Spending of public money over the years in Kosovo
Since Kosovo's declaration of independence in 2008, the country's annual budget has followed a constant growth trend. Over the years, different governments have had different priorities when managing the annual budget.
When the Government of Kosovo first took over the responsibility of managing the annual budget from the United Nations Mission in Kosovo - UNMIK, in 2008, the budget was just over one billion euros.
Since then, the budget has more than doubled.
With the change of governments, the division of the budget across different ministries has also highlighted where those governments have focused.
But, their frequent change has caused the focus to change frequently as well.
The data shows that, previously, a large part of the budget was spent on infrastructure and spatial planning, but this budget is now smaller than it was in 2010, writes REL.
For health, meanwhile, the budget has remained almost the same over the years, despite the increase in the overall budget.
The current government - led by Prime Minister Albin Kurti of the Vetëvendosje Movement - is the first government to complete a full four-year mandate.
Since 2015, the budget has been led by Isa Mustafa of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Ramush Haradinaj of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and Albin Kurti of Vetëvendosje in the first government in 2020, before being replaced by Avdullah Hoti of the LDK for less than a year.
But, while the budget shows the government's plan for allocating public money, the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) also shows the expenditures that the government has made through reports published every three months.
In recent years, most money has been spent on social protection, replacing the previous priority on economic issues.
