Information & Monitoring
Observatory data were updated on 27 February 2023, to include macro and quarterly employment data from the EU Candidate Countries’ & Potential Candidates’ Economic Quarterly (CCEQ) – Western Balkans and Türkiye. 4th Quarter 2022 and LFSs, and monthly data from Western Balkans’ Public Employment Services (PES). Since some WB economies had revised their earlier LFS methodology/data reporting, it caused changes in prior Observatory data, reflected in the latest updates. For any questions, please contact us at esap@rcc.int.
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Unemployment %
Current account balance %
Inflation %
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Disclaimer: Data for Macro Indicators was drawn from the European Commission’s EU Candidate Countries’ & Potential Candidates’ Economic Quarterly (CCEQ) – Western Balkans and Türkiye. 4th Quarter 2022 report.
Labour force
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Western Balkans total for 2021
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European Union 27 total for 2021
Activity Rate
0%
Western Balkans average for 2021
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European Union 27 average for 2021
Employment rate
0%
Western Balkans average for 2021
0%
European Union 27 average for 2021
Youth Employment rate
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Western Balkans average for 2021
0%
European Union 27 average for 2021
Unemployment rate
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Western Balkans average for 2021
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European Union 27 average for 2021
Youth Unemployment rate
0%
Western Balkans average for 2021
0%
European Union 27 average for 2021
Disclaimer: The data presented in the Observatory on employment in the Western Balkans prepared by the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Employment and Social Affairs Platform 2 (ESAP 2) Project are collected from official data sources from the Western Balkan economies so the responsibility for the said data rests solely with the data sources and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the RCC or the European Union. See more
Employment rate
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Western Balkans average for Q3 2022
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European Union 27 average for Q3 2022
Unemployment rate
0%
Western Balkans average for Q3 2022
0%
European Union 27 average for Q3 2022
Disclaimer: The data presented in the Observatory on employment in the Western Balkans prepared by the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Employment and Social Affairs Platform 2 (ESAP 2) Project are collected from official data sources from the Western Balkan economies so the responsibility for the said data rests solely with the data sources and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the RCC or the European Union. See more
Newly registered unemployed
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Western Balkans total for DEC 2022
Stock of registered unemployed
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Western Balkans total DEC 2022
Disclaimer: The data presented in the Observatory on employment in the Western Balkans prepared by the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Employment and Social Affairs Platform 2 (ESAP 2) Project are collected from official data sources from the Western Balkan economies so the responsibility for the said data rests solely with the data sources and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the RCC or the European Union. See more
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Public Policy Tracker
Each Western Balkan economy has designed and developed a number of measures to reduce the negative impact of the current situation. Through the regional observatory, all economies will be able to monitor trends of implementation and impact of the measures.
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