Extreme poverty rate in Albania

0.3% of people in Albania lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2020.

Measure: Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1996 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Albania, 2020 0.3% % of population
Change from 2019 0percentage points 2019: 0.3%
World, 2020 11.4% Official aggregate

Extreme poverty rate in Albania over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period AlbaniaWorld
2024 – 10.1%
2023 – 10.5%
2022 – 10.9%
2021 – 11.3%
2020 0.3% 11.4%
2019 0.3% –
2018 1.0% 11.1%
2017 1.4% 11.8%
2016 1.1% 12.6%
2015 1.1% 13.4%
2014 3.7% 14.5%
2013 – 15.5%
2012 1.8% 17.8%
2011 – 19.1%
2010 – 21.0%
2009 – 23.1%
2008 0.8% 24.1%
2007 – 25.3%
2006 – 27.0%
2005 2.7% 28.3%
2004 – 30.3%
2003 – 32.2%
2002 4.2% 33.7%
2001 – 35.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2019.
  • Since 2002, when it was 4.2%, the figure has changed by −3.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 11.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.DDAY · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1996 to 2020 for Albania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform