Albania
Everything Palanor holds about Albania, in one place: 58 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
Europe
The latest read
- GDP in current U.S. dollars: $30.5 billion (2025); record high since 1990; 1y +12.9%.
- Household consumption, share of GDP: 69.2% of GDP (2025); 4th percentile since 1990; lowest since 1990; 1y −0.32 pts.
- Net exports, share of GDP: -5.5% of GDP (2025); record high since 1990; 1y +1.38 pts.
Country Posture
What Albania’s economy is doing
Momentum
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | 3.8 |
| Growth against its three-year average | -0.5 |
| Change in unemployment | 0.2 |
| Change in the employment rate | 0.1 |
| Export volume growth | — |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
202573Deep buffers
0 = thin buffers · 100 = deep buffers
Moved most by reserves, months of imports (up) and current account (up) since the year before.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue (2024) | 7.4 | 62 |
| Budget balance (2024) | -1.0 | 79 |
| Reserves, months of imports | 7.2 | 86 |
| Current account | -0.5 | 76 |
| Governance (WGI mean) | 0.11 | 77 |
| External debt (2024) | 39.7 | 53 |
Pressure
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | 2.1 |
| Change in inflation | -0.1 |
| Currency move against the dollar | -7.0% |
| Conflict deaths per million | 0.0 |
| Political stability | 0.09 |
| Private credit, three-year change | 2.6 |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
Passport reach
Where a Albania passport opens doors
The share of world GDP, outside Albania itself, in the economies whose published rules let a holder of this passport in, as of October 2026. Palanor records the rules of destinations holding 88% of world GDP, from each government’s own list, and weights them by World Bank GDP for 2025. Rank is among 199 passports.
Work
13.0%rank 75 of 199
the right to work (free movement in full; treaty and working-holiday routes at half); 0 destinations in full, 1 at half.
Recorded changes
Reach is shown here and not weighted into Country Strength: it rewards membership of a free-movement area or a treaty more than the strength of an economy. Entry is always at the border officer’s discretion, and conditions (length of stay, fees, age limits) vary. Method, sources and the full ranking: Passports and citizenship.
Palanor calculation from each destination government's published rules; GDP weights from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0), one year for the whole line, so it moves only when a list changes.
GDP by expenditure
What Albania’s economy runs on
In 2025, household spending was 69.2% of GDP, government consumption 12.8%, investment —% and net exports -5.5% (exports 37.0%, imports 42.5%).
World Bank national accounts. The parts can miss 100 by a few points (the statistical discrepancy).
Same World Bank definition for every country, so the shares compare directly: What each economy runs on.
IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF’s outlook for Albania
The latest year before the October 2026 edition (often still an IMF estimate) and the IMF’s own projections. These are the IMF’s published forecasts, shown as published; Palanor does not project them further. Since the previous edition the IMF raised its growth forecast for this year by 0.1 percentage points (Palanor calculation).
| Measure | 2025 | 2026 IMF f’cast | 2027 IMF f’cast | 2031 IMF f’cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth% | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Inflation, average consumer prices% | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| Unemployment rate% of labor force | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| GDP, current US dollarsUS$ bn | 30.1 | 32.8 | 34.7 | 43.8 |
| GDP at purchasing-power parityintl $ bn | 63.2 | 67.6 | 72.0 | 88.0 |
| GDP per person, US dollarsUS$ | 12,814 | 13,968 | 14,957 | 19,465 |
| Current account balance% of GDP | -0.7 | -2.1 | -2.5 | -3.0 |
| Government gross debt% of GDP | 53.8 | 49.7 | 48.6 | 45.9 |
| Government net debt% of GDP | 45.8 | 45.0 | 44.5 | 42.9 |
| Government overall balance% of GDP | -1.8 | -2.0 | -2.2 | -2.3 |
| Government primary balance% of GDP | 0.3 | 0.3 | — | — |
| Government net interest paid% of GDP · Palanor calc. | 2.1 | 2.2 | — | — |
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026. Provided by the IMF “as is” and free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor. Net interest paid is a Palanor calculation: the IMF's primary balance minus its overall balance.
Conflict
Organized violence
News
In the news
- “La guerra de los chicos”. De Albania a Portugal: la Generación Z se rebeló y Europa tiembla por las protestas
La Nación (Argentina)2026-10-21neutral
- Una argentina quedó varada con su hija en medio de los disturbios en Albania: “Se están matando entre ellos”
La Nación (Argentina)2026-10-20neutral
- Albania formalises corruption charges against ex-deputy PM Balluku reut.rs/4BoPDfd
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-20neutral
- Violent clashes between police and protesters rocked Albania's capital Tirana, as student-led demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama continued for a sixth day. reut.rs/4i4vhib
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-19negative · -clashes
- Student demonstrations in Albania over the high costs of education converged with broader protests against the country's rising living costs and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law. Here’s what to know.
The New York Times · Bluesky2026-10-17negative · -protests -costs rising
- 'Our land, our Albania': young lawmaker demands new future as protests rage reut.rs/4hS2TBk
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-17negative · -protests
- Tercer día de disturbios en Albania mientras crece la oposición a un proyecto de lujo ligado a los Trump
La Nación (Argentina)2026-10-15neutral
- Albania's Rama says he will not resign over protests reut.rs/4yxtI2Q
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-15negative · -protests
- Fire breaks out at Albania's Education Ministry during student protest reut.rs/4e6f9M4
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-14negative · -protest
- Student protests in Albania turned violent on Tuesday, as demonstrators smashed shops and rioted while police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Students joined anti-government movement Flamingo which is demanding resignation of prime minister Edi Rama following corruption allegations.
The Associated Press · Bluesky2026-10-14negative · -protests
- Student protesters hurled bricks and concrete blocks at Albania's Education Ministry in Tirana and police fired tear gas and water cannons in response, as a nationwide demonstration over education and social issues turns violent. reut.rs/4zrPK7H
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-14neutral
Headlines that name Albania, matched by name with fixed rules (a wrong match is worse than a missing one). Tone is read from each headline’s own words; no model reads or summarizes an article, and other publishers’ stories link out.
Company graph
Companies headquartered in Albania
Palanor’s company graph holds 2 entities headquartered here (GLEIF headquarters address, else legal address).
Signals
Every series about Albania
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 58 in the Library.
Growth and output4
- Albania · GDP · USD bn (current)record high since 1990; 1y +12.9%$30.5bn2025
- Jug, Albania (AL03) · At Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion · % of populationrecord low since 2017; 1y −3.30 pts33.1% of population2025
- Qender, Albania (AL02) · At Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion · % of populationrecord low since 2017; 1y −0.8 pts39.4% of population2025
- Veri, Albania (AL01) · At Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion · % of population50th percentile since 2017; highest since 2022; 1y +1.20 pts46.8% of population2025
Trade and capital flows1
- Albania · Net International Investment Position, % of GDP (IMF)61st percentile since 2007; 1y −0.951 pts-41.2% of GDP2025
Conflict and geopolitics2 of 6
- Albania · Organized-Violence Deaths (UCDP, annual)record low since 1989; 1y unchanged0 deaths2025
- Albania · State-Based Conflict Deaths (UCDP, annual)record low since 1989; 1y unchanged0 deaths2025
Migration4 of 6
- International Migrant Stock: Albania (UN)record low since 199046,377 people2024
- International Migrants as a Share of Population: Albania (UN)record low since 19901.66% of population2024
- U.S.-Born People Living in Albania (UN)record low since 19902,114 people2024
- Change in Migrant Share of Population Since 2000: Albania (UN)-0.762024
AI stance and technology1
- AI User Share: Albania (Microsoft AI Diffusion)1y +3.40 pts19.2% of people aged 15-642026-06-30
Climate and the physical world2 of 4
More about this country2
- Albania · IMF Credit Outstanding · USD bn (IMF)record low since Aug 1992; 1y −83.5%$0.01bn2026-09-01
- Albania · IMF Credit Outstanding, % of GDPrecord low since 1992; 1y −0.344 pts0.12% of GDP2025
Peers
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