Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Albania

2.1% of people in Albania lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2020.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1996 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Albania, 2020 2.1% % of population
Change from 2019 +0.3percentage points 2019: 1.8%
World, 2020 22.1% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period AlbaniaWorld
2024 – 18.2%
2023 – 19.3%
2022 – 20.5%
2021 – 21.4%
2020 2.1% 22.1%
2019 1.8% –
2018 3.5% 22.3%
2017 4.7% 23.6%
2016 5.8% 24.9%
2015 4.7% 26.3%
2014 12.5% 27.9%
2013 – 29.3%
2012 6.5% 32.0%
2011 – 33.6%
2010 – 35.8%
2009 – 38.1%
2008 5.9% 39.3%
2007 – 40.5%
2006 – 42.2%
2005 9.4% 43.7%
2004 – 45.4%
2003 – 47.2%
2002 15.1% 48.6%
2001 – 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 1.8% in 2019.
  • Since 2002, when it was 15.1%, the figure has changed by −13.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 22.1%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · 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