Albania
Region Europe & Central AsiaIncome Upper middle incomeCapital TiraneISO3 ALB
Human development
0.81
HDI, 0–1 scale
GDP per capita
22,724.3PPP $
2021 international $
Life expectancy
79.8yrs
At birth
Governance
55.3/100
Avg. of six WGI
Governance
Control of Corruption
- Control of Corruption39.3Ranked 123rd▼ 3· 2024
- Government Effectiveness57.4Ranked 77th▼ 3· 2024
- Political Stability & Absence of Violence66.2Ranked 100th▼ 7· 2024
- Rule of Law54.9Ranked 103rd—· 2024
- Regulatory Quality57Ranked 76th▼ 12· 2024
- Voice & Accountability56.6Ranked 100th▼ 1· 2024
- Military spending2%Ranked 54th▼ 7· 2024
- Women in parliament35%Ranked 46th▲ 4· 2025
- V-Dem electoral democracy0.48Ranked 77th▼ 2· 2025
- V-Dem liberal democracy0.38Ranked 75th—· 2025
- Human rights index (V-Dem)0.87Ranked 38th▲ 3· 2025
- Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0.87Ranked 38th▲ 3· 2025
- Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0.67Ranked 82nd▲ 6· 2025
- Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0.29Ranked 82nd▲ 2· 2025
- Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0.24Ranked 101st▲ 5· 2025
- Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0.35Ranked 76th▲ 9· 2025
- Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0.89Ranked 25th▲ 2· 2025
- Rule of law index (V-Dem)0.59Ranked 73rd▼ 7· 2025
Economy
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GDP
- GDP30.54BRanked 112th—· 2025
- GDP per capita, PPP22,724.3Ranked 75th▼ 11· 2025
- GDP growth3.8%Ranked 76th▲ 5· 2025
- Inflation2.1%Ranked 60th▲ 1· 2025
- Unemployment10.9%Ranked 150th▲ 3· 2025
- Trade openness79.5%Ranked 70th▼ 20· 2025
- FDI net inflows6.1%Ranked 13th▼ 23· 2025
- Tax revenue18%Ranked 45th▼ 7· 2024
- Current account balance-0.53%Ranked 46th▼ 53· 2025
- Gross savings22.8%Ranked 42nd▼ 30· 2025
- Gross capital formation25%Ranked 61st▼ 20· 2024
- Government expenditure25.4%Ranked 48th▼ 14· 2023
- External debt stocks39.7%Ranked 49th▼ 15· 2024
- Personal remittances received8.4%Ranked 18th▼ 13· 2025
- R&D expenditure0.2%Ranked 66th▼ 6· 2022
- Researchers in R&D428.7Ranked 66th▼ 1· 2022
- High-technology exports1.5%Ranked 109th▼ 33· 2024
- Youth unemployment25.6%Ranked 156th▲ 1· 2025
- Agricultural employment30.8%Ranked 56th▲ 1· 2025
- Vulnerable employment46%Ranked 126th—· 2025
- Agriculture value added14.8%Ranked 41st▼ 9· 2025
- Industry value added21.8%Ranked 102nd▼ 8· 2025
- GDP per capita (nominal)12,998.1Ranked 74th▼ 15· 2025
- Annual working hours per worker2,152Ranked 38th▲ 2· 2023
- GNI per capita (PPP)17,627.4Ranked 87th—· 2023
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)11.4%Ranked 151st▲ 1· 2027
- Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)25.4%Ranked 155th▼ 1· 2027
- Labour force participation rate64.6%Ranked 62nd▼ 3· 2027
- Employment-to-population ratio57.3%Ranked 93rd—· 2027
- Human capital index3Ranked 57th▲ 1· 2019
- Capital stock per worker208,171.6Ranked 67th—· 2019
Life expectancy
- Life expectancy79.8Ranked 54th▲ 1· 2024
- Infant mortality8.3Ranked 42nd▼ 2· 2024
- Maternal mortality7Ranked 7th▼ 1· 2023
- Health spending7.1%Ranked 83rd▲ 13· 2023
- Physicians1.9Ranked 74th▼ 3· 2020
- Basic sanitation access99.3%Ranked 28th▲ 1· 2024
- Basic drinking water access95.1%Ranked 95th▲ 2· 2024
- Undernourishment5.4%Ranked 18th▼ 2· 2023
- Measles immunization81%Ranked 19th▲ 2· 2024
- Tuberculosis incidence15Ranked 49th—· 2024
- Road traffic deaths11.7Ranked 46th▲ 4· 2019
- Suicide mortality rate2.8Ranked 26th▼ 10· 2021
- Smoking prevalence21.4%Ranked 75th▼ 2· 2024
- PM2.5 air pollution exposure15.5Ranked 87th▼ 3· 2023
- Child mortality0.92Ranked 43rd—· 2024
- Daily caloric supply per capita3,237.8Ranked 58th▲ 4· 2023
- Stunting prevalence (under 5)11.3%Ranked 7th▼ 8· 2017
- Wasting prevalence (under 5)1.6%Ranked 4th▼ 20· 2017
- Overweight prevalence (under 5)16.4%Ranked 27th▼ 2· 2017
- DTP3 immunization coverage97%Ranked 3rd—· 2024
- Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage81%Ranked 19th▲ 2· 2024
- Under-5 mortality rate9.2Ranked 68th—· 2024
Education
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2024UNDP (HDRO)CC BY 3.0 IGOupdated 2024
Secondary enrollment
- Secondary enrollment108.4%Ranked 17th▼ 49· 2024
- Education spending3.1%Ranked 82nd▼ 48· 2023
- Adult literacy97.7%Ranked 9th▲ 3· 2023
- Primary enrollment111.5%Ranked 19th▼ 111· 2024
- Tertiary enrollment84.1%Ranked 12th▼ 36· 2024
- Primary completion rate107.3%Ranked 10th▼ 63· 2024
- Expected years of schooling14.5Ranked 76th▲ 4· 2023
- Mean years of schooling10.2Ranked 86th—· 2023
Demography
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2050
Population
- Population2.35MRanked 146th▲ 1· 2025
- Population growth-1.2%Ranked 211th▲ 1· 2025
- Urban population58.9%Ranked 122nd—· 2025
- Fertility rate1.3Ranked 175th▲ 5· 2024
- Crude birth rate10.1Ranked 149th▼ 4· 2024
- Median age of population36.3Ranked 73rd▲ 1· 2023
- Total age dependency ratio50Ranked 152nd▼ 6· 2023
- Net migration rate-9Ranked 196th▲ 3· 2023
- Projected population in 2050 (medium)2,240.2Ranked 149th· 2050
- Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)84.1Ranked 52nd· 2050
Electricity access
- Electricity access100%Ranked 1st—· 2024
- Renewable energy share41.9%Ranked 53rd▼ 2· 2021
- Forest area28.8%Ranked 112th—· 2023
- Electric power consumption2,891.8Ranked 69th▲ 2· 2023
- CO₂ per capita1.6Ranked 133rd—· 2024
- CO₂ emissions4.44MRanked 142nd▲ 1· 2024
- Renewable electricity100%Ranked 1st—· 2024
- Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCF8.6Ranked 46th▲ 1· 2023
- GHG emissions per capita3.5Ranked 72nd▼ 2· 2023
Deaths in armed conflicts
- Deaths in armed conflicts0Ranked 1st—· 2025
- INFORM risk score3.1Ranked 20th· 2026
- Hazard & exposure3.7Ranked 31st· 2026
- Vulnerability2.4Ranked 13th· 2026
- Lack of coping capacity3.3Ranked 25th· 2026
- Natural hazard & exposure5.5Ranked 42nd· 2026
- Human hazard & exposure1.3Ranked 14th· 2026
- Socio-economic vulnerability2.2Ranked 23rd· 2026
- Vulnerable groups2.5Ranked 20th· 2026
- Lack of institutional coping capacity4.4Ranked 23rd· 2026
- Lack of infrastructure coping capacity2.1Ranked 18th· 2026
- Battle-related deaths (state-based)26Ranked 10th· 1999
- Organized-violence deaths (total)26Ranked 14th· 1999
Society
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Gini index
- Gini index29.4Ranked 17th—· 2020
- Extreme poverty0.3%Ranked 4th—· 2020
- Internet users85.9%Ranked 74th▼ 8· 2024
- Homicide rate1.4Ranked 38th▼ 10· 2023
- Female labor participation58.6%Ranked 56th▼ 3· 2025
- Fixed broadband subscriptions24.9Ranked 65th▼ 6· 2024
- Life satisfaction5.7Ranked 83rd▼ 4· 2025
- Human Development Index0.81Ranked 56th▼ 2· 2023
- Gender Inequality Index0.11Ranked 32nd▲ 4· 2023
- Gender Development Index0.96Ranked 54th▲ 7· 2023
- Inequality-adjusted HDI0.71Ranked 51st—· 2023
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0.76Ranked 21st—· 2023
- Youth NEET rate23.6%Ranked 122nd▲ 1· 2027
- Poverty headcount at $2.15/day0Ranked 1st—· 2026
- Poverty headcount at $3.65/day0Ranked 32nd▼ 4· 2026
- Poverty headcount at $6.85/day0.06Ranked 84th▼ 4· 2026
- Poverty gap at $2.15/day0Ranked 1st—· 2026
- Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)4,673Ranked 105th▲ 11· 2025
- Refugees originating (by country of origin)21,447Ranked 131st—· 2025
- Asylum seekers7,643Ranked 112th▼ 11· 2025