State Budget incomes according to the structure 2000 – 2013

Open Data Albania is exploring on the incomes of the state budget and their structure. The total incomes of the Consolidated State Fund include all income from various tax and non-tax sources and benefits provided by the governments of foreign countries or donors. Tax revenues come from taxes and customs, local government and special funds. Non-tax revenues are revenues that come from economic activity of…

Open Data Albania has updated data on Remittances and Foreign Direct Investment 2010-2013. During this period, the value of FDI is higher than the value of Remittances. In 2010 difference between the value of remittances and value of foreign direct investment marked the highest level. At the end of 2013, Foreign Direct Investment reached the maximum of last 10 years, reaching 923 million Euros. This…

Open Data has undertaken a research on consumption and electricity losses during the period 2000-2013. Energy consumed is the amount that households and business entities consume. At the end of 2013 energy consumption amounted to 4.5 million MWH increasing versus a year ago with 4%. Electricity consumption has been steadily increasing, standing at high levels, accounting for over 65% of the total energy produced. Albania…

Open Data Albania is investigating the level of the minimum wage in the country, the Balkans and in Europe. The minimum wage is the lowest wage that is required to be implemented by every employer, local or foreigner. The minimum wage is determined with a Decision of the Council of Ministers upon the proposal of the Minister of Labor. Minimum wage nationwide is currently 22,000…

Open Data Albania has undertaken a research on the performance of electricity production, imports and exports of this item during the last thirteen years, from 2000 to 2013.  In 2013 electricity production amounted to about 7 million MWH marking the highest value of the last three years. Production increased 47% versus the previous year, confirming the positive performance of this sector in the country. Energy…

Open Data Albania has researched in regard with the trend of values collected from the Personal Income Tax (PIT) based on the source of income. So, subdivisions of income are: income from public sector wages, private sector wages, bank interest, dividends, real estate transfers, and income from other voices. The data are taken from Budget Tables of the Ministry of Finance in the years 2009-2012.…

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Open Data Albania is exploring on the number of persons prosecuted as perpetrators of encouraging suicide. This research is based on cases prosecuted and offenders convicted by the courts under section 99 of the Criminal Code “Causing Suicide”. Criminal law considers guilty and sentences to a fine or imprisonment of up to five years, all those people that cause suicide or incite attempted suicide to…

Open Data Albania is exploring the value of income and expenses of health insurance and the coverage from the state budget. Scheme contributions for health insurance are administered by the Health Insurance Institute (HII). According to its Statute, HII provides funding sources from: contributions of the insured, the state budget, donations and other income. The rate of contribution for health insurance is 3.4% and is…

Open Data Albania is investigating the income and expenditure for social insurance scheme and the difference covered by the state budget. Contribution scheme is administered by the Social Insurance Institute (SII) and has five insurance branches: disease, maternity, pension, accidents and occupational diseases, and unemployment. Social insurance scheme is compulsory for all employed individuals, but other individuals can be part of it through voluntary insurance…

Open Data Albania is exploring the costs of the annual State budget to keep detainees in prisons or prisoners for serving prison sentences. To obtain this analysis it was taken under consideration the value of budget expenditures for all transactions in 2013 and this total was divided by the number of prisoners and detainees in a certain date of the year and there was also…

Open Data Albania has undertaken a research on interest rates on loans and deposits in the domestic banking system during 2004-2013 . According to data from the Bank of Albania, the average monthly rate of loan in local currency fell 8.9 % in December 2013 in accordance with reduction of interest rate set by the Bank of Albania , at 3 %. Source: ODAProcessing and…

Open Data Albania has undertaken a research on trading volume of chrome during 2005-2013. During 1970-1990 , Albania was the first producer of chromium in Europe and ranked second in the world in the export and manufacturing of this product. Currently all the chromium explored in the country is being exported , as there is no heavy industry which provides domestic  demand for this mineral.…

Open Data Albania is investigating the labor market, namely the number of persons employed in commercial banks in the years 2009-2013. The analysis aims to assess the pace of growth or contraction of the labor market in this sector. Specifically in 2009, the banking sector employed 6384 individuals. This number decreased in 2010 with 442 employees less than in the previous year. After 2010 fluctuations…

Open Data Albania has updated data on inflation in Albania for a 25 -year period , from 1988 to 2013 . Inflation is an indicator of change in the general price level in an economy. Inflation is measured as the change in the consumer price index ( CPI ), which measures the change in price of a basket of items for these goods typically consumed…