Starting a business - Score in Albania
Albania: Starting a business - Score was 91.76 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Albania, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Albania recorded 91.76 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Albania peaked at 91.76 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 63.68, in 2003.
That places Albania 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 63.68 | — |
| 2004 | 67.28 | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 67.25 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 69.04 | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 68.21 | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 82 | +20.2% |
| 2009 | 87.24 | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 87.29 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 87.6 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 90.19 | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 90.34 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 91.73 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 91.69 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 91.43 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 91.49 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 91.7 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 91.76 | +0.1% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 91.76 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Albania's 91.76 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 99% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 72.1 | 63.68 | 87.24 | 7 |
| 2010s | 90.52 | 87.29 | 91.76 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 51 Cyprus 92.04 compare
- 52 Panama 92.01 compare
- 53 Afghanistan 91.99 compare
- 55 Democratic Republic of Congo 91.63 compare
- 56 United States 91.59 compare
- 57 Niger 91.51 compare
More private sector data for Albania
- Merchandise trade 47.9% (2025)
- Food imports 16.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 10.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 54.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.35 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,850 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1423 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Albania?
- Starting a business - score in Albania was 91.76 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 91.76 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.68 in 2003.
- How does Albania rank for starting a business - score?
- Albania ranks 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.