EU 16.64
· European ranking
12 / 34
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Albania: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
19.20% of people
EU 16.64 · +2.6 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2023 · 3 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+19.29
23.50
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2-4.57
18.80
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3-11.17
17.50
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Albania performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Albania
In Albania, Poverty risk is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 19.2% versus 16.6% in 2024, with a gap of 2.6 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Albania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 23.00% in 2019 to 19.20% in 2024. The latest step, from 19.70% in 2023 to 19.20% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is weaker than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Albania, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.