International Rankings of Albania 2024, 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	36	18.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	93	508937	2020
Internet users - percent of population	33	79.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	130	2.291 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	7.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	122	177152	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	67	92.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	146	2.635 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	125	4.489 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	117	4.190 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	49	2.00 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	142	1.370 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	118	9.311 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	50	103.52	N/A
Exports	126	5.612 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	128	15.273 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	110	31.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	109	11.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	44	78.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	98	46.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	46	25.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	0.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	39	21.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	95	24.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	129	54.10 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	103	31 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	106	19.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	12	4.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	126	8.004 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	12	16.00 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	133	2.04 %	2021
Labor force	136	1.378 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	122	14 %	2012
Public debt	40	84.06 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	121	40.822 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	35	8.52 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	102	14500 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	38	9	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	98	5.635 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	113	17.02 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	53	11.82 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	57	27.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	36	28.00 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	41	27.80 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	105	235000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	117	78000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	131	3.482 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	145	3.794 million	2019
Coal - consumption	98	119000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	83	110000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	74	9000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	38	522.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	112	6.528 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	63	963.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	50	3.239 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	113	2.531 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	111	1.054 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	4	99.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	63	0.60 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	110	38.442 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	115	42.050 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	87	42.050 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	80	5.692 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	54	10500 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	56	150.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	127	26400 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	73	16100 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	100	3250 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	105	26660 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	105	5638 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	128	5 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	141	3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	98	16 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	84	43	2018
Land use - arable land	45	22	2018
Land use - forest	103	29	2018
Land use - permanent crops	58	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	89	17	2018
Total renewable water resources	111	30.200 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	98	550.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	94	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	92	230.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	98	1.29	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	84	65	2023
Geography
Area - land	146	27398 sq km	N/A
Area - total	147	28748 sq km	N/A
Area - water	102	1350 sq km	N/A
Coastline	123	362 km	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	50	708 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	79	1820 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	129	691 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	84	43	2018
Land use - arable land	45	22	2018
Land use - forest	103	29	2018
Land use - permanent crops	58	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	89	17	2018
Population Density	99	113.21 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	32	2 % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	86	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	66	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	82	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	50	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	112	12.50 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18	38	1	2018
Child marriage - women married by age 15	46	1	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	61	12	N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	82	2 %	1718
Contraceptive prevalence rate	78	46.00 %	1718
Current health expenditure	51	7 % of GDP	2018
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	22	67 %	2023
Death rate	54	7.40 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	44	24.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	113	4.20 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	128	48.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	153	24.10 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	24	97 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	88	4 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	75	3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	41	3 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	55	3 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	94	0.75 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	112	9.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	114	11.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	113	10.50 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	32	83 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	42	77 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	35	80 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	16	98 %	2021
Literacy - male	12	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	15	98 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	114	8.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	66	37 years	N/A
Median age - male	70	34 years	N/A
Median age - total	62	36 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	36	27	2020
Net migration rate	88	3.20 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	67	21.70 %	2016
Physicians density	82	1.88 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	137	3.102 million	2023
Population growth rate	138	0.19 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	3	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	115	1 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	6	1.10 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	26	0.97 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	28	0.85 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.97 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	129	1.55 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	98	1.29	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	84	65	2023
Transportation
Airports	122	3	2024
Heliports	57	9	2024
Merchant marine - total	100	69	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	127	303137	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	97	5.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	47	2021 km	N/A
Waterways	105	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.

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