Author: Blerta Zilja

Number of seats held by women in the National Assembly held by women is a simple indicator which is calculated as the ratio of female representatives to the total number of representatives. Since the National Assembly can be either unicameral or bicameral, in order to calculate this indicator we have used the percentage of women in the unicameral assembly, or the lower chamber of the…

General Look Solid waste management is one the most acute issues today. The continuous increase of consumption, population migration, and the overall economic development, not matched with a careful administration of the waste have turned those into a source of environment pollution and various diseases. Albania recylces a very small part of the solid waste, another small part is buried and most of it is deposited…

For several years now, Albania has been undergoing vibrant urban developments, which has at the same time had a considerable impact on the environment. Consumption and transport growth, urban waste, inerts, sewerage finding its way to the sea or river, uncontrolled chopping of the forests, digging into the basins of the rivers, tire burning, construction without proper planning are only some of the byproducts of…

“World Peace” is a utopia that would continue for a long time, as long as 2.65% of Global Domestic Product is spent on military and defense (meaning here billions of dollars spent for weapons for troop’s salaries, investments, etc…) However, it is noted that this indicator is decreasing since the “Cold War”. Source: World Bank (WB)Comments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) In 1989, the Russian…

The social insurance system “Pay As You Go”, which is implemented in Albania, is characterized by a direct link of contributions paid and pension distributed. This means that as many contributors participate in the scheme, the more healthy and independent from the state budget would the scheme be. This fact will be further reflected in the higher chances for increased pension and subsidies decreased from…

Countries in the region appear to have had an irregular behavior regarding the percentage of GDP spent on defense, which can be divided into two periods: 1988-1999 and 2000-2009. In the first period (1988-1999), Croatia, followed by Cyprus, Serbia and Turkey have been the countries that spend more of their GDP on defense. Countries like Bulgaria, Romania and Albania, which had high figures till 1990,…

The process of ranking the universities aims to realize a listing of universities, programs, departments, schools, etc., based on a combination of several indicators. Ranking system (RS) of universities dates from 1983, but since then seems to turn into a real industry. It can be done by magazines, newspapers, academic or governmental institutions. Today there are many national and international ranking systems, which rely on…

The transfer from the State Budget to the Special Fund of Social Insurance is calculated as the difference between revenues of social insurance and social insurance outlays. A large part of this amount serves to cover the deficit in social insurance scheme, which suffers from the insufficiency of contributions collected to cover pensions. For this reason, subsidizing social insurance scheme and its growing high dependence…

Data on population living in urban and rural areas falls into the category of indicators Rural and/or Urban Development. Generally, the more developed countries tend to have a higher number of urban population than rural population. This facilitates access to basic services such as water resources, health care or education services. As a result one cas say that the higher the ratio of urban population…

According to official sources Albania’s population until January 1 2010 was 3.195.000. This is only 4.3% higher than in 1998, and as is shown in the graph below, population growth over recent years has been very sluggish. Two main factors have contributed to the slow growth, which has not been higher than 0.75% year over year, are high emmigration and the low number of births.…

Participation of women in the political field and even further, the percentage of women in the National Assembly is one of the most important indicators, which together with the ratio of registered female / male in the primary secondary and high school, and also the part of women not employed in the agricultural sector, helps to promote gender equality and empowerment of women .Normally, in…

It is often said that the world has more women than men. In fact a carefool look would show that there are very few countries where women make up more than 52% of the overall population, e.g. Swizterland, Armenia, Belarus). On average, worldwide, in 2009 only 49.59% of the population are women. In the European Union this indicator reaches 51.16%.Albania falls in this range as…

Expenditures allocated to “Ministry of Education and Science”  for 2012 is shown in the graph below: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) Budget allocated to every program related to Ministry of Education and Science or 2012 by percent is shown graphically as folllows: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) All the information is presented in the dynamic…

Albania Health Insurance Institute (AHII) is one of the most important institutions of the country’s health system. It was established in 1995, after the Albanian government’s decision to build a health financing system based on contributions and a single payer. Initially, the AHII reimbursement service covered only a number of drugs, but whiles it was designed to provide step by step more and more services.…

The number of hospitals per 100.000 inhabitants from 1993 until 2008 is shown in the graph below: Source: Ministry of HealthComments and analysis: ODA The number of hospital beds per 100.000 inhabitants from 1993 until 2008 is shown in the graph below: Source: Ministry of HealthComments and analysis: ODA The entire dataset on the activity of hospitals  from 1993 until 2008 is shown in the…