Q18 Would you say that trade and economic links in general between [ECONOMY] and other Western Balkans economies are:
Economy Very weak Rather weak Neither weak nor strong Rather strong Very strong DK/refuse
Balkan Barometer 2024
Region 5 24 51 11 1 8
Albania 2 27 47 16 1 8
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
7 27 53 8 1 5
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 3 24 63 5 1 4
North Macedonia 4 24 42 15 3 11
Montenegro 11 23 44 7 1 14
Serbia 5 19 56 14 1 5

 

F45 How would you describe commercial and trade links of your economy with the region?
Economy Should be improved Just about right They're already too strong DK/refuse
Balkan Barometer 2023
Region 64 26 10
Albania 66 27 7
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
63 27 10
Croatia n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 66 25 9
North Macedonia 59 27 14
Montenegro 71 21 8
Serbia 62 28 10
Balkan Barometer 2022
Region 51 31 6 12
Albania 64 23 1 12
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
49 32 8 12
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 38 42 9 11
North Macedonia 52 30 7 11
Montenegro 57 23 6 14
Serbia 44 37 7 12
Balkan Barometer 2021
Region 58 26 5 11
Albania 53 29 6 12
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
64 24 5 8
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 76 11 1 12
North Macedonia 56 27 6 12
Montenegro 56 27 6 12
Serbia 46 38 6 10
Balkan Barometer 2020
Region 58 24 5 13
Albania 56 32 2 11
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
68 14 6 12
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 53 26 4 17
North Macedonia 58 23 5 14
Montenegro 61 22 8 9
Serbia 52 29 5 14
Balkan Barometer 2019
Region 53 28 6 13
Albania 50 26 3 20
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
53 28 7 11
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 52 28 6 13
North Macedonia 54 22 7 17
Montenegro 50 35 8 7
Serbia 60 26 3 11
Balkan Barometer 2018
Region 53 24 6 17
Albania 47 32 9 12
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
71 15 4 10
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 67 13 3 17
North Macedonia 51 27 9 13
Montenegro 47 30 9 13
Serbia 44 27 5 24
Balkan Barometer 2017
Region 52 26 7 14
Albania 43 33 9 14
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
66 17 4 13
Croatia 48 24 15 14
Kosovo* 71 24 2 3
North Macedonia 55 32 6 7
Montenegro 55 25 11 10
Serbia 45 29 6 20
Balkan Barometer 2016
Region 58 25 6 12
Albania 59 24 5 12
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
78 9 5 9
Croatia 50 31 10 10
Kosovo* 67 26 3 4
North Macedonia 57 35 4 4
Montenegro 63 19 9 9
Serbia 50 27 5 18
Balkan Barometer 2015
Region 61 24 6 10
Albania 77 20 3 0
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
77 9 6 7
Croatia 55 25 9 11
Kosovo* 75 19 3 3
North Macedonia 49 37 7 7
Montenegro 60 26 7 8
Serbia 50 30 4 15