H63_2 Do you agree that the ombudsman is independent of political influence?
Economy Totally disagree Tend to disagree Tend to agree Totally agree DK/refuse
Balkan Barometer 2023
Region 25 29 31 7 8
Albania 27 37 27 2 7
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
24 32 30 7 7
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 13 29 44 10 5
North Macedonia 40 27 18 4 11
Montenegro 25 27 31 8 8
Serbia 22 23 33 11 11
Balkan Barometer 2022
Region 26 27 28 10 9
Albania 22 39 31 2 6
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
28 25 31 7 9
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 12 23 33 27 6
North Macedonia 38 25 19 7 11
Montenegro 35 26 21 5 13
Serbia 24 24 31 10 11
Balkan Barometer 2021
Region 24 29 29 7 11
Albania 26 28 34 9 4
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
29 24 27 10 12
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 13 47 29 3 8
North Macedonia 36 27 20 8 9
Montenegro 24 23 31 5 17
Serbia 17 24 34 8 18
Balkan Barometer 2020
Region 28 29 29 5 9
Albania 21 30 34 5 10
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
35 33 23 4 5
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 27 28 31 6 8
North Macedonia 35 28 21 7 9
Montenegro 24 20 37 6 13
Serbia 27 32 26 4 10
Balkan Barometer 2019
Region 25 26 30 9 11
Albania 35 27 25 8 6
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
18 39 30 8 5
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 16 21 36 11 15
North Macedonia 22 23 26 7 21
Montenegro 20 26 37 11 7
Serbia 36 21 24 7 11
Balkan Barometer 2018
Region 30 31 24 5 9
Albania 23 37 32 3 5
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
46 30 17 4 3
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 19 15 36 19 10
North Macedonia 25 31 30 5 8
Montenegro 16 28 32 7 16
Serbia 30 32 21 4 13
Balkan Barometer 2017
Region 29 35 23 5 8
Albania 28 40 25 4 3
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
44 35 13 3 5
Croatia 33 35 22 2 7
Kosovo* 11 28 44 15 2
North Macedonia 26 36 27 4 7
Montenegro 23 26 31 8 12
Serbia 25 36 23 5 12