Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Albania
Albania: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 19.9% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 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, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Albania stood at 19.9%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.3% on the previous year and down 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Albania peaked at 61.0% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 19.9%, in 2020.
Albania ranks 63rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Albania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 58.6% | — |
| 2002 | 61.0% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 50.0% | -18.0% |
| 2008 | 43.4% | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 45.9% | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 46.5% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 32.8% | -29.5% |
| 2016 | 32.9% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 32.7% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 24.1% | -26.1% |
| 2019 | 21.5% | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 19.9% | -7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.6% | 58.6% | 58.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 51.5% | 43.4% | 61.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 33.8% | 21.5% | 46.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 19.9% | 19.9% | 19.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 60 North Macedonia 20.5% compare
- 61 Paraguay 20.5% compare
- 62 Republic of Moldova 20.4% compare
- 64 Panama 19.8% compare
- 65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 17.4% compare
- 66 Jordan 15.3% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Albania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Albania?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Albania was 19.9% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 61.0% in 2002.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.9% in 2020.
- How does Albania rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Albania ranks 63rd out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.1%. 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 Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.