Economy	Total		Not important at all	2	3	4	Very important
Q6.5 How important are the following factors or your company’s trade relations with other Western Balkans economies? Quality and cost of labour force
Economy	Mean	N	Not important at all	2	3	4	Very important
Balkan Barometer 2025
Region	4,0	1216	9	5	12	25	48
Albania	3,9	200	10	10	13	16	52
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,4	200	1	2	9	31	58
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	4,0	200	14	3	13	14	57
North Macedonia	4,0	208	5	5	13	39	37
Montenegro	4,3	204	3	3	11	31	51
Serbia	3,3	204	24	9	16	20	31

Economy	Total		Important	Somewhat important	Not important	DK/refuse
Q10_A5 What is the importance of Quality and cost of labour force for developing business relations with other Western Balkans economies
Economy	N	%	Important	Somewhat important	Not important	DK/refuse
Balkan Barometer 2024
Region	1200	100	59	27	10	3
Albania	200	17	50	33	14	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	17	81	16	3	1
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	17	61	34	1	5
North Macedonia	200	17	64	26	9	2
Montenegro	200	17	33	32	26	10
Serbia	200	17	67	24	9	0