Kosovo participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. This was the country's Youth Olympic Games debut.
Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.
The athlete Muhamet Ramadani was included in the shot thanks to an initiative by the European Athletics Association.
Kosovo received an invitation of the International Olympic Committee to participate in the boxing tournament.
Kosovo qualified one athlete, based on their performance at the U18 European Championship.
Kosovo received an invitation of the IOC to participate in the swimming competitions.
Kosovo was given a quota by the tripartite committee to compete in weightlifting.