Albania's net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) was US$3.47 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 98.51% from US$232.49 million in 2014 (34.33% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$3.47 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$90.18 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$232.49 million | 2014 |
| Highest | US$262.69 million | 2017 |
| Lowest | US$3.11 million | 2010 |
| Average since 2015 | US$79.1 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$5.43 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Albania's net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) fell 97% on 2023 (from US$115.45 million to US$3.47 million).
Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2023), the average change was +417.8% and a typical year strayed about 1,185.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below 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 4,717.4% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 97% in 2024. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Albania had the 38th highest value of the 62 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | US$3.47 million | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | US$5.92 billion | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | US$8.4 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Albania in the 2024 ranking
- Paraguay — 35th of 62: US$15.8 million
- Côte d'Ivoire — 36th of 62: US$13.58 million
- Belize — 37th of 62: US$4.13 million
- Fiji — 39th of 62: US$557,000
- Papua New Guinea — 40th of 62: US$154,000
- Grenada — 41st of 62: US$3,000
What this measures
Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. IBRD is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the founding and largest member of the World Bank Group. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 18 values
| Year | Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,469,000 |
| 2023 | 115,447,000 |
| 2022 | 14,444,000 |
| 2021 | 115,172,000 |
| 2020 | 52,387,000 |
| 2019 | 90,180,000 |
| 2018 | 81,535,000 |
| 2017 | 262,687,000 |
| 2016 | 34,240,000 |
| 2015 | 21,426,000 |
| 2014 |
Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies
- Armenia — US$106.43 million (2024)
- Azerbaijan — −US$141.26 million (2024)
- Belarus — US$0 (2024)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$107.84 million (2024)
- Bulgaria — −US$70.13 million (2022)
- Croatia — US$4.95 million (2016)
- Czechia — US$0 (2016)
- Estonia — US$0 (2016)
- Georgia — US$153.07 million (2024)
- Hungary — US$0 (2016)
More economic policy & debt data for Albania
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 2.79% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — 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$13.07 billion (2025)
- Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Albania's net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$)?
- US$3.47 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2007?
- It is down 36.08% from US$5.43 million in 2007 (2.6% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$262.69 million in 2017 and the lowest US$3.11 million in 2010.
- How does Albania rank?
- 38th highest of 62 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) unusual for Albania?
- In 2024, Albania's net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) fell 97% on 2023 (from US$115.45 million to US$3.47 million). Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2023), the average change was +417.8% and a typical year strayed about 1,185.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.MIBR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, 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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