Q35 How likely is it that your business will invest its own funds in research and development in order to come up with new or significantly improved products/services in the next three years?
Economy	Total		Very unlikely	Unlikely	Neither	Likely	Very likely
	Mean	N
Balkan Barometer 2025
Region	2,8	1197	19	24	22	27	8
Albania	2,6	196	23	30	14	28	5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,3	199	31	21	32	17	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	3,7	200	8	14	8	44	28
North Macedonia	2,7	205	16	29	30	21	3
Montenegro	2,7	195	15	30	28	24	3
Serbia	2,8	202	22	21	19	28	10

 

Q39 How likely is it that your business will invest its own funds in research and development in order to come up with new or significantly improved products/services in the next three years?
Economy	Total		Likely	Somewhat likely	Unlikely	DK/refuse
	N	%
Balkan Barometer 2024
Region	1200	100	18	34	41	7
Albania	200	17	32	31	31	8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	17	23	42	31	5
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	17	24	59	5	13
North Macedonia	200	17	10	26	61	4
Montenegro	200	17	13	22	51	15
Serbia	200	17	7	26	68	0