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Introduction
Language
Official language
Albanian 98%
T-index
0.025%
T-Index ranks countries according to their potential for online sales.
Other languages
Greek 0.5%, others 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian)
English
Moderate proficiency (EF) – 47 of 111 countries/regions in the world- 32/35 position in Europe.
Demography
Capital: Tirana
Currency: Lek
Population: 2,81 m
Population density: 104/km2
Economy
GDP: 18.26 billion USD (2020)
GDP per capita: 6,492.9 USD (2020)
Exports: $3.49 billion (2021)
Statistics
Internet users: 80.1 % penetration, 2.27 million
Unemployment rate: 11.8% (2023)
Urbanisation: 62.97% (2020)
Literacy: 98% (2021)
Conventions
Numbering system
Arabic numerals and comma as decimal separator
Date format: dd-mm-yyyy
Time: 24h time system
Country code: 00355
Language data sources: Worldatlas/Britannica//EF/Wikipedia; Demography data sources: IMF/Worldometers; Conventions data source: Wikipedia; Economy data sources: WTO/OEC/CIA/Esomar/Datareportal; Statistics data sources: Datareportal/WorldBank/UN/UNESCO/CEIC/IMF/Culturalatlas/Commisceoglobal
Facts and data
Economy
Imports
$7.59 billion (2021). Refined Petroleum ($602M), Cars ($227M), Packaged Medicaments ($214M), Electricity ($203M), and Raw Iron Bars ($166M), importing mostly from Italy ($1.91B), Greece ($1.62B), Turkey ($790M), China ($586M), and Germany ($359M).
Financial inclusion factors (over 15 years of age)
• 8% have an account with a financial institution
• 1.1% have a credit card
• 2.4% have a mobile money account
• 7.3% make online purchases
Ease of doing business
It is easy to conduct business (rated 67.7 out of 100) ranked 21st out of 44 European and Central Asian countries ranked 82nd out of 190 countries worldwide (2020, World Bank).
Exports
$3.49 billion (2021). Footwear Parts ($272M), Leather Footwear ($254M), Electricity ($204M), Crude Petroleum ($204M), and Ferroalloys ($157M), exporting mostly to Italy ($1.42B), Greece ($441M), Spain ($211M), Germany ($174M), and China ($149M).
Economic freedom
‘Moderately free’ (rated 65.3 out of 100) ranked 27th out of 44 European countries ranked 49th out of 186 countries worldwide (2023, Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal).
Economy data sources: WTO/OEC/CIA/Esomar/Datareportal
Service Imports (2018)
Source: OEC
Service Exports (2018)
Source: OEC
Most specialised products by RCA Index
Specialisation is measured using Revealed Comparative Advantage, an index that takes the ratio between Albania observed and expected exports in each product
Source: OEC
Most Complex Products by PCI
Product Complexity Index measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters
Source: OEC
Export Opportunities by Relatedness
Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product, the barchart show only products that Albania is not specialized in
Source: OEC
Volume of payments/transfers processed by payment instrument over time
Distribution of payments/transfers volume processed by instrument over time (%)
Source: WorldBank
Growth rate of payments/transfers volume by instruments over time (%)
Source: WorldBank
Total value of credit card payments in Albania from 2008 to 2018 (in million Albanian lek)
Source: WorldBank
Media
Media language
English, Albanian
The press
Shekulli – private daily
Gazeta Shqiptare – private daily
Panorama – private daily
Gazeta Dita – private daily
Gazeta Mapo – private daily
Tirana Times – English-language
Television
Albanian Radio and TV (RTSh) – public, operates two networks
Top Channel – national, private
TV Klan – national, private
Vizion Plus – national, private
Radio
Albanian Radio and TV (RTSh) – public
Top Albania Radio – national, private
Club FM – national, private
News agency
Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) – English-language pages
BalkanWeb – news website
NOA – news website
Albanian Daily News – English-language news site
Media data source: BBC
Internet Data
Internet users
80.1 % penetration, 2.27 million
Share of web traffic by device
86.18% mobile phones, 13.01% computers (laptops and desktops), 0.80% tablet devices and 0.01% other devices
Median speed of mobile Internet connection
44.63 mbps
Median speed of fixed Internet connection
39.29 mbps
Mobile connection as a percentage of total population: 122.2%
Percentage of mobile connections that are broadband (3G-5G): 73.4%
Most popular web search engines
Google (98.12%), Bing (0.95%), Yahoo (0.56%), DuckDuckgo (0.17%), Yandex (0.15%), Ecosia (0.03%)
Most used social media
Facebook (94.78%), Instagram (2.99%), Pinterest (0.84%), Twitter (0.82%), YouTube (0.36%), Reddit (0.11%)
Internet data sources: Datareportal/Statcounter
Social statistics
Life expectancy
76 yrs (2021)
Average age of the population
36.4 yrs (2020)
Current education expenditure
88.6% of total expenditure in public institutions
World Happiness Index
Albania was ranked 90 out of 137 countries, with a score of 5.199
The World Happiness Index measures happiness based on respondent ratings of their own lives, correlated with other life factors.
Privileges: It is obvious that if personal relationships carry excessive weight (e.g. preferred treatment, pay increases, hiring of friends or family) misunderstanding of business or job relations can occur. Usually, such situations do not occur and having family members in the same workplace is not a common thing; you see this only in small, private businesses.
CO2 emissions
1.7 metric tons per capita
Current Health Expenditure
6.66%
Corruption Perception Index
Albania scored 36 out of 100, ranked 101 out of 180 countries
The CPI measures the perception of corruption due to the difficulty of measuring absolute levels of corruption.
Religion
In general, the Albanian person is not religious and at the same time does not judge other people with religious convictions. For them, faith is a personal matter and is not taught at home. It is common to see marriages of people with different religious names or backgrounds. The characteristic element of Albanian history is the peaceful co-existence of different religions. Albanians do not harass people due to their class, origin, or ethnicity. The attitudes regarding gender, religion, class, and ethnicity do not have any impact on the workplace, where endeavor through productivity, teamwork, and respect are the leading values..
Gender
Albanian people regard both men and women equally. It is common to see men and women in all workplaces, but men carry out the hard professions. Men lead the family and the women strive to keep a clean house, and a warm home, and together with their husbands, they look after their children with great attention.
Social statistics sources: WorldBank/UN/UNESCO/CEIC/IMF
Tertiary education in Albania
Source: UNESCO
Tertiary education in Albania, by gender
Source: UNESCO
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Languages research
Languages spoken in Albania

Legend
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Albanian
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Greek
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Serbian
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Aromanian
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Macedonian
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