Level of water stress in Albania

Freshwater withdrawals in Albania were equal to 4.8% of available resources in 2022.

Measure: Level of water stress Unit: % of available freshwater resources Data: 1990 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Albania, 2022 4.8% % of available freshwater resources
Change from 2021 0percentage points 2021: 4.8%
Position in 2022 122nd of 176 See the full ranking

Level of water stress in Albania over time

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

Level of water stress (% of available freshwater resources), 1998 to 2022
Period Albania
2022 4.8%
2021 4.8%
2020 4.7%
2019 6.8%
2018 5.8%
2017 6.6%
2016 6.6%
2015 5.5%
2014 6.5%
2013 6.6%
2012 6.8%
2011 6.9%
2010 7.1%
2009 7.2%
2008 7.4%
2007 7.5%
2006 7.6%
2005 8.4%
2004 8.9%
2003 9.5%
2002 10.0%
2001 10.5%
2000 11.0%
1999 10.2%
1998 9.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 4.8% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 6.8%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2022, Albania has the 122nd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AQUASTAT
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.H2O.FWST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2022 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: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AQUASTAT