S05 What is your current employment status?
Economy Employed - having a payed job Self-employed Moonlighting Unemployed – not having but searching for a job Unemployed – does not have a job and is not looking for one Housewife/houseman Retired Regular Student Person with dissability Other Dk/refuse
Balkan Barometer 2025
Region 54     9 5 10 16 5 1 1 0
Albania 54     7 5 5 19 6 2 3 0
Bosnia and
Herzegovina		 68     5 3 6 12 5 1 1 0
Croatia n/a     n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 43     11 6 20 14 6 1 0 0
North Macedonia 55     10 4 5 21 5 0 0 0
Montenegro 56     10 8 17 7 1 1 0 0
Serbia 47     9 4 6 22 9 1 3 0
Balkan Barometer 2024
Region 52 8     11 6 17 7     1
Albania 39 15     20 6 14 8     0
Bosnia and
Herzegovina		 52 3     11 10 17 6     1
Croatia n/a n/a     n/a n/a n/a n/a     n/a
Kosovo* 65 11     4 4 6 10     0
North Macedonia 48 4     13 8 21 6     1
Montenegro 52 9     9 5 15 9     2
Serbia 54 3     7 2 28 5     0
Balkan Barometer 2023
Region 47 11     14 5 18 5      
Albania 36 18     14 3 23 7      
Bosnia and
Herzegovina		 54 4     13 6 18 5      
Croatia n/a n/a     n/a n/a n/a n/a      
Kosovo* 42 24     19 7 5 3      
North Macedonia 46 5     15 5 24 6      
Montenegro 54 5     11 5 17 6      
Serbia 52 6     10 3 24 5      
Balkan Barometer 2022
Region 49 8     13 6 16 8      
Albania 37 19     17 3 17 7      
Bosnia and
Herzegovina		 52 4     12 6 20 7      
Croatia n/a n/a     n/a n/a n/a n/a      
Kosovo* 48 7     14 10 9 11      
North Macedonia 49 6     15 4 16 10      
Montenegro 54 5     11 7 17 6      
Serbia 52 7     10 4 19 8      
Balkan Barometer 2021
Region 48 10     14 5 14 8   0 0
Albania 34 24     19 6 10 8   0 0
Bosnia and
Herzegovina		 44 6     14 10 17 9   0 0
Croatia n/a n/a     n/a n/a n/a n/a   n/a n/a
Kosovo* 67 10     7 3 6 7   0 0
North Macedonia 50 6     16 5 18 5   0 0
Montenegro 49 7     17 5 9 13   0 0
Serbia 48 5     12 3 26 5   2 0
Balkan Barometer 2020
Region 41 9     18 7 18 7      
Albania 31 22     20 2 18 7      
Bosnia and
Herzegovina		 41 3     19 8 23 6      
Croatia n/a n/a     n/a n/a n/a n/a      
Kosovo* 31 12     20 15 10 12      
North Macedonia 47 6     19 6 16 7      
Montenegro 42 7     20 6 22 4      
Serbia 52 6     13 3 20 6      
Balkan Barometer 2019
Region 34 7 3   20 10 20 6      
Albania 25 10 3   24 11 18 8      
Bosnia and
Herzegovina		 34 2 1   22 9 25 6      
Croatia n/a n/a n/a   n/a n/a n/a n/a      
Kosovo* 25 8 3   27 17 10 10      
North Macedonia 40 7 3   12 4 28 5      
Montenegro 43 5 3   16 6 23 5      
Serbia 37 7 3   20 10 17 5      
Balkan Barometer 2018
Region 42 6 3   16 4 22 7      
Albania 29 16 8   18 3 18 7      
Bosnia and
Herzegovina		 41 2 3   18 6 24 7      
Croatia n/a n/a n/a   n/a n/a n/a n/a      
Kosovo* 35 15 1   25 7 9 8      
North Macedonia 51 6 1   14 4 15 7      
Montenegro 42 8 2   16 5 20 5      
Serbia 45 3 2   13 3 27 6      
Balkan Barometer 2017
Region 38 5 3   18 5 24 7      
Albania 28 11 8   23 2 19 8      
Bosnia and
Herzegovina		 32 3 5   21 9 24 6      
Croatia 42 3 0   16 3 31 4      
Kosovo* 35 6 1   13 16 11 17      
North Macedonia 44 7 1   20 3 18 8      
Montenegro 41 5 1   20 5 22 6      
Serbia 40 4 3   16 2 27 7      
Balkan Barometer 2016
Region 38 6 3   17 6 24 7      
Albania 28 18 4   23 8 12 7      
Bosnia and
Herzegovina		 34 3 2   18 9 26 7      
Croatia 37 5 1   17 3 32 5      
Kosovo* 37 6 1   22 12 10 13      
North Macedonia 43 6 2   18 6 16 8      
Montenegro 34 6 1   22 7 22 9      
Serbia 42 4 4   14 3 27 7      
Balkan Barometer 2015
Region 36 6 3   19 5 25 7      
Albania 26 17 3   26 4 16 7      
Bosnia and
Herzegovina		 31 3 3   21 8 28 6      
Croatia 39 2 1   16 2 34 5      
Kosovo* 26 9 2   30 10 8 14      
North Macedonia 45 6 2   17 7 16 8      
Montenegro 32 6 2   24 8 22 6      
Serbia 41 4 3   15 3 26 7