Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Albania

Extreme poverty rate in Albania in 2020 — 0.3%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 70. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 2.7 pp.

2020 0.3% +0 pp vs 2019
World rank 22of 70
Period maximum 4.2%2002
Period minimum 0.3%2019

Trend over time

1996–2020 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Albania, 1996–202002461996199920022005200820112014201720201996: 3%2002: 4.2%2005: 2.7%2008: 0.8%2012: 1.8%2014: 3.7%2015: 1.1%2016: 1.1%2017: 1.4%2018: 1%2019: 0.3%2020: 0.3%
Change over the period: −2.7 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Albania

Albania 0.3%
World 11.4%
Southern Europe computed 1.2%
Extreme poverty rate — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 0.3 +0 pp
2019 0.3 −0.7 pp
2018 1 −0.4 pp
2017 1.4 +0.3 pp
2016 1.1 +0 pp
2015 1.1 −2.6 pp
2014 3.7
2012 1.8
2008 0.8
2005 2.7
2002 4.2
1996 3

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.