The 2025 budgets for the Western Balkans are shaped by the need for fiscal consolidation, improving the efficiency of public spending and aligning with EU standards, with particular attention to the defense, infrastructure and energy sectors. These efforts aim to...
The economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina[1] expanded by 1.7% real year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023, slowing from a 1.9% annual growth in the third quarter (see Tab. 4). In seasonally adjusted terms, fourth-quarter GDP rose 1.1%...
In 2023, the population of the Western Balkans (WB6) is 16.98 million inhabitants from 17.34 million inhabitants two years ago, with a decrease of 2.1% (360,000 people). The biggest decrease is felt in Serbia with 220,000 individuals less, in Albania...
