Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Albania
Albania: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 94.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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
In 2020, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Albania stood at 94.1%.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Albania peaked at 99.8% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 93.9%, in 2019.
That places Albania 45th out of 120 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Albania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 99.8% | — |
| 2002 | 98.7% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 98.6% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 98.2% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 98.7% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 97.6% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 95.2% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 94.5% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 94.9% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 95.0% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 93.9% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 94.1% | +0.2% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 94.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Albania's 94.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 2.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 98.5% | 98.2% | 98.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 95.7% | 93.9% | 98.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 94.1% | 94.1% | 94.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More poverty & inequality data for Albania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in Albania?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Albania was 94.1% 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 $30 a day recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 1996.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.9% in 2019.
- How does Albania rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Albania ranks 45th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 $30 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 $30 per day.