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Topic 03 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Albania: Work & Labour
Can people find work, and on what terms?
Albania is placed joint 146th of 182 countries on work & labour in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Employment-to-Population Ratio 57.24 (2025); Labour Income Share 44.54 (2025).
Work & Labour
joint146th
of 182 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Albania on work & labour — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Employment-to-Population Ratio
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Why it is a key: How much of the working-age population is actually in work — the half of the picture unemployment hides, because people who stop looking stop being counted.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
57.24
Employed share of the population aged 15+ (%)
Higher is better
Albania: 57.24. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 21.21 (São Tomé and Príncipe) to 86.9 (Qatar); the world median is 57.72.
- World median
- 57.72
- Best in Southern Europe
- 62.13 Malta
- Land neighbours
- Greece 47.52 · North Macedonia 45.57 · Montenegro 50.1
Each grey tick is one of 182 countries in the 2025 edition.
Key 3 of 4
Unemployment Rate
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Why it is a key: The share of people looking for work who cannot find it.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
10.93
Unemployment (% of labour force)
Lower is better
Albania: 10.93. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 0.13 (Qatar) to 34.2 (Eswatini); the world median is 5.084.
- World median
- 5.084
- Best in Southern Europe
- 2.896 Malta
- Land neighbours
- Greece 8.54 · North Macedonia 12.26 · Montenegro 13.57
Each grey tick is one of 182 countries in the 2025 edition.
Key 4 of 4
Vulnerable Employment
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Why it is a key: How much work is own-account or unpaid family labour, carrying no contract and no protection.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
46.03
Vulnerable employment (% of total employment)
Lower is better
Albania: 46.03. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 0.456 (Qatar) to 90.22 (Chad); the world median is 28.67.
- World median
- 28.67
- Best in Southern Europe
- 6.346 Croatia
- Land neighbours
- Greece 23.06 · North Macedonia 12.34 · Montenegro 14.28
Each grey tick is one of 182 countries in the 2025 edition.
02Over time
Which way Albania is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Employment-to-Population Ratio
Employed share of the population aged 15+ (%) · higher is better
AlbaniaWorld median
Albania rose from 49.53 in 2000 to 57.24 in 2025; the world median went from 55.86 to 57.72.
Every year’s figures
Year Albania World median 2025 57.24 57.720 2024 57.16 57.694 2023 57.07 58.158 2022 55.46 57.688 2021 52.84 56.066 2020 52.46 55.691 2019 53.39 57.871 2018 52.00 56.911 2017 50.15 56.738 2016 48.48 56.845 2015 45.96 56.788 2014 43.78 56.774 2013 44.10 56.229 2012 49.37 56.289 2011 51.86 56.297 2010 47.43 56.212 2009 47.47 56.255 2008 46.25 57.308 2007 45.61 56.933 2006 46.70 56.685 2005 47.42 56.129 2004 48.12 55.465 2003 48.61 55.630 2002 48.95 55.843 2001 48.97 56.018 2000 49.53 55.861 Labour Income Share
Labour income share of GDP (%) · higher is better
AlbaniaWorld median
Albania rose from 43.8 in 2004 to 44.54 in 2025; the world median went from 46.01 to 46.23.
Every year’s figures
Year Albania World median 2025 44.539 46.230 2024 44.355 46.060 2023 44.359 45.900 2022 44.221 45.615 2021 43.166 45.433 2020 45.550 47.267 2019 44.136 46.277 2018 43.813 46.187 2017 43.899 46.467 2016 43.871 46.798 2015 44.240 46.876 2014 44.181 47.281 2013 44.360 46.887 2012 44.683 46.231 2011 44.880 45.679 2010 45.123 46.024 2009 45.045 47.071 2008 43.982 45.312 2007 43.776 45.246 2006 43.669 45.670 2005 43.682 46.265 2004 43.795 46.012 Unemployment Rate
Unemployment (% of labour force) · lower is better
AlbaniaWorld median
Albania fell from 19.02 in 2000 to 10.93 in 2025; the world median went from 6.918 to 5.084.
Every year’s figures
Year Albania World median 2025 10.926 5.08 2024 10.689 5.15 2023 10.669 5.21 2022 10.785 5.34 2021 11.474 6.04 2020 11.639 6.38 2019 11.466 5.36 2018 12.304 5.35 2017 13.616 5.59 2016 15.418 5.90 2015 17.193 6.41 2014 18.055 6.58 2013 15.866 6.71 2012 13.376 6.79 2011 13.481 6.90 2010 14.086 7.04 2009 13.674 6.67 2008 13.060 5.79 2007 15.966 6.00 2006 15.626 6.50 2005 15.966 7.09 2004 16.306 6.80 2003 16.985 6.95 2002 17.891 6.91 2001 18.570 6.96 2000 19.023 6.92 Vulnerable Employment
Vulnerable employment (% of total employment) · lower is better
AlbaniaWorld median
Albania fell from 56.97 in 2000 to 46.03 in 2025; the world median went from 35.67 to 28.67.
Every year’s figures
Year Albania World median 2025 46.03 28.67 2024 46.37 29.04 2023 46.73 29.33 2022 48.98 29.67 2021 48.15 30.01 2020 50.30 30.54 2019 51.20 29.98 2018 52.19 30.15 2017 52.83 29.93 2016 55.90 29.91 2015 56.45 30.26 2014 55.98 30.47 2013 57.78 31.14 2012 61.53 31.00 2011 59.19 31.41 2010 55.13 32.37 2009 56.83 32.59 2008 58.42 31.76 2007 54.92 33.47 2006 54.74 34.27 2005 55.25 34.66 2004 55.46 35.51 2003 55.44 35.90 2002 55.91 35.96 2001 56.46 35.27 2000 56.97 35.67
03In context
Albania beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 182 countries on work & labour, never a place within the region.
Albania and the countries it borders
The standing is each country’s place among all 182 placed on the topic; the other columns are the publishers’ own values, read at the edition the standing used.
| Country | Standing | Employment-to-Population RatioEmployed share of the population aged 15+ (%) | Labour Income ShareLabour income share of GDP (%) | Unemployment RateUnemployment (% of labour force) | Vulnerable EmploymentVulnerable employment (% of total employment) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montenegro | 124th | 50.1 | 51.37 | 13.57 | 14.28 |
 Greece | 127th | 47.52 | 51.3 | 8.54 | 23.06 |
 North Macedonia | 143rd | 45.57 | 45.13 | 12.26 | 12.34 |
| Albania | =146th | 57.24 | 44.54 | 10.93 | 46.03 |
 Kosovo | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—” means the publisher gives no reading for that country in that edition. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed.
Across Southern Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 182.
Placed either side on work & labour
The countries immediately above and below Albania in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Albania is ahead of the world, and behind
16 more statistics filed under work & labour, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median5
Statistics on which Albania does better than the middle country measured.
Trade Union DensityILO · 2020 · world median 16.6836.8516.68No earlier reading
Albania: 36.85 · world median 16.68 · Employees who are trade union members (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.2 to 91.42; higher is better.
Position 14th of 139 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Working Poverty RateILO · 2025 · world median 4.8850.14.885▲ Improved since 2015
Albania: 0.1 · world median 4.885 · Employed people living in extreme poverty (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.007 to 86.02; lower is better.
Female Labour Force Participation RateILO · 2025 · world median 53.3658.5753.36▲ Improved since 2015
Albania: 58.57 · world median 53.36 · Women aged 15+ in the labour force (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 4.663 to 82.91; higher is better.
Position 56th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Labour Force Participation RateILO · 2025 · world median 61.6664.2661.66▲ Improved since 2015
Albania: 64.26 · world median 61.66 · Population aged 15+ in the labour force (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.34 to 87.01; higher is better.
Position 73rd of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
GDP per Person EmployedWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 47,38447,60447,384▲ Improved since 2015
Albania: 47,604 · world median 47,384 · GDP per person employed (constant 2021 international $). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2,456 to 262,554; higher is better.
Position 83rd of 168 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Behind the world median5
Statistics on which Albania does worse than the middle country measured.
Firms with a Female Top ManagerWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 19.1619.1119.16No earlier reading
Albania: 19.11 · world median 19.16 · Firms with a female top manager (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.429 to 62.9; higher is better.
Position 91st of 179 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Labour Productivity per Hour WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 22.1618.722.16▼ Worsened since 2015
Albania: 18.7 · world median 22.16 · Output per hour worked (constant 2021 international $ at PPP). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.92 to 164.65; higher is better.
Position 100th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Female Share of Senior and Middle ManagementILO · 2024 · world median 35.8633.4135.86▲ Improved since 2014
Albania: 33.41 · world median 35.86 · Women in senior and middle management (% of managers). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.226 to 56.69; higher is better.
Position 54th of 86 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Youth Not in Education, Employment or TrainingILO · 2024 · world median 14.3121.0314.31▲ Improved since 2014
Albania: 21.03 · world median 14.31 · Youth not in education, employment or training (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.975 to 65.73; lower is better.
Position 27th of 97 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Youth Unemployment RateILO · 2025 · world median 12.8325.5712.83▲ Improved since 2015
Albania: 25.57 · world median 12.83 · Unemployment, ages 15-24 (% of youth labour force). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.457 to 76.77; lower is better.
Position 26th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No better end6
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Employment in AgricultureILO · 2025 · world median 14.3830.7714.38Moved since 2015
Albania: 30.77 · world median 14.38 · Employment in agriculture (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.095 to 85.34.
Position 56th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Self-Employment RateILO · 2025 · world median 31.8450.2831.84Moved since 2015
Albania: 50.28 · world median 31.84 · Self-employed (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.832 to 91.56.
Position 60th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8941.3238.89Moved since 2015
Albania: 41.32 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 63rd of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Employment in IndustryILO · 2025 · world median 18.8821.9818.88Moved since 2015
Albania: 21.98 · world median 18.88 · Employment in industry (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 3.103 to 39.44.
Position 63rd of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Public Sector EmploymentWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 15.0119.9615.01No earlier reading
Albania: 19.96 · world median 15.01 · Public sector employment (% of total employment). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 1.672 to 47.1.
Position 52nd of 135 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Employment in ServicesILO · 2025 · world median 59.5147.2459.51Moved since 2015
Albania: 47.24 · world median 59.51 · Employment in services (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.56 to 92.17.
Position 136th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No current reading for Albania
Fatal Occupational Injuries and Informal Employment Rate. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
05Country Index 2026
Work & Labour among Albania’s 16 topics
Work & Labour is Albania’s 15th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first; each marker sits at the position divided by that topic’s field, so fields of different sizes compare fairly.
- Poverty & Inequality16th of 1592/2 keys
- Energyjoint 22nd of 1933/3 keys
- Gender & Equality24th of 1834/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge47th of 1714/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital54th of 1963/3 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 63rd of 1944/4 keys
- Peace & Security61st of 1774/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability69th of 1813/3 keys
- Digital & Technology77th of 1983/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing79th of 2004/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 83rd of 1923/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties90th of 1983/3 keys
- Food & Agriculture94th of 1754/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation109th of 1764/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 146th of 1824/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 139th of 1473/3 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on work & labour
The three countries placed highest of 182, and the leaders Albania can most readily be measured against.
1
IcelandNorthern Europe
1st of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Hansueli Krapf · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
JapanEastern Asia
2nd of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: JurriaanH · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
South KoreaEastern Asia
3rd of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Europe
Iceland1st4/4 keysHighest in Southern Europe
Slovenia18th4/4 keysThis page
Albania=146th4/4 keys
Positions out of 182 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Albania and work & labour
On work & labour
Countries in Asia with the highest average salaries 2024
Thirteen Asian countries by gross average monthly wage, each carrying its WORLD rank rather than an Asian one — so the numbers skip, from 11th place to 45th.
On work & labour
Countries With The Highest Average Salaries in 2024
The ten highest-paying countries of 2024, their bars coloured by continent, and six more added for comparison — from Australia in 13th place to India in 85th.
On work & labour
Countries With The Lowest Average Salaries in 2024
The bottom ten of 196 countries, and six more added for comparison. Niger, Madagascar and Liberia are all published at US$47 a month and still carry three different ranks.
08Questions
Albania on work & labour: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Albania rank on work & labour?
Albania is placed joint 146th of 182 countries on Work & Labour in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Employment-to-Population Ratio, Labour Income Share, Unemployment Rate and Vulnerable Employment). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Employment-to-Population Ratio figure for Albania?
57.24 in 2025 (employed share of the population aged 15+ (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 57.72.
What is the latest Labour Income Share figure for Albania?
44.54 in 2025 (labour income share of GDP (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 46.23.
How does Albania compare with Greece on work & labour?
Greece is placed 127th of 182, and Albania joint 146th. Employment-to-Population Ratio: Greece 47.52, Albania 57.24; Labour Income Share: Greece 51.3, Albania 44.54; Unemployment Rate: Greece 8.54, Albania 10.93; Vulnerable Employment: Greece 23.06, Albania 46.03.
How have Albania’s work & labour figures changed?
Employment-to-Population Ratio rose from 49.53 in 2000 to 57.24 in 2025; Labour Income Share rose from 43.8 in 2004 to 44.54 in 2025; Unemployment Rate fell from 19.02 in 2000 to 10.93 in 2025; Vulnerable Employment fell from 56.97 in 2000 to 46.03 in 2025.
Which work & labour statistics are missing for Albania?
No current reading is published for Albania on Fatal Occupational Injuries and Informal Employment Rate. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Keep reading
Explore further
Albania, topic by topic
- Governance & Institutions=63rd of 194
- Economy & Innovation109th of 176
- Education & Knowledge47th of 171
- Health & Wellbeing79th of 200
- Development & Human Capital54th of 196
- Environment & Sustainability69th of 181
- Gender & Equality24th of 183
- Democracy & Civil Liberties90th of 198
- Peace & Security61st of 177
- Risk & Resilience=83rd of 192
- Mobility & Trade=139th of 147
- Food & Agriculture94th of 175
- Poverty & Inequality16th of 159
- Energy=22nd of 193
- Digital & Technology77th of 198
- The full Albania profile
Nearby, on work & labour
The key statistics, for every country
10Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Wages in money terms are not a key here, because pay figures are hard to compare fairly across countries with very different prices. Labour productivity, working hours, youth unemployment and the balance between farming, industry and services are published on this page as context. The size and growth of the wider economy belong to Economy & Innovation.
How the Work & Labour standing is decided, step by step
A standing is a place in a list, not a mark out of anything. This one is part of the Country Index 2026, and it is worked out like this.
- A few key indicators decide it; the rest are context. 4 indicators on this topic are keys and 18 are charted alongside them without a vote. That split is the point: if every statistic voted, importing five more of one kind would quietly change what the topic is about.
- Each key is read at one edition. All of them describe 2025.
- Every country’s published value is turned into a place within that one key’s own field, and then expressed as a share of that field — how far down this key’s list the country sits, rather than how many countries are above it. Keys where a higher published number is worse (terrorism, hunger, disaster risk) are turned round first, so the good end is always the same end.
- Dividing by the field first is the whole reason this works. A place carries the size of its list inside it: 22nd of 44 and 108th of 215 are the same showing, and averaging the numbers 22 and 108 says loudly that they are not. Fields on this site run from about 44 countries to about 215, so averaging raw places would reward a country for happening to be measured in small ones. Dividing each place by its own field removes the size and leaves only the showing.
- The shares are averaged, plainly. One key, one vote — no key is weighted above another, because any weighting would be this site’s opinion presented as a measurement. Countries are then put in order by that average, and the average itself is never published. It is our arithmetic with nothing anchoring it, so printing it would invite it to be read as a measurement somebody made. The position it produces, the band, and the keys it was built from are all published instead — every one of them checkable against the tables on this page.
- A country needs 2 of this topic’s 4 keys — half, rounded up, and never fewer than 2. A standing built from one reading, printed beside one built from four, is two different things sharing a column heading. 182 countries clear the bar here.
- A key has to earn its vote every edition. It must measure at least 120 countries (below that it starts measuring who was surveyed rather than the world), it must not have more than 10% of its field tied at either end, and it must not repeat another key in the same topic — Spearman correlation above 0.92 counts as repeating. A topic needs at least 2 surviving keys to place anyone at all; this one has 4.
- A standing is relative, and the grouping is ours. It says where a country places against the others measured alongside it, so it moves when they move. The publishers listed on this page did not agree to be read together, and each measures its subject its own way: the underlying numbers are theirs, the ordering on top is this site’s — the same method as the rest of the Country Index, applied to one subject instead of all of them.
The key statistics and their licences
- Employment-to-Population Ratio — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Labour Income Share — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment Rate — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Vulnerable Employment — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
The other 16 statistics on this page come from 2 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Albania’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Albania (banner) — Dirk.heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Iceland — Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Japan — JurriaanH, CC BY-SA 3.0
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Albania: Work & Labour — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/albania/work