Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Albania

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Albania in 2020 — 19.9%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 70. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 38.7 pp.

2020 19.9% −1.6 pp vs 2019
World rank 49of 70
Period maximum 61%2002
Period minimum 19.9%2020

Trend over time

1996–2020 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Albania, 1996–20200204060801996199920022005200820112014201720201996: 58.6%2002: 61%2005: 50%2008: 43.4%2012: 45.9%2014: 46.5%2015: 32.8%2016: 32.9%2017: 32.7%2018: 24.1%2019: 21.5%2020: 19.9%
Change over the period: −38.7 pp Annual average: -1.61 pp

Comparison, 2020

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

Albania 19.9%
World 50.4%
Southern Europe computed 4.22%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 19.9 −1.6 pp
2019 21.5 −2.6 pp
2018 24.1 −8.6 pp
2017 32.7 −0.2 pp
2016 32.9 +0.1 pp
2015 32.8 −13.7 pp
2014 46.5
2012 45.9
2008 43.4
2005 50
2002 61
1996 58.6

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

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