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General Information

Region		Southern Europe
Population (000, 2025)		2 772^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		101.2^a
Capital city		Tirana
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		484.6^c
UN membership date		14 December 1955
Surface area (km2)		28 748^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		97.7^a
National currency		Lek (ALL)
Exchange rate (per US$)		93.9^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	11 387	15 163	22 978^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.2	-3.3	3.4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	3 928.0	5 280.0	8 172.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	22.5	21.9	20.9^b
Economy: Industry^e,g (% of Gross Value Added)	24.8	22.9	24.2^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e,h (% of GVA)	52.7	55.1	54.9^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	41.3	36.3	34.9^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	18.7	20.6	21.2^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	40	43.1	43.9^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	17.2	11.7	10.3ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	47.1 / 64.3	50.6 / 65.3ⁱ	53.8 / 68.3ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	111	121	141^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	106	99^b
International trade: exports^k (million current US$)	1 930	2 416	4 001^d
International trade: imports^k (million current US$)	4 320	5 411	9 604^d
International trade: balance^k (million current US$)	- 2 391	- 2 995	- 5 603^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-980	- 1 315	-646^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.2	-0.4	-0.7^a
Urban population (% of total population)	57.4	61.2^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.8^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.6	1.4	1.3^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	80.5 / 76.3	80.3 / 75.4	81.7 / 78.1^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	19.0 / 17.7	17.5 / 21.1	16.6 / 24.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	52.0 / 1.8	48.8 / 1.7	46.4 / 1.7^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	8.1	3.6	9^n,d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	10.1	9.4	8.1^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	6.5	7.5	6.2^o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.3^p	1.9	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	104.8 / 106.5	97.3 / 102.7	90.2 / 97.2^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	104.1 / 106.0	95.2 / 101.4	91.9 / 99.2^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	93.3 / 105.0	89.0 / 97.1	93.7 / 99.9^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.2	2.1	1.4^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	20.7	29.5^q	35.7^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	56.9ⁱ	72.2^r	83.1^r,b
Threatened species (number)	112	142	180^d
Forested area (% of land area)	28.8ⁱ	28.8ⁱ	28.8^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	3.8 / 1.3	3.6 / 1.3	3.6 / 1.3^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	87	63	66^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	32	31	32^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	3 784	2 604	7 105^o
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	48	50.6	50.6^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	34.0 / ...	45.2 / ...	49.6 / ...^o
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.91	2.08	1.59^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		2024
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		In 2020, the reported share of non-standard HS codes was relatively high.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		From various sources such as civil status offices, health institutions, schools, municipal child protection units, and social services, UNHCR estimates the number of people with undetermined nationality (at risk of statelessness).
o		2022
p		2013
q		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
r		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
s		Excluding nationals residing abroad.