Economy	Total		Decreased	Remained the same	Increased	DK/refuse
Q04 What about business costs (such as energy, labour cost, rent, etc.)? In the last 12 months, did total business costs increase, remain the same or decrease?
Economy	N	%	Decreased	Remained the same	Increased	DK/refuse
Balkan Barometer 2024
Region	1200	100	2	20	77	1
Albania	200	17	2	20	77	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	17	2	16	83	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	17	1	29	68	3
North Macedonia	200	17	6	17	77	1
Montenegro	200	17	1	20	79	1
Serbia	200	17	1	20	80	0
Balkan Barometer 2023
Region	1211	100	2	20	77	0
Albania	200	13	2	10	89	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	18	3	19	78	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	210	7	7	31	62	0
North Macedonia	200	11	1	7	92	0
Montenegro	200	5	1	23	75	2
Serbia	201	45	1	25	73	0
Balkan Barometer 2022
Region	1203	100	1	28	71	1
Albania	200	13	0	10	90	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	18	0	19	80	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	7	0	10	88	1
North Macedonia	202	11	2	16	82	0
Montenegro	200	5	1	43	52	5
Serbia	201	45	1	40	58	0
Balkan Barometer 2021
Region	1200	100	23	60	18	0
Albania	200	17	41	44	15	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	17	17	62	22	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	17	27	65	8	1
North Macedonia	200	17	21	59	20	0
Montenegro	200	17	24	58	19	0
Serbia	200	17	6	73	22	0
Balkan Barometer 2020
Region	1215	100	2	37	60	0
Albania	203	13	3	48	49	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	206	18	2	24	73	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	7	1	32	63	5
North Macedonia	200	11	3	45	52	0
Montenegro	205	5	3	38	59	0
Serbia	201	45	1	38	61	0
Balkan Barometer 2019
Region	1.271	100	4	41	55	1
Albania	221	13	6	37	56	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	208	19	3	34	63	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	208	7	2	53	44	1
North Macedonia	202	43	2	48	49	2
Montenegro	227	5	2	46	51	1
Serbia	205	12	7	29	64	0
Balkan Barometer 2018
Region	1.203	100	4	46	50	1
Albania	200	13	2	36	62	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	201	19	4	43	53	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	7	3	53	40	5
North Macedonia	200	12	4	60	36	0
Montenegro	199	5	4	38	55	3
Serbia	203	43	4	45	49	1
Balkan Barometer 2017
Region	1.430	100	7	40	53	0
Albania	200	9	7	39	55	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	12	9	50	41	0
Croatia	204	37	6	39	54	0
Kosovo*	200	5	6	37	56	2
North Macedonia	203	8	6	44	50	0
Montenegro	209	3	4	48	45	3
Serbia	221	27	8	37	56	0
Balkan Barometer 2016
Region	1.404	100	5	42	52	1
Albania	116	8	5	34	59	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	161	11	2	49	47	1
Croatia	521	37	7	49	44	0
Kosovo*	64	5	2	35	63	1
North Macedonia	92	7	3	48	50	0
Montenegro	40	3	6	52	39	2
Serbia	410	29	4	33	62	1
Balkan Barometer 2015
Region	1404	100	10	38	52
Albania	116	8	8	48	45	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	161	11	7	44	49	1
Croatia	521	37	14	41	46	0
Kosovo*	64	5	2	17	81	1
North Macedonia	92	7	2	33	66	0
Montenegro	40	3	12	42	44	1
Serbia	410	29	9	32	58	1