Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Albania
Albania: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 98.3% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Albania, 1996–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Albania is 98.3%, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Albania peaked at 99.9% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 97.9%, in 2019.
That places Albania 41st out of 120 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Albania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 99.9% | — |
| 2002 | 99.7% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 99.5% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 99.2% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 99.7% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 99.3% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 98.5% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 98.1% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 98.5% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 98.6% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 97.9% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 98.3% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.5% | 99.2% | 99.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 98.6% | 97.9% | 99.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 98.3% | 98.3% | 98.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More poverty & inequality data for Albania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,170 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.5922 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 25.47 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 25.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Albania?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Albania was 98.3% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 1996.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.9% in 2019.
- How does Albania rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Albania ranks 41st out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.