{"id":9342,"date":"2014-02-22T14:58:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T14:58:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-05-06T15:26:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T15:26:55","slug":"rates-of-health-insurance-and-social-security-in-the-republic-of-albania-and-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=9342&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Rates of Health Insurance and Social Security in the Republic of Albania and Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">Open Data Albania is investigating the rate of social security and health insurance contributions in our country and the region. Social security and health insurance contributions are compulsory payments, for all economically active persons, including the self-employed. <p><\/p>\n<p>Paying social security and health insurances contributions makes it possible to benefit from The Social Security Law (Law no. 7703, dated 11.05.1993) and the Health Insurance Law (Law no. 7870, dated 13.10.1994). Contributions are collected by the tax authorities on behalf of the Social Insurance Institute and the Institute of Health Insurance.<\/p>\n<p>The minimum salary considered for calculating social security contributions as from 08.01.2013 is 19,026 ALL and the maximum monthly salary is 95,130 ALL (DCM no. 581, dated 07\/17\/2013). <\/p>\n<p>But in the employment relationship, the employer is obligated to implement the minimum monthly basic salary nationwide, which from the date 07\/01\/2013 is 22 000 ALL (DCM no. 573, dated 03\/07\/2013). As of January 1, 2014 health insurance contributions are calculated on the gross salary and not on the minimum\/maximum wage as previously estimated.<\/p>\n<p>The contribution for Health Insurance in Albania is 3.4%, while the Social Security contribution is 24.5%. The employer pays 16.7% of contributions, while the employee pays 11.2% of contributions. <br>Compared with countries in the region, Serbia has the highest rate of social security contributions, followed by Bosnia-Herzegovina and our country. The lower level is held by Kosovo with only 10%.<br> \n  <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/static\/modules\/gviz\/1.0\/chart.js\">{\"dataSourceUrl\":\"\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/tq?key=0Agylwmr5tEbVdDV4ZkFqYWV5cDRSRVdiMXZGRlhTamc&transpose=0&headers=1&range=A3%3AB10&gid=1&pub=1\",\"options\":{\"titleTextStyle\":{\"bold\":true,\"color\":\"#000\",\"fontSize\":16},\"vAxes\":[{\"titleTextStyle\":{\"bold\":true,\"color\":\"#222\",\"italic\":true,\"fontSize\":12},\"title\":\"Health insurance rate in %\",\"useFormatFromData\":true,\"minValue\":null,\"viewWindow\":{\"min\":null,\"max\":null},\"maxValue\":null},{\"useFormatFromData\":true,\"minValue\":null,\"viewWindow\":{\"min\":null,\"max\":null},\"maxValue\":null}],\"title\":\"The rate of social security contributions in Albania and the region\",\"booleanRole\":\"certainty\",\"height\":371,\"animation\":{\"duration\":500},\"legend\":\"right\",\"width\":630,\"hAxis\":{\"useFormatFromData\":true,\"minValue\":null,\"viewWindowMode\":null,\"viewWindow\":null,\"maxValue\":null},\"isStacked\":false,\"tooltip\":{}},\"state\":{},\"view\":{},\"isDefaultVisualization\":false,\"chartType\":\"ColumnChart\",\"chartName\":\"Chart 1\"}<br \/>\n  <\/script> <br><sup>Source: The relevant legislation of each country<\/sup><br><sup>Comments and analysis: ODA<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The rate of health insurance contributions ranks first Bosnia and Herzegovina, followed by Serbia and Montenegro. Albania is ranked last, as Kosovo has no health insurance scheme.<br> \n  <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/static\/modules\/gviz\/1.0\/chart.js\">{\"dataSourceUrl\":\"\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/tq?key=0Agylwmr5tEbVdDV4ZkFqYWV5cDRSRVdiMXZGRlhTamc&transpose=0&headers=1&range=A15%3AB22&gid=1&pub=1\",\"options\":{\"titleTextStyle\":{\"bold\":true,\"color\":\"#000\",\"fontSize\":16},\"vAxes\":[{\"titleTextStyle\":{\"bold\":true,\"color\":\"#222\",\"italic\":true,\"fontSize\":12},\"title\":\"Value in %\",\"useFormatFromData\":true,\"minValue\":null,\"viewWindow\":{\"min\":null,\"max\":null},\"maxValue\":null},{\"useFormatFromData\":true,\"minValue\":null,\"viewWindow\":{\"min\":null,\"max\":null},\"maxValue\":null}],\"title\":\"The rate of health insurance contributions in Albania and the region (%)\",\"booleanRole\":\"certainty\",\"height\":371,\"animation\":{\"duration\":500},\"legend\":\"right\",\"width\":630,\"hAxis\":{\"useFormatFromData\":true,\"minValue\":null,\"viewWindowMode\":null,\"viewWindow\":null,\"maxValue\":null},\"isStacked\":false,\"tooltip\":{}},\"state\":{},\"view\":{},\"isDefaultVisualization\":false,\"chartType\":\"ColumnChart\",\"chartName\":\"Chart 2\"}<br \/>\n  <\/script> <br><sup>Source: The relevant legislation of each country<\/sup><br><sup>Comments and analysis: ODA<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Looking at the total social security and health insurance contributions, we see that Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia have higher rates, up to 41.5%, while our country is ranked last below Macedonia and Kosovo.<br> \n  <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/static\/modules\/gviz\/1.0\/chart.js\">{\"dataSourceUrl\":\"\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/tq?key=0Agylwmr5tEbVdDV4ZkFqYWV5cDRSRVdiMXZGRlhTamc&transpose=0&headers=1&range=A26%3AB33&gid=1&pub=1\",\"options\":{\"titleTextStyle\":{\"bold\":true,\"color\":\"#000\",\"fontSize\":16},\"vAxes\":[{\"titleTextStyle\":{\"bold\":true,\"color\":\"#222\",\"italic\":true,\"fontSize\":12},\"title\":\"Value in %\",\"useFormatFromData\":true,\"minValue\":null,\"viewWindow\":{\"min\":null,\"max\":null},\"maxValue\":null},{\"useFormatFromData\":true,\"minValue\":null,\"viewWindow\":{\"min\":null,\"max\":null},\"maxValue\":null}],\"title\":\"Total contribution rate for Social Security and Health Insurance in Albania and the region in %\",\"booleanRole\":\"certainty\",\"height\":371,\"animation\":{\"duration\":500},\"legend\":\"right\",\"width\":630,\"hAxis\":{\"useFormatFromData\":true,\"minValue\":null,\"viewWindowMode\":null,\"viewWindow\":null,\"maxValue\":null},\"isStacked\":false,\"tooltip\":{}},\"state\":{},\"view\":{},\"isDefaultVisualization\":false,\"chartType\":\"ColumnChart\",\"chartName\":\"Chart 3\"}<br \/>\n  <\/script><br><sup>Source: The relevant legislation of each country<\/sup><br><sup>Comments and analysis: ODA<\/sup> \n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<b>Comments and Analysis:<\/b> Open Data Albania<br>\n<b>Contributed by: Ina Baja<\/b>\n<style>\np{\ntext-align: justify !important;\n}\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Data Albania is investigating the rate of social security and health insurance contributions in our country and the region. Social security and health insurance contributions are compulsory payments, for all economically active persons, including the self-employed. Paying social security and health insurances contributions makes it possible to benefit from The Social Security Law (Law no. 7703, dated 11.05.1993) and the Health Insurance Law (Law&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24154,"url":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24154&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":9342,"position":0},"title":"Concerns and Advocacy for Transparency on the Beneficial Ownership of Companies Providing Consultancy to the Albanian Government in Strategic Sectors","date":"August 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Three civil society organizations, engaged in issues related to transparency, anti-corruption, good governance, and reporting on organized crime and corruption, namely: The Albanian Network for Reporting on Organized Crime and Corruption, with Executive Director Lindita \u00c7elaThe Albanian Center for Economic Research (ACER), with Executive Director Mr. Zef Pre\u00e7iThe Albanian Institute\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;ODA in Press Releases&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-26-163749.png?fit=972%2C848&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":25531,"url":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=25531&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":9342,"position":1},"title":"AIS \/ Open Data Albania Submits Legislative Recommendations to the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee for the Implementation of Electoral Reform on the Use of Public Funds and the State Budget during Electoral Periods","date":"July 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Tirana 28 July 2026 AIS \/ Open Data Albania has submitted a package of legislative recommendations to the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee for the Implementation of Electoral Reform aimed at strengthening Albania\u2019s legal framework governing the use of public funds and the State Budget during electoral years and electoral periods,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;ODA in Press Releases&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-02-200626-1.png?fit=980%2C857&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24214,"url":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24214&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":9342,"position":2},"title":"Voice of America broadcasted several views from civil society experts calling for legal reforms to prevent the misuse of public funds for electoral purposes. 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