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Intelrift Geoeconomic Index· Edition 1 · Q4 2026

Kosovo

36.3

Moderate · 30+Rank 77 of 192+6.3 against the previous edition · #117 → #77Europe · Southern Europe · 3 of 5 sub-indices available
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Rank in its region7 / 42Europe
Rank in its income group22 / 59Upper-middle income
Comparable countriesCambodiaIGE 38.1 · distance 3.1Comparable countriesIsraelIGE 31.5 · distance 3.3

Comparable countries

Nearest in the five-dimensional sub-index space (euclidean distance over shared dimensions).

What would move the score

  • Chokepointsinsufficient data
  • Sanctions±4.5 points
  • Commodity concentrationinsufficient data
  • Institutional fragility±2.7 points
  • Sovereign stress±2.7 points

Change in the IGE if one sub-index moved by 10 points, with this country's effective weights.

Sub-indices against the regional and global mean

CountryRegional meanGlobal mean

Source: Intelrift, IGE. Simple means of covered countries.Data through 19 October 2026

History by edition

Hollow points are retrospectives: past years computed with the current method, without newsroom events and with the current snapshot of the sanctions lists.

Source: Intelrift, IGEData through 19 October 2026

Key factors

What drives the score

  • Political and security events (90 days): 77 (2026), risk percentile 77.source
  • Exposure to sanctioned partners: 43.4 (2023), risk percentile 75.source
  • Current account balance: -8.1 % of GDP (2025), risk percentile 67.source
  • Control of corruption (WGI): 42.8 (2025), risk percentile 62.source
  • Insufficient data for: chokepoints, commodity concentration.

Each factor comes from a sourced, dated input; the percentile says where the country sits among those covered.

How it is calculated

Weights, coverage and provenance

Chokepoints—insufficient data
Sanctions33Effective 45 %
Commodity concentration—insufficient data
Institutional fragility49Effective 27 %
Sovereign stress30Effective 27 %

3 of 5 sub-indices available · ige-v1

Provenance hash

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Sub-index inputs

Chokepoints · insufficient data

How much of the country's GDP depends on six maritime passages (Hormuz, Suez, Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Panama, Bosphorus) staying open, plus its imported-energy dependence, logistics performance and whether it is landlocked.

Exposure to the main chokepointinsufficient data
Total chokepoint exposureinsufficient data
Net energy import dependenceinsufficient data
Fuel share of importsinsufficient data
Landlocked (transit dependence) (2026)no · percentile 0
Logistics performance (LPI)insufficient data

Sanctions · 32.7

Whether the jurisdiction is under a sanctions regime (and how intense), how many people and entities linked to the country appear on the OFAC, EU, UN and UK lists, how many on US export-control lists, and how much it trades with sanctioned partners.

Jurisdiction-level sanctions regime (2026)targeted regime · percentile 30
Designations linked to the country (2026)41 · percentile 59
Designations under country programmes (2026)0 · percentile 0
Entities under US export controls (2026)0 · percentile 0
Exposure to sanctioned partners (2023)43.4 · percentile 75

Commodity concentration · insufficient data

Concentration of exports and imports by product group (Herfindahl index), fuel and food share of imports, natural resource rents over GDP and terms-of-trade volatility.

Export concentration (HHI)insufficient data
Import concentration (HHI)insufficient data
Fuel and food share of importsinsufficient data
Natural resource rents (2021)0.9 % of GDP · percentile 3
Terms-of-trade volatilityinsufficient data

Institutional fragility · 49.0

Rule of law, political stability, government effectiveness and control of corruption (WGI), the INFORM index, battle deaths, homicides and new conflict displacements per capita, and the quarter's political and security events recorded by Intelrift.

Rule of law (WGI) (2025)60.4 · percentile 46
Political stability and absence of violence (WGI) (2025)62.5 · percentile 47
Government effectiveness (WGI) (2025)49.9 · percentile 57
Control of corruption (WGI) (2025)42.8 · percentile 62
INFORM risk indexinsufficient data
Battle-related deaths per 100,000 peopleinsufficient data
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (2021)1.89 · percentile 5
New conflict displacements per 1,000 peopleinsufficient data
Political and security events (90 days) (2026)77 · percentile 77
Terror and narco incidents (90 days) (2026)insufficient data

Sovereign stress · 29.6

Reserves in months of imports, current account balance, inflation, depreciation against the dollar, external debt and its service, short-term debt over reserves, broad money over reserves, interest over revenue and Intelrift's daily country risk.

Reserves in months of importsnot applicable
Current account balance (2025)-8.1 % of GDP · percentile 67
Annual inflation (2025)3.9 % · percentile 15
Annual depreciation against the dollar (2025)-4 % · percentile 14
External debt to GNI (2024)38.6 % · percentile 25
Debt service to exports (2024)7.2 % · percentile 11
Short-term debt to reservesnot applicable
Broad money to reservesnot applicable
Interest payments to revenueinsufficient data
Intelrift daily country risk (2026)26 · percentile 46