Albania
Republic of Albania
- Capital
- Tirana
- Region
- Southeast Europe
- Population, 2025
- 2.3 million
- Currency
- ALL
- Area
- 28,748 km²
Across Albania's 29 priced cities, one person needs about $1,080 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $875.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
59out of 100
- Purchasing power25%45
- Safety20%56
- Health care15%48
- Climate10%86
- Air quality10%94
- Connectivity10%45
- Cost10%68
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #71
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
41.2
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
9.0
New York = 100
Purchasing power
71.8
New York = 100
One person
$1,080
A month, rent included
Net salary
$875
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$490
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$12,998
2025
Growth
+3.8%
2025
Unemployment
10.9%
2025
Inflation
2.1%
2025
Life expectancy
79.8 years
2024
Internet users
86%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 23%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 15%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 20%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 15%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 9.5%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 15%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 55.7
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 44.3
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 1.4
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #82 worldwide
- 92
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #33 worldwide
- 127
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +12%
Cities in Albania
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Durres | 62 | 41.1 | $463 | $979 | 103.6 | 195.9K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 2Elbasan | 61 | 36.3 | $305 | $565 | 75.9 | 100.9K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 3Vlore | 60 | 42.4 | $557 | $875 | 83.8 | 115.3K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 4Tirana | 57 | 46.7 | $851 | $911 | 67.1 | 418.5K | High confidence, 110 contributors |
| 5Burrel | 51 | 40.7 | $188 | — | — | 7.9K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 6Fier | 51 | 37.2 | $243 | $565 | 80.6 | 56.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 7Shengjin | 50 | 37.1 | — | — | — | 7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 8Peshkopi | 50 | 39.4 | — | — | — | 14.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 9Fushe-kruje | 49 | 40.8 | — | — | — | 17.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 10Lac | 49 | 41.2 | — | — | — | 12.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 11Tepelene | 49 | 45.8 | $315 | $693 | 79.1 | 12K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 12Kamez (Kamze) | 49 | 40.7 | — | — | — | 11K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 13Bajram Curri | 49 | 41.2 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 14Gramsh | 49 | 41.2 | — | — | — | 11.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 15Tropoje | 49 | 41.3 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 16Fierze | 49 | 41.3 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 17Ballsh | 49 | 44.1 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 18Patos | 49 | 45.8 | — | — | — | 16K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 19Permet | 49 | 45.8 | — | — | — | 8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 20Dhermi | 49 | 45.8 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 21Kelcyre | 49 | 45.8 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 22Berat | 49 | 41.2 | $229 | $502 | 67.6 | 62.2K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 23Lushnje | 49 | 45.7 | $314 | $628 | 71.8 | 63.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 24Korce | 49 | 38.1 | $489 | $690 | 74.4 | 58.3K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 25Lezhe | 49 | 36.2 | — | $630 | 71.8 | 18.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 26Kruje | 48 | 40.8 | — | $681 | 72.5 | 51.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 27Shkoder | 47 | 37.5 | $490 | $580 | 63.0 | 95.6K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 28Gjirokaster | 46 | 38.0 | — | $502 | 55.6 | 23.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 29Sarande | 44 | 48.6 | $874 | $793 | 56.5 | 22.6K | High confidence, 25 contributors |