{"id":8577,"date":"2012-02-28T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T12:03:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-05-06T09:55:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T09:55:51","slug":"poverty-in-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=8577&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Poverty in Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poverty is a concept which is expressed quantitatively and based on the indicators of per capita income and the ability of individuals to meet basic living needs.<p><\/p>\n<p>The most important indicators of poverty are: the percentage of population living in absolute poverty (defined in Albania as the number of persons with a real monthly consumption below 4,891 ALL), and the percentage of population living in extreme poverty (defined as the number of persons who have difficulties in meeting basic food needs).<\/p>\n<p>The methodology used to calculate the figures we mention here is based on surveys conducted in Albanian families during June 2002, July 2005 and August 2008 according to a project of INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics), UNDP and the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The survey data indicate that in 2008, about 12.4% of the population lived in absolute poverty (about 373,137 persons), while it was 25.4% in 2002 (about 813,196 persons). The following figure shows the number of persons living in absolute poverty by year and by area:<br><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/jsapi\"><br \/>\n<\/script><br>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">google.load(\"visualization\", \"1\", {packages:[\"corechart\"]});<br \/>\n      google.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart);<br \/>\n      function drawChart() {<br \/>\n        var data = new google.visualization.DataTable();<br \/>\n        data.addColumn('string', 'Year');<br \/>\n\t    data.addColumn('number', 'Total number of persons living in poverty');<br \/>\n\t    data.addColumn('number', 'Urban poverty');<br \/>\n\t    data.addColumn('number', 'Rural poverty');<br \/>\n        data.addRows(3);    <\/p>\n<p>        data.setValue(0, 0, '2002');<br \/>\n        data.setValue(0, 1,  813196.00);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(0, 2,  257690.00);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(0, 3,  555506.00); <\/p>\n<p>        data.setValue(1, 0, '2005');<br \/>\n        data.setValue(1, 1, 575659.00);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(1, 2, 151811.00);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(1, 3, 423848.00);  <\/p>\n<p>        data.setValue(2, 0, '2008');<br \/>\n        data.setValue(2, 1,  373137.00);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(2, 2, 150052.00);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(2, 3, 223085.00);  <\/p>\n<p>        var chart = new google.visualization.ColumnChart(document.getElementById('coldiv'));<br \/>\n        chart.draw(data, {width: 600, height: 450, title: 'Absolute poverty in Albania',<br \/>\n                          hAxis: {title: 'Indicator', titleTextStyle: {color: 'grey'}},<br \/>\n \t\t\t     vAxis: {\"title\": 'Value', \"titleTextStyle\": {\"color\": 'grey'}},<\/p>\n<p>                         });<br \/>\n      }<br \/>\n<\/script> <\/p>\n<div id=\"coldiv\"><\/div>\n<p><sup>Source: INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics), UNDP and World Bank<br>Analysis and comments: ODA<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Most of the people living in absolute poverty live in rural areas, although the differences related to absolute poverty over the years between urban and rural areas have decreased.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the extreme poverty level, this indicator has been decreasing at the same time. According to the survey data in 2008, about 1.2% of the population lived in extreme poverty (about 36,110 persons), while it was 4.7% in 2002 (about 150,473 persons). Graphically it is represented as follows: <br><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/jsapi\"><br \/>\n<\/script><br>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">google.load(\"visualization\", \"1\", {packages:[\"corechart\"]});<br \/>\n      google.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart);<br \/>\n      function drawChart() {<br \/>\n        var data = new google.visualization.DataTable();<br \/>\n        data.addColumn('string', 'Year');<br \/>\n\t    data.addColumn('number', 'Total number of persons living in extreme poverty');<br \/>\n\t    data.addColumn('number', 'Urban poverty');<br \/>\n\t    data.addColumn('number', 'Rural poverty');<br \/>\n        data.addRows(3);  <\/p>\n<p>        data.setValue(0, 0, '2002');<br \/>\n        data.setValue(0, 1,  150473.28);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(0, 2,  68396.94);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(0, 3,  82076.33); <\/p>\n<p>        data.setValue(1, 0, '2005');<br \/>\n        data.setValue(1, 1, 108908.46);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(1, 2, 47351.50);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(1, 3, 61556.96);  <\/p>\n<p>        data.setValue(2, 0, '2008');<br \/>\n        data.setValue(2, 1,  36110.03);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(2, 2, 18055.02);<br \/>\n        data.setValue(2, 3, 18055.02);  <\/p>\n<p>        var chart1 = new google.visualization.ColumnChart(document.getElementById('coldiv1'));<br \/>\n        chart1.draw(data, {width: 600, height: 450, title: 'Extreme poverty in Albania',<br \/>\n                          hAxis: {title: 'Poverty', titleTextStyle: {color: 'grey'}},<br \/>\n \t\t\t     vAxis: {\"title\": 'Value', \"titleTextStyle\": {\"color\": 'grey'}},<\/p>\n<p>                         });<br \/>\n      }<br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"coldiv1\"><\/div>\n<p><sup>Source: INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics), UNDP and World Bank<br>Analysis and comments: ODA<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The entire dataset is shown in the table below:<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/static\/modules\/gviz\/1.0\/chart.js\">{\"dataSourceUrl\":\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/tq?range=A6%3AD13&key=0Agylwmr5tEbVdGZyTVE5QzUyT1VXakdsUS14cm93YWc&gid=0&headers=-1\",\"options\":{\"displayAnnotations\":true,\"showTip\":true,\"dataMode\":\"markers\",\"fontColor\":\"#fff\",\"midColor\":\"#36c\",\"pointSize\":0,\"colors\":[\"#3366CC\",\"#DC3912\",\"#FF9900\",\"#109618\",\"#990099\",\"#0099C6\",\"#DD4477\",\"#66AA00\",\"#B82E2E\",\"#316395\"],\"headerColor\":\"#3d85c6\",\"smoothLine\":false,\"lineWidth\":2,\"maxColor\":\"#222\",\"headerHeight\":40,\"labelPosition\":\"right\",\"is3D\":false,\"fontSize\":\"14px\",\"hasLabelsColumn\":true,\"wmode\":\"opaque\",\"hAxis\":{\"maxAlternation\":1},\"maxDepth\":2,\"allowCollapse\":true,\"minColor\":\"#ccc\",\"mapType\":\"hybrid\",\"width\":600,\"height\":350},\"state\":{},\"chartType\":\"Table\",\"chartName\":\"Chart 1\"}<br \/>\n<\/script><br><sup>Source: INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics), UNDP and World Bank<br>Analysis and comments: ODA<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<b>Comments and Analysis:<\/b> Open Data Albania<br> \n<b>Contributed by<\/b>: R.E\n<style>\np{\ntext-align: justify !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poverty is a concept which is expressed quantitatively and based on the indicators of per capita income and the ability of individuals to meet basic living needs. 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