Poverty at the national line — all countries

Poverty at the national line — Albania

Poverty at the national line in Albania in 2022 — 19.7%. Ranked 21 in the world out of 52. Since 2002, the indicator has fallen by 5.7 pp.

2022 19.7% −0.9 pp vs 2021
World rank 21of 52
Period maximum 25.4%2002
Period minimum 12.4%2008

Trend over time

2002–2022 · % of population

Poverty at the national line — Albania, 2002–20221015202530200220042006200820102012201420162018202020222002: 25.4%2005: 18.5%2008: 12.4%2012: 14.3%2016: 23.7%2017: 23.4%2018: 23%2019: 21.8%2020: 22%2021: 20.6%2022: 19.7%
Change over the period: −5.7 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp
Poverty at the national line — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 19.7 −0.9 pp
2021 20.6 −1.4 pp
2020 22 +0.2 pp
2019 21.8 −1.2 pp
2018 23 −0.4 pp
2017 23.4 −0.3 pp
2016 23.7
2012 14.3
2008 12.4
2005 18.5
2002 25.4

Southern Europe, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population below the national poverty line — the one a country has defined in its legislation or in the methodology of its statistical office. The indicator answers a question the international lines do not ask: how many people are poor by the standards of their own society. That is exactly why it is unfit for comparing countries with one another — yet it shows better than any other indicator how a country assesses poverty at home, and it is what the results of national policy are judged by.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: poverty lines differ between countries, and a sum of shares computed against different lines has no definition. For comparing countries there are the three international lines.

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