Pristina, Kosovo. Editorial credit: Bas van den Heuvel / Shutterstock.com

Kosovo

Kosovo holds credible and relatively well-administered elections, but its institutions remain weak, and rampant corruption has given rise to deep public distrust in the government.

Bernardo Arevalo supporters cheer after their presidential victory in Guatemala.

Freedom in the World — Kosovo Country Report

Kosovo is rated Partly Free in Freedom in the World 2024, Freedom House's annual study of political rights and civil liberties worldwide. 

Polish voters gather for the ''March of a Million Hearts,” a pro-democratic rally in Warsaw that gathered up to 1 million participants on October 1, 2023. (Piotr Lapinski/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Nations in Transit — Kosovo Country Report

Kosovo is categorized as a Transitional or Hybrid regime in Nations in Transit 2024, Freedom House's annual study on the state of democracy in the region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia.