Democracy in Kosovo in decline, renowned international institute publishes worrying measurements
Express newspaper
13/09/2025 12:01
Swedish Institute “IDEA” has published the latest measurement of democratic trends for various countries as part of a report called “Global State of Democracy Indices”, writes Gazeta Express.
This published report shows that in three of the key indicators for which measurements were made, Representation, Rule of Law and Participation, Kosovo has marked a significant decline, especially in the Rule of Law section.
Regarding the first indicator, Representation, Kosovo has marked a decline of six positions, while in the Rights section, Kosovo has a slight increase of two positions for 2024.
Regarding the measurement of the Rule of Law indicator, the Swedish institute’s report shows that Kosovo has marked a significant drop of -18 positions.
In this report, Kosovo has also suffered a decline in terms of Participation as an indicator, ranking eight positions lower.
These measurements by the Swedish institute “IDEA”, which was founded in 1995, include data for 174 countries around the globe and are based on over a hundred individual indicators from more than 20 source data sets collected by different researchers and organizations using different types of sources: expert surveys, standards-based coding by research groups and analysts, observational data and composite measures. /GazetaExpress/