Open Data Albania is examining the annual changes in the consumer price index by category of goods and services, for the March 2021-March 2022 period. If we assess the changes by category, “Transport” has had the biggest hike in a year, with a 19.9% increase, followed by “Food and Non-alcoholic Beverages” with 9.3% and “Alcoholic beverages and tobacco” increased by 4.9%. Source: INSTAT Comments and…
Open Data Albania is conducting a research concerning the indexation of the official minimum wage in Albania over the years, more specifically during 2000-2022. During this period there has been a regular increase in the formal minimum wage, excluding 2007, 2014-2016, 2018 and 2020. For 2022, the minimum wage increased in advance in April, although it was planned for mid-year. The move came a result…
Open Data Albania is analyzing the average monthly consumption in Albanian households, ie how much an average Albanian resident household spends each month to meet their individual needs for goods and services. The data under review were sourced from INSTAT. In 2020, an Albanian household spends on average of 83 475 ALL every month for consumer goods and services, a figure that is 20% higher…
Open Data Albania is analyzing statistical data from INSTAT related to the absolute poverty indicator at the national poverty line. Poverty is a expressed quantitatively through indicators of per capita income and the ability of individuals to meet basic living needs. Although Albania does not have a minimum living wage recognized by law, INSTAT publishes information on the number and percentage of the population living…
Based on data published by the Bank of Albania, Open Data Albania is analyzing the origin of the Foreign Direct Investment Stock in the country. The FDI’s stock represents the value of assets owned by foreigners in the Albanian economy, in the form of capital and net loans they have given to resident companies at a certain point in time. FDI is an inflow into…
Open Data Albania is analyzing causes and prospects for the increase in the overall level of prices and costs in Albania, as well as production, export or final consumption prices. To this end, we are listing external and internal factors for influencing rising costs because, in addition to market embargoes due to the Russian Federation’s Aggression against Ukraine, there are also factors associated with domestic…
Open Data Albania is looking into the share of official Economic Entities resident in the territory of the Municipality of Tirana, against the total number of Economic Entities in the country. The data was collected from the Statistical Register of Enterprises, INSTAT as well as official data published by the Municipality of Tirana. The Statistical Register of Enterprises (RSN) is published annually in June and…
Open Data Albania is listing the types of personal income tax, i.e of the individual citizen or resident in the country, based on the type of income he generates (earns and collects). The listing excludes taxes extracted from the salary income or business income, but other revenue the individual generates, such as: rent, bank interests or lending; Property Sale profit – the difference between the…
Open Data Albania is examining the process of liberalization of electricity market and selling price of electricity for Businesses consumers, based on the supply voltage, for the 2015-2022 period. More specifically, businesses are classified as: Customers supplied with 35 kilovolt voltage (kV), Customers supplied with 20/10/6 kilovolt voltage (kV), Customers supplied with 0.4 kilovolt voltage (kV), Bakery and Flour Production Factory business category with 20/10/6…
Open Data Albania is publishing data on annual electricity consumption by household and business customers for the 2017-2021 period. Total electricity consumption has increased over the years. In 2021, the total consumption of Electricity is 8 414 836 MWh (megawatt hours) marking an increase of 10.9% compared to the previous year, 2020. The rise in electricity consumption is observed especially in Business Consumers, by about…
In 2022, the Direct Budget Institutions are expected to employ 84 214 (eighty four thousand two hundred and fourteen) people. This is 450 more employees than in 2021. Employees in budgetary institutions include only institutions in which staff costs are covered by State Budget funds. This does not include: Central Bank, or other public sector structures such as state-owned financial and non-financial enterprises, Special Funds…
In this article, we’ll present the transactions of the State Treasury in Albania and their distribution during the last 3 (three) years. Private companies or economic operators that have benefited the most from payments from the State Budget in this period have been considered. Payments towards state institutions, public companies – owned by ministries, municipalities or other authorities are excluded from this analysis, as well…
The analytical team at Open Data Albania is examining the Albanian market of “Fuel and Oil”, to assess whether there is the premise for concentration of one/few operators with a dominant position in the market. To achieve this, we used budgetary market purchases (purchases paid from the State Budget) and state fuel subsidies for farmers as a sample, given that information about the companies open…
Open Data Albania is examining the foreign commercial trade of the Russian Federation based on commodity groups and trading countries. The analysis is being carried out in order to better understand which products may experience shortages in the future either in the international markets or in our country. We will also look what are the major importing countries over the last 3 years, concerning 10…
Open Data Albania is conducting a research regarding the financial support that the State Budget provided, over the years, for PPP Concession Contracts in the Waste Management sector. More specifically, the following ones: 1. Building of the landfill, incinerator and rehabilitation of existing landfills in Tirana, implemented by Integrated Energy BV SPV sh.p.k. 2. Building, operation and transfer of the incinerator for the processing urban…
