Open Data Albania analyzed the effective and official retirement age in Albania in comparison with those of other countries, members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD). Data for this analysis are produced by the Institute of Social Insurance in case of Albania and from OECD in case of other countries. Definitions Official age of retirement is the age defined by law in…
Personal Income Tax, PIT in Albania and in the Region 2013/2014
Open Data Albania is examining the tax rate on personal income from wages in the Balkan countries. Places like Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia, use the flat tax on personal income and wage income. A special treatment is made in Serbia, where personal income tax depend on their source, income from wages are taxed with 12%. Countries like Croatia and Kosovo use the so-called progressive tax. Despite…
Public Sector versus Private Sector, weight in employment and employment income from 2009 – 2013
Open Date Albania is exploring the weight that the public and private sectors have in employment and also the income from employment that relevant sectors generate, period from 2009 to 2013. Annual average of employees in total for the two sectors is 932,815 people. By sector, 165,210 is the average annual number of employees in the public sector and 768,490 employees in the private sector.…
Public debt in the Republic of Albania 2013 – 2014
Dear friends, Open Data Albania has recently published a set of articles on the structure and effects of the Public Debt by the progress in 2013, and the forecasts for 2014. Specifically, in the beginning of this year has been brought up to date information on Public debt per capita 2014 and Cost of debt per capita 2014. In the same way, are updated articles…
Average age, Albania shows highest ageing rate in Europe 2001-2011
Open Data Albania had researched on average age of Albania population during the last 20 years compared to that of the European Union member countries or candidate for EU membership. Data for Albania are from the National Institute of Statistics while data for the European countries are from Eurostat. The average age is the total age of the population divided by population. Data for Albania…
Planned and factual budged spending in Albania for 2012
The factual expenditures of the Government Budged in Albania for 2012 stood at 5.2 per cent lower than the planned expenditures. Final expenditures stood at 376.3 BN Albanian leks while planned expenditures were 396.9 BN Albanian Lek. Cuts in expenditures were made in large parts on local governments? expenditures but there were also savings from interest payments of the public debt. According to government functions,…
Employees of the budgetary institutions 2014
Open Data Albania has researched on the number of employees in budgetary institutions for 2014. The data are taken from tables with budget estimates of the Ministry of Finance. Budgetary institutions include ministries, departments directly subordinate or independent institutions and constitutional. Their salaries are covered directly by the State Budget. The research has also shed light on the contraction of employment in the budgetary sector…
Personal Income Tax, PIT 2005 – 2012
Open Data Albania has researched the performance of values of personal income tax collected for 2005-2012. The data are taken from the Budget Tables of the Ministry of Finance. Personal income tax is calculated on the amount of income as for example income from wages, rents, dividends, bank interest, real estate transfer etc.. In the years under review, PIT has seen an upward trend both…
Self-judgment cases prosecuted by the judiciary, 2004 – 2012
Open Data Albania is exploring trends and progress on actions relating to Section 277 of the Penal law, namely “self-judgment”. This article is formulated predicting actions of a person exercising a right that belongs or that he thinks it belongs to him and that is not recognized by the other, without resorting to the competent state authority. This action constitutes a criminal offense and is…
Cases of drunk driving 2004 – 2012
Open Data Albania is exploring on convicted offenders and litigation as a result of drunk driving and without proof of ability. This action is provided by the Criminal Law as a separate section and in total over 9 years, 2,073 people were convicted. Penalizing measures for this offense is punishable by a fine of up to six months imprisonment. Year with more cases investigated is…
Socialist Party – 2013 Electoral Funds and Expenses
In the electoral campaign for the 2013 parliamentary elections, the Socialist Party, which was also the leading political formation of the alliance that won the elections, managed to collect funds amounting to 80 million Leks (ca. $741,467). In addition, according to official financial reports, this political party has spent twice as much as collected funds. Specifically, its total campaign expenses amount to 187 million Leks…
Flights to Rinas Airport, companies share in the market 2005 – 2012
Open Data Albania is realizing a research on the passengers? number flying to the unique airport in Albania, Airport “Mother Teresa” in Rinas. Research has considered the number of passengers of each airline. The purpose of analysis beside passenger trend over the years is also the evaluation of weight that operating airlines have in the domestic market. In time frame 2005-2012 the number of passengers…
Insurance companies and ranking based on the ratio of paid damages versus premiums collected in 2012
Open Data Albania has conducted a research on the ratio of paid damages per insurance companies against premiums collected by category. The report is based on data from the Financial Supervision Authority. At the end of 2012 it results that the company which has paid more damages versus premiums collected has a ratio of 56.3% . Ratio of paid damages versus premiums collected per insurance…
The quality of loans of the banking system in Albania 2007-2013
Open Data Albania has conducted a research on the quality of loans of the banking system in Albania, based on data from the Bank of Albania for the period 2007-2013. Loans are classified as problematic when banks have difficulty in collecting them. They are categorized in several ways depending on the degree of problems they manifest: • Standard loans are also called as regular loans, because…
Insurance market and ratio of paid claims versus premiums 2006-2012
Open Data Albania has conducted research on the ratio of claims paid by insurance companies against premiums paid under the insurance category. The report is based on data from the Financial Supervision Authority. At the end of 2012, the value of claims paid was 31% of premiums collected by insurance companies. The growth rate of payment of claims has been much lower than the growth…