International Rankings of Albania 2022, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Albania, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Albania, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	35	18	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	90	508937	2020
Internet users - percent of population	36	72 %	2020
Internet users - total	124	2.043 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	47	8	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	117	223469	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	83	91	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	142	2.619 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	126	3.874 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	121	3.614 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	45	2 % of GDP	0
Exports	39	3.470 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	125	15.273 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	102	31.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	103	11.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	42	78.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	92	46.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	43	25.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	0.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	37	21.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	89	24.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	118	54.1 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	105	19.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	12	4.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	26	6.8 %	2017
Labor force	137	1.104 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	39	41.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	76	18.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	116	40.3 %	2017
Population below poverty line	114	14.3	2012
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	118	37.730 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	75	13300 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	79	27.6 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	47	25.9	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	24	27.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	28	27	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	100	235000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	115	78000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	129	3.482 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	93	119000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	80	110000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	71	9000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	35	522.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	110	6.528 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	60	963.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	49	3.239 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	111	2.531 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	108	1.054 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	151	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	4	99.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	60	0.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	105	38.442 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	113	42.050 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	84	42.050 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	79	5.692 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	52	10500 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	55	150.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	125	26400 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	70	16100 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	96	3250 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	102	26660 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	101	5638 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	125	4.54 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	137	2.55 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	109	17.87 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	79	42.8	2018
Land use - arable land	42	22.3	2018
Land use - forest	93	28.8	2018
Land use - other	80	28.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	52	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	83	17.4	2018
Revenue from coal	26	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	77	0.18 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	104	30.200 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	91	905.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	76	231.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	100	283.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	95	1.29	2025
Urbanization - urban population	75	64.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	141	27398 sq km	0
Area - total	139	28748 sq km	0
Area - water	49	1.350 million sq km	0
Coastline	108	362 km	0
Elevation - highest point	187	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	47	708 meters	0
Irrigated land	77	1820 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	122	691 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	79	42.8	2018
Land use - arable land	42	22.3	2018
Land use - forest	93	28.8	2018
Land use - other	80	28.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	52	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	83	17.4	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	95	15.39	6318
Age structure - 25-54 years	68	42.04	0307
Age structure - 55-64 years	61	11.94	8783
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	84	1.75 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	55	0.08 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	63	1.43 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	79	4.4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	47	1.15 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	130	12.69 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	91	1.5 %	1718
Contraceptive prevalence rate	77	46 %	1718
Current health expenditure	60	5.2 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	88	7.31 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	41	24.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	109	4.2 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	120	48.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	142	24.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	23	97.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	83	3.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	72	3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	39	2.7 % of population	0
Education expenditures	53	3.1 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	41	2.9 beds/1,000 population	2013
Infant mortality rate - female	118	9.71 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	125	11.85 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	122	10.82 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	42	82.33 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	50	76.8 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	48	79.47 years	0
Literacy - female	17	97.8 %	2018
Literacy - male	15	98.5 %	0
Literacy - total population	16	98.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	99	15 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	64	35.7 years	2020
Median age - male	66	32.9 years	0
Median age - total	60	34.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	36	26.6	2020
Net migration rate	141	3.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	63	21.7 %	2016
Physicians density	81	1.88 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	132	3.095 million	2022
Population growth rate	124	0.22 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	3	99.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	108	0.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0.1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	90	0.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	15 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	5	1.1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	12	1.11	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	29	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	29	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.66 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	6	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	66	6 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	37	38.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	54	22.4 %	2020
Total fertility rate	118	1.54 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	95	1.29	2025
Urbanization - urban population	75	64.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	47	25.9	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	24	27.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	28	27	0
Transportation
Airports	117	3	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	73	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	91	70	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	123	303137	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	95	5	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - standard gauge	44	677	2015
Railways - total	99	677 km	2015
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	158	N/A km	2022
Waterways	100	41 km	2011

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.