated it has affected their mental health.