Albania

Region

Europe · Southeast Europe

Capital

Tirana

Population

2,349,580 (2025)

Government

parliamentary republic

Currency

Albanian lek (ALL)

Official languages

Albanian

Spoken languages

Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)

Written scripts

Latin

Area

28,748 km²

Coastline

Coastal

UN member

Yes

Affiliations

IMF, NATO, OIC, WCO, WTO

Borders

Montenegro , Greece , North Macedonia , Kosovo

0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).

Trade profile

Key exports

garments, footwear, electricity, crude petroleum, iron alloys (2023)

Key imports

cars, refined petroleum, garments, packaged medicine, iron bars (2023)

Natural resources

petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower, arable land

Primary route

Adriatic and Aegean ports into Mediterranean services

Secondary route

Danube and overland EU corridors

Trade research

• WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
• World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
• OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
• ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
• CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure