below poverty line:

37% (2007 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

30 (FY05/06)

Investment (gross fixed):

29% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $1.364 billion
expenditures: $1.008 billion (2007 est.)

Public debt:

NA

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

2% (2007 est.)

Agriculture - products:

NA

Industries:

mineral mining, construction materials, base metals, leather,
machinery, appliances

Electricity - production:

3.996 billion kWh (2006)

Electricity - consumption:

4.281 billion kWh (2006)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007)

Oil - consumption:

NA bbl

Oil - proved reserves:

NA bbl

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

NA cu m

Current account balance:

-$58.3 million (2007)

Exports:

$148.4 million (2007)

Exports - commodities:

mining and processed metal products, scrap metals, leather products,
machinery, appliances

Exports - partners:

Central Europe Free Trade Area (CFTA) 56% (2006)

Imports:

$NA

Imports - commodities:

foodstuffs, wood, petroleum, chemicals, machinery and electrical
equipment

Imports - partners:

EU 35%, Macedonia 15%, Serbia 13%, Turkey 8% (2006)

Economic aid - recipient:

$324 million (2007)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$NA

Debt - external:

according to the national bank of Serbia, Kosovo's external debt was
around $1.2 billion; Kosovo was willing to accept around $900
million (2007)

Currency (code):

euro (EUR); Serbian Dinar (RSD) is also in circulation

Exchange rates:

euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.7345 (2007)

Communications
Kosovo

Telephones - main lines in use:

106,300 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

562,000 (2006)

Transportation
Kosovo

Airports:

10 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 4
under 914 m: 4 (2008)

Heliports:

2 (2008)

Railways:

total: 430 km (2005)

Roadways:

total: 1,924 km
paved: 1,666 km
unpaved: 258 km (2006)

Transnational Issues
Kosovo

Disputes - international:

Serbia with several other states protest the US and other states'
recognition of Kosovo's declaring itself as a sovereign and
indepen