The Central Bank of Kosovo has introduced Statistics of the balance of payments, remittances, direct investments, etc.
The CBK announces that remittances are the main category within secondary income, the value of which by July 2025 marked 785.06 million euros, which represents an increase of 31.27 million euros or 4.15% compared to the same period in 2024.
Meanwhile, according to preliminary estimates, remittances for August 2025 were around 143.4 million euros, thus reaching a value of 928.48 million euros (preliminary) for the first eight months of 2025.
"The largest inflows during August were through IFJB with 41.02%, through commercial banks with 17.19% and other channels with 41.79%," the announcement states.
Meanwhile, the CBK has also provided statistics regarding direct investments.
"Direct investments in Kosovo by the end of July 2025 were 540.94 million euros, representing an increase of 24.24% compared to the same period last year, while direct investments outside Kosovo amounted to 212.78 million euros," the report states.
The Central Bank of Kosovo has also announced regarding gross external debt.
"Gross external debt - which includes public and private debt at the end of the second quarter of 2025, reached 4.43 billion euros, which represents an increase of 218.19 million euros compared to the previous quarter. The main contributor to the increase in external debt in Kosovo was the private sector for 133.13 million euros, while public debt increased by 85.05 million," the report states.
Meanwhile, as for public sector debt - at the end of the second quarter of 2025, it reached 1.02 billion euros, accounting for 23.03% of total external debt.
The bulk of public debt consists of the government's external debt, which at the end of the second quarter of 2025 was 857.81 million euros.
The CBK has also presented data on private sector debt.
"Private sector debt - in the second quarter of 2025 reached 3.41 billion euros. The participants in private debt are commercial banks 21.10%, direct investment companies 27.31% and other sectors 51.59%," the report states. /Telegraph/
