The economic damages in the main municipalities during 2007-2010

Open Data Albania has conducted a research on the economic damages caused in the main municipalities of the country. Research analysis includes period during 2007-2010. The average frequency of auditing is an audit is exercised in 2.5 years. The data are taken from reports on the activity of the Supreme State Audit (SSA) and the State Budget, published by the Ministry of Finance. According to SSA, the economic damages imply a violation of legality in the use of public funds with financial effects.

Economic damages are at the level as it is presented below in 000 Albanian Lek.

^{Source: Supreme State Audit (SSA)
Comments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA)}

It is noted that the municipality with the highest value of economic damage is Durres (58.667 million Albanian Lek), followed by Himara and Fushe-Kruja municipalities with respective values of 23,420,000 Albanian Lek and 21,535,000 Albanian Lek.

To have a more realistic presentation of economic damages, it is compared with unconditional transfers (funds given to local authorities from the State Budget unconditionally).

The ratio of economic damages versus to the unconditional transfers is as follows:

^{Source: Supreme State Audit (SSA)
Comments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA)}

The average according to the economic damages versus unconditional transfers is 4.82%. Municipalities with the highest ratio of damages are: Himara at the level f 30.59%, Fushe-Kruja at the level of 16.57% and Belshi at the level of 12.58%. While, among municipalities with lowest ratio of economic damages are Pogradec wit the level of 0.34%, Korca with the level of 1.02% and Vlora with the level of 1.13%.

Municipalities that are not presented in the table have not a reported an analytical value in the Activity Reports of the Supreme State Audit. Actually for this period for the municipality of Tirana is published no value for the economic damages.

Economic damages, unconditional transfers and the ratio between them according to municipalities for the period 2007-2010 are presented in tabular format as follows:

^{Source: Supreme State Audit (SSA)
Comments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA)}