Activity of Health Centers, Polyclinics & Ambulances

The total number of health institutions and medical examinations is shown in the graph below: Source: Ministry of HealthComments and Analysis: ODA The graph below displays the number of medical examinations by age and category from 1993 to 2008: Source: Ministry of HealthComments and Analysis: ODA The entire dataset on health institutions 1993-2008 is shown in the table below: Source: Ministry of HealthComments and Analysis:…

Expenditures allocated for Social Protection and Social Insurance function for 2012

Expenditures allocated to “Social Protection and Social Insurance” function 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 “Social Protection and Social Insurance” function for 2012 by percent is shown graphically as folllows: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) All the information is presented in…

Unemployment rates by gender in Albania

The unemployment rate is the ratio between the number of registered unemployed individuals and the individuals currently in the labor force. The labor force refers to the share of the working age population (in Albania from 16 years old to retirement) who are either in a job or actively looking for one. Data by gender concerning the unemployment rate give the distribution between the unemployed…

Loans to Businesses by Purpose of Use

Open Data Albania has conducted a research work on loans given by banks to the Albanian firms in the last years, based on data provided from the Bank of Albania. The types of loans by purpose of use are divided into categories: real estate, equipment purchases, floating capital and overdraft. • Real estate represents loans for housing or lands purchase, a place where to conduct…

Fluctuations of Tax Revenues during 2009

Tax revenues are the main item of total revenues of state budget. Below are given the components of tax revenues in the Initial Budget, Revised Budget, and Normative Act versus the Actual Budget of 2009. In the Revised Budget, tax revenues fell by 3.5% or 6 billion ALL a trend which is reflected even in the Normative Act. Meanwhile, tax revenues in the actual budget…

Infant mortality rate in Albania

Open Data Albania has conducted a research work on the infant mortality rate in Albania and in parallel has made a comparison with the other countries of the region. The report is based on the World Bank dataset. The infant mortality rate is an important indicator of a country’s health conditions. This indicator is also used to compare the countries socio-economic development (the higher the…

Expenditures allocated for Public Order and Security function for 2012

Expenditures allocated to “Public Order and Security” function 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 “Public Order and Security” function for 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…

Privatization

Privatization is the process of transfering the ownership of a public company, agency, service or asset into the hands of the private sector. The revenues generated by this process are referred to as privatziation revenues. According to the international functional classification (COFOG-Classification of the Functions of Government), which is used to create the fiscal table of the Consolidated Budget, these revenues are not part of…

Albania Health Insurance Institute expenditures and support received from the Government Budget during 2000-2011

Albania Health Insurance Institute (AHII) has had various responsibilities at different times in terms of offering healthcare related services to the population. Based on these functions and responsibilites its budget has also varied. Since the contributions collected for health insurance are very low compared to its expenses, this has meant continuous financing from the government’s budget. Source: Ministry of FinanceAnalysis and Comments: Open Data Albania…

Fluctuations of Revenues from the tax offices and customs during 2009

Tax Revenues is calculated from four most important items such as: Value Added Tax (VAT), Income Tax (IT), Excise Tax and Personal Income Tax (PIT). Since the first months of 2009 the forecasted figures for the first three categories of taxes failure to meet their expectations, which was reflected by their level in the revised budget. They were corrected so, by decreasing respectively 2.8 billion…

Investment and subsidies from the state budget for water supply and sewerage sector

Water supply and sewerage management sector is characterized by a poor management and even its decentralization has not given the expected improvements. Despite that the level of incomes from year to year has been increasing, still state budget subsidy remains a necessity for its operation, while this sector could be profitable itself.  Source: Water Regulatory Entity (WRE)Comments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) As can…

Budget for function ‘Environment’ for the year 2012

Expenditures allocated for Environment function 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 “Environment” function for 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 table below: Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and…