With 53 percent of its people under the age of 25, Kosovo also has the youngest population in Europe. In Pristina, the capital, the average age is 28.
Kosovo is one of the continent’s poorest countries. Unemployment is high, at almost 30 percent, with young people disproportionately affected. The young nation is also grappling with radical Islam: some 315 people, including dozens of women and children, joined the Islamic State group in recent years.
In the decade since independence, many Kosovars — young people especially — have lost confidence in the country’s institutions and grown disillusioned with widespread corruption and political cronyism. One in two Kosovars wants to emigrate to Western Europe, a 2016 study found. But some young people are choosing to stay in Kosovo and help to shape its future.
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