Albania's gross national expenditure (% of GDP) was 106.88% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 12 percentage points from 118.88% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 106.88% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 113.51% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 118.88% | 2014 |
| Highest | 192.57% | 1992 |
| Lowest | 102.08% | 1981 |
| Average since 2015 | 112.6% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 103.22% | 1980 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Albania's gross national expenditure (% of GDP) rose 1.37 percentage points on 2023 (from 105.51% to 106.88%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.39 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 67.87 percentage points in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 40.4 percentage points in 1993. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.17 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 83% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 104.41% for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 3.19%, against 5.76% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2024, Albania had the 16th highest value of the 37 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Albania in the 2024 ranking
- Bhutan — 12th of 37: 116.37%
- New Caledonia — 13th of 37: 112.09%
- Fiji — 14th of 37: 110.15%
- Zimbabwe — 16th of 37: 105.43%
- Bolivia — 17th of 37: 104.11%
- Bahamas, The — 18th of 37: 104.02%
What this measures
Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
All 45 values
| Year | Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 106.88 |
| 2023 | 105.51 |
| 2022 | 110.3 |
| 2021 | 113.32 |
| 2020 | 114.44 |
| 2019 | 113.51 |
| 2018 | 113.47 |
| 2017 | 114.78 |
| 2016 | 116.67 |
| 2015 | 117.14 |
| 2014 |
Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Albania
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 2.79% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$25.28 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$11.41 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$107.57 million (2021)
- Trade in services (% of GDP) — 46.51% (2025)
- Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 10.43% (2025)
- Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$1.25 billion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$13.07 billion (2025)
- Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP)
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Questions people ask
- What is Albania's gross national expenditure (% of GDP)?
- 106.88% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 3.66 percentage points from 103.22% in 1980. The highest value was 192.57% in 1992 and the lowest 102.08% in 1981.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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