Economy	Total		Minimum wage regulations	Health and safety regulations	Environmental regulations	Pension regulations	Planning/building/development	Tax-related regulations	Employment regulations	Antidiscrimination regulations	Providing information/record-keeping	Trading Standards	Working time	All of the above	None of the above	No specific regulations/all regulations	None - no regulations an obstacle	DK/ Refuse
Q09 What business regulations are a major obstacle to the growth of your business?
Economy	N	%	Minimum wage regulations	Health and safety regulations	Environmental regulations	Pension regulations	Planning/building/development	Tax-related regulations	Employment regulations	Antidiscrimination regulations	Providing information/record-keeping	Trading Standards	Working time	All of the above	None of the above	No specific regulations/all regulations	None - no regulations an obstacle	DK/ Refuse
Balkan Barometer 2024
Region	1200	100	25	17	13	9	14	38	22	3				10	23			3
Albania	200	17	25	18	12	8	16	47	17	2				4	26			3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	17	30	27	8	21	5	49	23	1				18	9			1
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a				n/a	n/a			n/a
Kosovo*	200	17	14	14	11	4	12	18	17	6				12	33			11
North Macedonia	200	17	35	14	12	3	11	24	20	2				6	34			2
Montenegro	200	17	8	13	21	7	24	39	9	4				13	24			5
Serbia	200	17	38	20	16	14	18	53	45	3				11	13			0
Balkan Barometer 2023
Region	1211	100	20	14	10	5	13	28	11		6	11	3	8			26	2
Albania	200	13	30	7	25	3	34	32	11		10	6	1	1			16	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	18	13	3	3	2	12	34	14		5	27	5	16			24	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a			n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	210	7	6	5	3	4	11	22	10		2	0	1	14			35	0
North Macedonia	200	11	13	5	7	3	13	26	15		5	12	4	18			23	0
Montenegro	200	5	32	10	5	2	6	33	15		3	20	5	5			23	9
Serbia	201	45	24	24	10	7	8	25	10		7	7	3	4			30	3
Balkan Barometer 2022
Region	1203	100	21	13	14	6	17	31	16		9	10	4			11	14	3
Albania	200	13	23	4	19	1	34	46	13		18	15	1			2	11	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	18	16	17	9	8	19	26	15		11	13	3			12	9	3
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	7	31	33	12	10	9	11	12		6	6	4			8	23	0
North Macedonia	202	11	20	9	2	3	11	25	12		5	14	10			21	18	4
Montenegro	200	5	22	11	4	6	10	34	13		6	18	5			15	6	8
Serbia	201	45	22	12	18	7	13	32	19		7	6	3			11	14	2
Balkan Barometer 2021
Region	1200	100	20	14	8	6	13	33	14		6	14	5			12	10	6
Albania	200	17	28	19	10	11	10	37	11		6	20	6			5	10	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	17	18	15	12	9	14	37	15		6	9	1			19	4	4
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a			n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	17	8	12	8	3	10	34	14		10	15	4			6	22	9
North Macedonia	200	17	25	13	6	5	14	26	12		3	16	9			10	16	6
Montenegro	200	17	18	7	6	8	14	34	16		7	14	6			17	5	11
Serbia	200	17	28	20	10	4	19	31	15		7	8	5			18	7	2
Balkan Barometer 2020
Region	1215	100	21	11	11	6	9	41	21		6	15	3			13	13	2
Albania	203	13	24	10	11	3	14	59	18		10	13	0			4	13	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	206	18	21	5	4	9	9	45	26		6	9	2			16	15	1
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	7	24	30	10	7	16	31	17		10	16	8			5	10	3
North Macedonia	200	11	20	7	3	2	9	18	14		3	15	5			14	32	6
Montenegro	205	5	21	8	6	12	17	41	32		6	17	5			5	11	2
Serbia	201	45	19	12	16	5	6	41	20		5	17	3			16	8	2
Balkan Barometer 2019
Region	1.271	100	12	6	4	4	5	25	7		1	6	2			11	14	5
Albania	221	13	15	4	1	0	7	35	7		0	7	2			1	16	5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	208	19	9	3	4	11	3	24	10		1	4	0			21	8	4
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a			n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	208	7	15	12	1	2	2	17	4		0	12	3			3	21	8
North Macedonia	202	43	13	11	6	3	9	19	10		2	7	0			7	8	6
Montenegro	227	5	6	3	7	3	2	21	6		1	5	1			22	20	2
Serbia	205	12	14	6	3	4	5	32	5		1	3	4			12	9	3
Balkan Barometer 2018
Region	1.203	100	19	12	10	8	13	34	22		6	14	3			16	10	3
Albania	200	13	10	6	9	1	14	41	10		8	13	1			6	38	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	201	19	15	11	17	13	9	36	27		3	7	2			22	6	2
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a			n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	7	40	19	7	8	6	18	8		5	10	6			7	21	9
North Macedonia	200	12	17	11	6	4	11	29	11		13	10	7			21	18	4
Montenegro	199	5	15	8	8	7	16	43	26		9	20	8			15	5	1
Serbia	203	43	22	15	10	9	16	34	29		5	19	1			17	0	2
Balkan Barometer 2017
Region	1.291	100	10	7	6	4	13	48	26		12	11	4			21	8	1
Albania	155	9	10	3	15	0	19	50	15		12	13	3			8	23	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	181	12	10	6	9	8	15	54	32		4	6	2			17	6	3
Croatia	196	37	5	7	2	2	10	53	30		20	9	4			25	4	0
Kosovo*	191	5	36	15	4	7	15	40	12		10	8	6			15	5	6
North Macedonia	158	8	7	7	4	2	5	24	20		8	13	8			24	22	3
Montenegro	200	3	13	7	7	7	10	49	38		3	19	2			13	4	5
Serbia	210	27	12	6	6	5	16	48	24		9	14	3			24	5	0
Balkan Barometer 2016
Region	1.404	100	11	10	5	4	8	43	18		9	12	6			20	13	3
Albania	116	8	13	5	4	3	12	45	11		7	20	2			15	23	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	161	11	10	18	3	3	2	43	18		4	8	3			19	19	4
Croatia	521	37	9	7	4	2	7	48	21		14	13	9			20	9	3
Kosovo*	64	5	14	15	8	19	17	62	15		10	16	9			3	3	0
North Macedonia	92	7	9	8	5	3	7	23	16		12	11	8			23	23	5
Montenegro	40	3	12	8	4	6	7	28	19		4	13	3			25	14	8
Serbia	410	29	12	11	5	6	7	40	16		6	9	2			24	13	4