Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Albania
19.9% of people in Albania lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2020. The value for 2020 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1996.
Albania, 2020
19.9%
Change from 2019
−1.6percentage points
World, 2020
50.4%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Albania over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Albania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | – | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 19.9% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 21.5% | – |
| 2018 | 24.1% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 32.7% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 32.9% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 32.8% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 46.5% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | – | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 45.9% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | – | 58.8% |
| 2010 | – | 60.2% |
| 2009 | – | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 43.4% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | – | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 50.0% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | – | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 61.0% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.6 percentage points from 21.5% in 2019.
- Since 2002, when it was 61.0%, the figure has changed by −41.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 50.4%.
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2.1%
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At-risk-of-poverty rate
19.0%
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Poverty or social exclusion rate
39.4%
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Income inequality (Gini)
30.4 (0 to 100)
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Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
4.82 times
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Severe material and social deprivation
31.2%
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