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Albania
Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
5.1 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 5.3
- Economy 5.3
- Diplomacy 4.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 0 people and 1 entity linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regime: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 14 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 2 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 1 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Tirana
- Population
- 2,363,314 inh.
- Area
- 28,748 km²
- Currency
- ALL
- Regime
- parliamentary system
Executive in office
Head of State
Bajram Begaj
Head of Government
Edi Rama
Government in office 2 members
ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères
Ferit Hoxha
Ministre de la santé et de la protection sociale
Evis Sala
Parliament
Assemblée d'Albanie
140 seats
Chair Niko Peleshi
Inception 1921
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
31 G$
GDP / capita
12,998 $
Growth
3.8 %
Inflation
2.1 %
Unemployment
10.9 %
Debt / GDP
50.0 %
Defense / GDP
2.0 %
Life expectancy
79.8 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.48/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
69/100
Corruption (CPI)
39/100
Press freedom (RSF)
56/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#98
Annual budget
0.6 Md$
Defense effort
2.0 %PIB
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
4 Md$
Imports
9 Md$
Balance
-5 Md$
Top exports
- 21% Chaussures + cuir
- 18% Vêtements
Top imports
- 11% Pétrole raffiné
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
83%
-
GBR
88%
-
FRA
94%
-
DEU
94%
-
RUS
13%
-
CHN
24%
Abstention: 11%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Last election
- 2025-05-11
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.81/1
Gini
29.4
Refugees hosted
4,673
Refugees originating
21,447
National anthem
Hymni i Flamurit
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- NATO
- WTO
- Council of Europe
- OSCE
- Francophonie (OIF)
- OIC
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 7,413 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 10,067, or ×1.4.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2020 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)