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Transport and Telecommunicatio
The Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) has compiled the publication with data on road transport,
railway transport, air transport, and telecommunication. This statistical publication presents the
statistical data on an annual basis from 2011 to 2020 for motor and non-motor vehicles as well as for
roads in Kosovo, while statistical data on quarterly basis are from the year of 2011 to the second
quarter of 2021 for air transport, railway transport and telecommunication.
The purpose of the publication is to present the development trend of this sector to the country's
economy. We believe that this publication will serve as a useful reference point for all users of KAS
statistical data and will serve as useful and relevant economic information for Kosovo. Based on the
Eurostat request, starting from the second quarter of 2018 (Q2 2018), the publication has undergone
some changes in the telecommunications sector, by including data from other operators, in order to
cover all telecommunications services offered in our country.
List of Contents
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5. Roads in Kosovo............................................................................................................................................ 11
6. Telecommunication........................................................................................................................................ 14
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Data are administrative and providers of information (data) are the Ministry of Internal Affairs
(Department for Vehicle Registration), Ministry of Infrastructure - Department of Road
Infrastructure, International Airport "Adem Jashari- LIMAC, Kosovo Railways TRAINKOS Jsc,
Private Operator Railtrans J.s.c., Regulatory Authority of Electronic and Postal
Communications – RAEPC, and PTK or the Post and Telecom of Kosovo.
1.2 Coverage
The annual data used for publication are from the year of 2011 to 2020 for motor and non-
motor vehicles, as well as for roads in Kosovo, while the quarterly data used for publication
from the year of 2011 to the second quarter of 2021 are for air transport, rail transport, and
telecommunication.
1.3 Definitions1
Public road - a public road that serves only for movement of motor vehicles, which is marked
with a special traffic sign and which has two road sections physically separated for movement
from the opposite direction. The road strip must have at least two traffic lanes of a width of at
least 3.5 meters, depending on the configuration of the terrain, and with an emergency stop bar
on both sides of the road, with a width of at least 2.5 meters;
Motorway – a public road particularly built and designated for the movement of motor vehicles,
marked with special traffic signs, having carriageways physically separated for the movement
in opposite directions of lanes of a width of at least 3,5 meters, due to the terrain configuration,
with one lane for emergency stops in both sides of the motorway of width of at least 2,5 meters.
National road - a public road officially ranked as a national road linking two or more towns and
which may serve as a link to regions outside Kosovo;
Regional road - a public road which connects important economic centers of two or more
regions.
Local road - a public road officially categorized as a local road that connects habitable spaces
within a settlement in the municipality;
Urban road - a public road that connects habitable spaces within a municipality settlement.
1 Definitions of roads are taken from the Law on Roads (“Law no. 03/L-120”).
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Uncategorized road - a road not designated as a public road, but used for traffic such as a road
for forests utilization, accumulative lake road, and road for agriculture destination and similar.
Tonne - kilometer (t km) - the unit of the transport of freight that represents the transport of one
tonne of goods over a distance of one kilometer.
The distance to be covered is the distance that is currently traveling to the reviewed network.
To avoid double counting, each country must count only t km that is carried out in its territory.
Q – Quarter
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2. Railway transport
In the territory of Kosovo we have a total of 333 km of railway tracks for transport. There are 11
locomotives circulating in Kosovo's railways, of which seven are Diesel and two motor trains. The
locomotives carry 10 wagons for passengers and 1420 cargo / freight wagons.
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In the second quarter of 2021, the number of passengers who used the train as a means of travel is
about 15 thousand, compared to the second quarter of 2020, the number of passengers increased
by 123%, because last year, in the same reference period, passenger transport was banned due to
the Covid-19 pandemic.
The transport of goods (freight) by train in the second quarter of 2021 is about 148 thousand tons,
compared to the second quarter of 2020 there is an increase by 2.7%.
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3. Air transport
The number of flights in the second quarter of 2021 is 1,504 compared to the same quarter last year
(Q2 2020) we have an increase of 1,500% because last year, in the same reference period, air
transport was banned due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Period Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
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The number of passengers who have used the aircraft as a means of transport is about 390 thousand,
compared to the same quarter of last year (Q2 2020) we have an increase of 1989% because last
year, in the same reference period, passenger transport was banned due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
2010 261 298 450 297 1 306
2011 280 336 482 325 1 422
2012 293 366 530 339 1 527
2013 348 408 560 313 1 629
2014 271 344 472 318 1 405
2015 295 380 541 332 1 549
2016 350 426 573 394 1 744
2017 357 465 645 418 1 885
2018 418 524 721 500 2 162
2019 476 583 783 528 2 370
2020 431 19 275 377 1 102
2021 330 390
Data source: Airport of Kosovo.
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Period
Year
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2011 195 208 228 205
2012 205 222 240 202
2013 209 225 234 215
2014 220 240 242 229
2015 233 249 251 240
2016 245 255 263 252
2017 261 263 269 254
2018 268 268 283 268
2019 267 268 270 290
2020 279 196 229 269
2021 252 255
2 The average number of passengers is estimated by the number of passengers per quarter in relation to the number of
flights per quarter.
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In 2020 in Kosovo were registered 356,962 motor vehicles and non-motor vehicles; in relation to
2019 there is an increase by 0.31 %.
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Cars 170 321 176 398 222 537 236 145 281 847 260 291 273 862 280 422 291 295 292 902
Minivans 2 698 2 520 3 225 3 161 3 212 2 841 2 535 2 917 2 977 1 768
Buses 1 117 1 298 1 570 1 697 2 124 1 916 1 949 2 326 2 135 1 794
Motorcycles 546 809 1 488 1 540 1 849 1 790 1 690 2 038 2 087 1 694
Tractors 39 137 776 1 036 941 613 523 1 791 1 851 641
Trailer under 3.5t 101 117 217 250 286 288 288 572 681 297
Trailer 3.5 and over 3.5t 1 766 1 800 2 283 2 281 2 707 2 628 2 735 305 271 3 101
Total 205 366 212 851 272 107 288 828 342 142 319 615 334 440 343 631 355 829 356 962
Buses
200 000
Motorcycles
150 000
Tractors
100 000
Trailer under 3.5t
50 000
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5. Roads in Kosovo
Since the end of war until 2020, capital investments have been made in construction of roads in
Kosovo. Since investments are ongoing, there is still no re-classification of the roads. Classification
of roads, according to construction standards, is made by the respective board of departments.
The KAS (Kosovo Agency of Statistics) from the Ministry of Infrastructure for the years 2009 and
2010 has only taken changes in the length of the National and Regional Roads, and starting from
2011 onwards, we started to receive the data for the category – Motorway (main roads). Thus in 2011
we have had a total of 38 km of new motorway, in 2012 this has been added 22.4 km, in 2013 are
also added 17.6 km of motorway, in 2016 are added 20 km and in 2017 are added 10 km. In 2018,
11 km are added and in 2019 are added 18.1 and now the total length of the road3 is 137.2 km. In
2018, 11.3 km of national roads were added. In 2019, 23.4 km of regional roads have been added,
while in 2020, 90.00 km are added and now the length of the National roads is 755.2 km. In 2015,
10.3 km of Regional roads were added, in 2018, 8.9 km were added, while in 2019, 195.5 km were
added. During 2019 and 2020 there have been several categorizations and re-categorizations of
roads. Some local roads are categorized as regional roads but also from the regional road are re-
categorized as national roads, and now the length of the Regional road is 1,486.3 km.
Autoudhë 38.0 60.4 78.0 78.0 78.0 98.0 108.0 119.1 137.2 137.2
Nacionale 630.4 630.4 630.4 630.4 630.4 630.4 630.4 641.7 665.2 755.2
Regjionale 1,294.7 1,294.7 1,294.7 1,294.7 1,305.0 1,305.0 1,305.0 1,313.9 1,509.4 1,486.3
Totali 1,963.1 1,985.5 2,003.1 2,003.1 2,013.4 2,033.4 2,043.4 2,074.7 2,311.7 2,378.7
According to the data presented, it is observed that in 2020 in the territory of Kosovo there were
2,378.7 km, where in the category of roads Motorway are 5.8%, National 31.7%, and 62.5% are
Regional roads.
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The data on the length of the Motorway are taken from the Ministry of Infrastructure.
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Autoudhë
6%
Na ci onale
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Regji onale
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Table 7: Structure of paved and unpaved roads in kilometers (km), 2011 - 2020
Përshkrimi/ vitet 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Rrugë të Asfaltuara 1,843.0 1,865.4 1,883.0 1,883.0 1,923.4 1,943.4 1,953.4 1,979.3 2,210.7 2,297.7
Rrugë të pa asfaltuara 120.1 120.1 120.1 120.1 90.0 90.0 90.0 95.4 101.0 81.0
Totali 1,963.1 1,985.5 2,003.1 2,003.1 2,013.4 2,033.4 2043.4 2074.7 2311.7 2378.7
From the table above it is observed that in 2020, out of a total of 2,378.7 km of roads, 2,210.7 km or
96.6% in percentage, are paved roads, while 81 km or 3.4% of roads are unpaved.
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3%
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6. Telecommunication
4 Based on Eurostat's request, starting from the second quarter of 2018 (Q2 2018), data is also included from other
operators in order to cover all telecommunication services offered in our country.
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5 Based on Eurostat's request, starting from the second quarter of 2018 (Q2 2018), data is also included from other
operators in order to cover all telecommunication services offered in our country.
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PRE-PAID
POST-PAID
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Q 1 - 2017 Q 1 - 2017
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Post offices 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Post offices 177 177 177 177 177 177 177 174 174 169
Used post offices 166 166 166 166 166 166 166 133 133 129
24%
76%
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Kosovo Agency of Statistics
short description
Kosovo Agency of Statistics is a professional institution which deals with collection, processing and
publication of official statistical data. As such acts since 1948 and has passed through several historical stages,
structured according to state regulation of those times.
On 2 August 1999, the Agency has resumed his professional work (after nine years of interruption of all
statistical series detrimental to the interest of Kosovo), as an independent institution under the Ministry of Public
Administration. Since 12.12.2011 the Agency operates in the frames of the Prime Minister’s Office. Office is
funded by the Kosovo Consolidated Budget, but also by donors for specific projects and for technical
professional support.
Kosovo Agency of Statistics acts according to the Law No. 04/L-036 which entered into force on 12.12.2011
and Amendment of Law No. 06/L-058 which entered into force on 17.01.2019 . Programme of Official Statistics
2018/2022 is in implementation for the development of statistical system in correlation with the European Union
statistics (EUROSTAT).
Kosovo Agency of Statistics has this organizational structure: production departments; Department of
Economic statistics, Department of National Accounts, Department of Agriculture and Environment statistics
and Department of Social statistics. Support Departments; Department of Methodology and Information
Technology, Department of Policy Planning, Coordination and Communication, Department of Census and
survey and Department of Administration. Within the Agency are also established Regional Offices;
Gjakove, Gjilan, Mitrovica, Peja, Prizren, Pristina and Ferizaj
In KAS are employed in total 156 workers, of whom 115 at the headquarters of the Agency, while in the
Regional Offices, 41. Agency’s educational qualifying structure is as follows: 123 with university education,15
with with non-tertiary education, and 18 with secondary education.
We have professional and technical cooperation with all Ministries of the Government of Kosovo, especially with
the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Central Bank of Kosovo, with international institutions, EUROSTAT,
International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Sweden's SIDA, DFID, UNFPA, UNDP, UNIVEF, and with the
statistical institutions of the countries in the region.
Kosovo Agency of Statistics almost completely covers the territory of Kosovo, based on the statistical
structure of the enumeration areas as the basic unit and sole in the country from which it gets first hand
information. All surveys conducted in the field use the extension of the samples in these enumeration areas
but also a statistical methodology according to international recommendations. During the collection of
statistical data and reports from reporting entities are involved professionals, technicians, administrators,
servants of the country offices, field enumerators from regional offices, etc.
In 2011, the project of Population Census , Households and Dwellings was successfully implemented, and in
2014 was successfully carried out the Agriculture Census. The result obtained from these censuses will have
an important role in the development policies.
The mission of the Agency; to meet the needs of users with qualitative statistical data, objective, in time and
space so that users have reliable base to conduct regular analysis in the interest of planning and project
development at the municipal and country level. To support government institutions, scientific institutes,
research academies, businesses in order to provide proper information for decision-makers and other users in
Kosovo.