ALBANIA

Capital Tirana
Area (km2) 28 748
Total population (thousands, 2021) 2 812
Population density (per km2) 98
National currency Albanian Lek (ALL)
National statistical office www.instat.gov.al
Institute of Statistics (INSTAT)
Women in the labour force, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 45%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 5%
   hourly wage, 2018 7%
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 24%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 59%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 18%
Women researchers
   percentage of total for both sexes ..
Life expectancy at birth, 2022
   females, years 80.9
   males, years 77.4
Life expectancy at 65, 2022
   females, years 18.4
   males, years 17.1
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.3
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 11.8
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 26.6
 
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
3.8
11.2
-1.8
0.4
4.0
2.2
Unemployment rate
 (%)
12.3
11.5
11.6
11.5
10.8
10.7
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
28.3
27.2
26.5
27.1
..
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 60 064
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 23 314
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 36.3
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 43.2
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 19 135
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   ALL per USD, US=1, 2023 39.363
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 28
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 26

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 253
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 25
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2024 875
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2024 74
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 0
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 19
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2014 8 650
      million tonne-kilometres, 2014 3 500