Albania
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 2.3M (2025). World rank 146 of 216; in Europe, 31 of 48. Area: 28,748 km². World rank 145 of 249; in Europe, 34 of 52. Life expectancy: 79.8 years (2024). World rank 53 of 216 (1 = best); in Europe, 30 of 48. From 2015 to 2025: population 2.7M → 2.3M, GDP $11.5B → $30.5B, and GDP per person $4,200 → $12,998.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Albania
- Local name
- Shqipëria
- Capital
- Tirana
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Bajram Begaj
- Head of government
- Edi Rama
- Independence
- November 28, 1912
- Women in parliament
- 35% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 2,349,580 2025
- Area
- 28,748 km²
- GDP
- $30.5B 2025
- GDP per person
- $12,998 2025
- Life expectancy
- 79.8 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Albanian
- Currency
- Albanian Lek (ALL)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +355
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 127, 128, 129
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 362
- Neighbours
- Montenegro, Greece, North Macedonia, Kosovo
- Agricultural land
- 41.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Korab, 2,764 m
- Lowest point
- Adriatic Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 708
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 12
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 24°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 2°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,485 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 81.7 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -1.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 58.9% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -24.2K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.7% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 16.6% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 65.8% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 17.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 81.6 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 77.9 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.3 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 10.1 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 8.5 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 56.7%, Catholic 10%, other 7.8%, Orthodox 6.8%, and no religion 2.5% (2011)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 58 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 42 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 62 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 60.7 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 60 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $28,221 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.8% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $12,060 2025
- Inflation
- +2.2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 46 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 14.8% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 21.8% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 49.7% 2025
- Unemployment
- 10.9% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 25.6% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 58.6% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 37% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 42.5% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -0.5% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +6.1% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 8.4% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 18% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 29.4 2020
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.3% 2020
Education
- Adult literacy
- 97.7% 2023
- Primary school enrolment
- 112% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 108% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 84.2% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.1% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 7.1% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $591 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 48.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 1.9 2020
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 5.8 2020
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.9 2020
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 81% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 8.3 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 9.2 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 7 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 10.6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 62.2% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 21.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 95.1% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.3% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 89% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.4 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 11.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 2.8 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 67.2 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 15.5 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.8 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 3 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 34.3% 2024
- Protected areas
- 18% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 10,972 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 4.8% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 85.9% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 89 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 24.9 2024
- Internet domain
- .al
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 2,986 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 41.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 98.6% 2011
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 0% 2021
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 374,800 2023
- Airports
- 3 2025
- Railways, km
- 424 2017
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2022
- Researchers per million people
- 429 2022
- Scientific articles per year
- 319 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 9 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 1.5% 2024