Head of communes based on the political direction of the subject that nominated them 2000 – 2015

Open Data Albania (ODA) has researched the election of the heads of  the communes in the last four elections. The data were obtained from the electronic newsletters or manuals of the Central Election Commission. This research article contains statistical as well as specific information on the winners in the local elections of 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2011. In the Republic of Albania there are 308…

Unconditional transfer from the State Budget for the Municipality of Tirana

Municipality of Tirana is the main beneficiary of the funds allocated by the State Budget for Local Government Units in the form of Unconditional Transfer (UT). Over the years, this municipality attained at least 2-3 times more UT than the second most financed municipality. The following chart provides an overview of the performance of UT for Tirana Municipality through the specific formula that distributes UT…

The average monthly wage per employee in the private and public sectors

Open Data Albania has conducted a research work on the average monthly wage per employee in the private and public sectors during the past 10 years, based on a dataset from INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics). The following figure shows how the average wages have changed for different sectors of the economy in Albania: Source: INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics)Comments and Analysis: ODA As it…

The Main Macroeconomic Indicators in Kosovo in the last years

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is an indicator of the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country.  The GDP includes all current products and services designated for the market as well as those produced for self-consumption by all resident units operating in a country’s territory. Open Data Albania has conducted a research work on the evolution of GDP and inflation…

Gender relations in the lists of the heads of the communes from 2000 to 2015

Open Data Albania (ODA) has researched the election of the heads of  the communes in the last four elections. The data were obtained from the electronic newsletters or manuals of the Central Election Commission. This research article contains statistical as well as specific information on the winners in the local elections of 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2011. In the Republic of Albania there are 308…

Region’s Unconditional transfers from the State budget

A part of unconditional transfer given from the State Budget to local government is administered by regions.  Round 98-99% of these funds, are used to finance the most important functions of regions, while the other part is used for supporting special situations. The amount allocated to each region is determined by a specific formula, which has four elements and each of them has a certain…

Cost of public debt in the period 1993-2011

Cost of debt is the amount of interest paid to obtain a loan. In circumstances where the revenues are not sufficient to cover the total expenditures of a budget state is a normal process of financing the deficit by using debt. Depending on the type of debt (internal or external) is made even the separation of interests in internal or external. Source: Ministry of FinanceData…

Public Assistance Indicators in Albania

Open Data Albania has conducted a research work on the number of households receiving public assistance in Albania and its distribution by region, based on datasets provided from INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics) and the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.  The public assistance is monthly distributed cash assistance for poor families. It can be partial or complete depending on the household incomes. …