EU 30.40
· European ranking
12 / 34
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Albania: Financial Vulnerability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
34.50% of people
EU 30.40 · +4.1 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Inability to face unexpected financial expenses ilc_mdes04
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At a glance
Albania performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, 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, Unexpected expenses is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 34.5% versus 30.4% in 2024, with a gap of 4.1 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Albania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 44.30% in 2019 to 34.50% in 2024. The latest step, from 36.90% in 2023 to 34.50% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to 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.