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Albania

41.0N 20.0E · 28 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AT VLORE · 28 NOVEMBER 1912
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1990 – present · Transition, the 1997 Crisis, NATO and Europe
6 EVENTS
Mar 1991 · End of one-party rule 2 REFS
1997 · Pyramid scheme collapse and unrest 2 REFS
1939 – 1990 · The Second World War and Hoxha's Stalinist Albania
5 EVENTS
1944 · Communist victory and Hoxha in power 2 REFS
1967 · Albania declared an atheist state 2 REFS
1912 – 1939 · Independence, the Conference of London and the Albanian Question
4 EVENTS
28 Nov 1912 · Declaration of independence at Vlore 3 REFS
1912-13 · Conference of London and the borders 3 REFS
1479 – 1912 · Five Centuries of Ottoman Rule and the National Awakening
4 EVENTS
from 1479 · Albania within the Ottoman Empire 2 REFS
19th c. · The Rilindja national awakening 2 REFS
c. 1180 – 1479 · Medieval Albania, the Ottoman Conquest and Skanderbeg
5 EVENTS
1388 · Ottoman invasion of Albania 2 REFS
1443 · Skanderbeg's revolt and the return to Kruje 2 REFS
Antiquity – c. 1180 · Illyrians, Greeks, Rome and Byzantium
4 EVENTS
from c. 8th c. BCE · Illyrian and Greek Butrint 2 REFS
2nd c. BCE · Roman conquest of Illyria 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Tirana
Population
3.0 m
Area
28,748 km²
Region
Southeast Europe
Languages
Albanian
Currency
Albanian lek (L)
Demonym
Albanian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$31 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$12,998’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
2.1%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
79.5%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
2.3 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
79.8 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
58.9%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.3’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
97.7%’23 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
56.6’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
66.2’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
57.4’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
57.0’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
54.9’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
39.3’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
7.1%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.88’20 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
9.2’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
81.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
70.8%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
97.7%’23 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
3.1%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
111.5%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
108.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
84.1%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.2%’22 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
429’22 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
85.9%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
89’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
1.5%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
27,400 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
28.8%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
38.1%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
1.8’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
41.9%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
1.4%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
1.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.2%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
2.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$535 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
8,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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