SEI — Social Entrepreneurship Index
Countries/Western Balkans

Kosovo*

Western Balkans · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy desk-coded

52.0composite, 0–100
31 / 45rank · 5 of 6 in Western Balkans
+0.5change since 2015, time-varying indicators
Economic48.8Legal82.3Financial45.0Institutional43.4Political40.4
Kosovo*Western Balkans average

Dimensions

DimensionScoreRank /45WB6EU-27Indicators
Political40.43953.271.57 / 8
Economic48.83751.562.86 / 20
Legal82.3466.563.84 / 12
Institutional43.44245.361.94 / 16
Financial45.03051.771.03 / 7
Composite52.03153.666.224 / 63

Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.

Composite, 2015–2024

5060702015201820212024
Kosovo*Western Balkans average

Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.

Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025

SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1
none found (no dedicated SE strategy)
0/3
Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2
Division for Social Enterprises, Ministry of Finance, Labour and Transfers · source
1/2
Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2
Law No. 05/L-068 on Public Procurement, Art. 17 (social clause); simplified contracting provision of the SE law · source
1/2
Official SE definition 3.1
Law No. 06/L-022 on Social Enterprises, Art. 3
1/1
Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1
Law No. 06/L-022 on Social Enterprises (2018) · source
2/2
SE support ecosystem 4.3.6
donor-backed incubators and NGOs (Social Business Incubator Mitrovica, Innovation Centre Kosovo, YSB Balkans, Forum for Civic Initiatives)
1/2
EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1
IPA II 'Support to MLSW for Efficient and Effective Implementation of Active Labour Market Measures' (SE components); EU Office in Kosovo SE/SME programmes · source
1/2
Dedicated national funding 5.2.2
Law 06/L-022 budget-support and fiscal provisions; IPA-supported design of an SE grant scheme · source
1/2

Policy composite 56.2 of 100 (mean of the eight codes). Dedicated SE law (06/L-022, 2018) with a ministry SE division and status registration only since late 2023; no strategy, little verified dedicated funding; support donor-driven.

Cite this profile

Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Kosovo: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/kosovo/