I was talking about average salaries.
You said that based on the cost of living wages are high.
But it is not so, before Italy to adopt the euro with EUR 1,000 you could live.
The cost of living was low, and wages are too high.
The best position them those with low wages and low taxes.
You with your post confirms that Serbia is ahead of countries such as Albania and all those below them (FYROM, Bosnia and Montenegro).
You said that the weakness of the Balkans and Albania and without a source of accurate statistics.
So, with your comment only proves to be nationalist.
In this world we must be able to understand its limits.
In all my posts I only said that "It 's difficult to know which country is better than the other because there are many flaws in addition to corruption" (I speak for the Balkans).
Well, you change words. But you trying tag me as nationalist. Why do you do it?
For all there are data. You wonder that Balkans is in a difficult economic situation. Do you think that it is not true?
You wonder what I say that Albania is less developed than other Balkan countries. Yes, it is true too.
You are lucky, because Italy is much developed than Balkan countries. Balkans people (especially Albanians and Romanians) migrate to Italy, not vice verse.
You can check these claims, you can enter in IMF, WB etc. database and search what you want.
I repeat two set data.
GDP (PPP) per capita for Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Bosnia, Albania and Macedonia according IMF (Kosovo is 7,506), (intl. $):
69. Bulgaria, 14,103
76. Romania, 12,722
82. Montenegro, 11,610
84. Serbia, 10,722
87. Macedonia, 10,465
99. Bosnia, 8,127
100. Albania, 7,997
Salaries for same countries
Montenegro $618
Bosnia $558
Romania $485
Serbia $479
Macedonia $458
Bulgaria $414
Albania $264
Next time I will prepare migration rate. For example some countries can increase GDP (PPP) per capita if their population leaving the country at a high rate (you should look how many people emigrated from each Balkan country and you will be clear one of reason of jump GDP per capita in some countries).
And for economies of Balkan countries there are many texts, you can search and read. But it is easiest to belittle the participant how he doesn’t give materials.
Here are some articles about Balkan countries from 2009 to today.
From a global crisis to a Balkan crisis (2009)
http://www.diplomaticobserver.com/EN/belge/2-889/from-a-global-crisis-to-a-balkan-crisis.html
From recession to reform: The Western Balkans and the impacts of a double dip recession
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/fe...n-balkans-and-impacts-of-double-dip-recession
Globalizing the Western Balkans, about organized crime (2012)
http://etudescaribeennes.revues.org/5871
„Developing and weak countries such as Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania and Macedonia, with an underfunded and corrupt educational system, lack of clear norms and weak government institutions, have been unable to provide healthy environment for their youths who in turn have been an easy pray not only for criminal groups but also for Islamic fundamentalists.“
Regime uncertainty, the Balkans and the weak US recovery (2012)
http://marketmonetarist.com/2012/10/31/regime-uncertainty-the-balkans-and-the-weak-us-recovery/
IMF Serbian austerity measures and reaction of IMF (2013)
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/comments.php?nav_id=87936
I think this is enough for now.
You can see which position Albanian economy has in the Balkans.
And Kosovo economy is even worse from Albania (out of competition).
In the time Serbian province Kosovo was better economy than Albania.