Kosovo, Bosnia champion unemployment in Western Balkans

The unemployment rate in the past 15 years is the highest in Kosovo and BiH, the World Bank has announced in a report published by Radio Free Europe, the Serbian-language version.

According to the report, the unemployment rate in the Western Balkans dropped by 13.5 percent in the past 15 years, according to estimates that have ended in the middle of last year, Reporter.net broadcasts.

The data was taken from state institutions dealing with statistics or employment in Serbia, northern Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo.

According to these data, at the top of the list is Kosovo with a rate of 31.3 per cent unemployment, followed by BiH with a 30.7 per cent unemployment rate, Montenegro with 20.1 per cent, North Macedonia is listed after Montenegro at 14.3 per cent, Albania has 11.1 per cent of unemployed, while Serbia is in the last place with the lowest unemployment rate of 8.9 per cent.