🇦🇱 Albania Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇦🇱 Albania AL / ALB #140

Nomad Score 61.0

Cities 16

Region Central European Free Trade Agreement, Balkans, Mediterranean, Digital Nomad Hubs, Nomad Visa Countries, Affordable Nomad Destinations, Adriatic, Europe, Europe, Southeast Europe, Developing Countries

Currency ALL

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 39/100

Press Freedom (2025) 58.2/100 #80

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.484

HDI 0.810

Regional Blocs CEFTA

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 52th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 46th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 43th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 60th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 58th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 54th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 1.4/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 11.7/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.0% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Albania	Bajram Begaj
Prime Minister of Albania	Edi Rama

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 39 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 58.2 / 100

Global Rank #80 / 180

Rank Change +19 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #119 38.6

Economic #147 31.7

Legal #53 69.5

Social #68 65.9

Safety #70 85.2

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.484

Liberal 0.382

Participatory 0.290

Deliberative 0.236

Egalitarian 0.351

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	58.2	80	38.6	31.7	69.5	65.9	85.2
2024	54.1	99	42.3	34.6	67.5	67.0	59.2
2023	57.9	96	47.8	35.1	67.6	68.4	70.5
2022	56.4	103	50.6	29.4	68.8	66.6	66.8
2021	69.4	83	-	-	-	-	76.0
2020	69.8	84	-	-	-	-	86.1
2019	70.2	82	-	-	-	-	86.1
2018	70.5	75	-	-	-	-	83.9
2017	70.1	76	-	-	-	-	83.9
2016	70.1	82	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	71.2	82	-	-	-	-	78.0
2014	70.1	85	-	-	-	-	-
2013	69.1	102	-	-	-	-	-
2012	34.4	96	-	-	-	-	-
2010	21.5	80	-	-	-	-	-
2009	21.8	88	-	-	-	-	-
2008	16.0	79	-	-	-	-	-
2007	25.5	87	-	-	-	-	-
2006	18.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
2005	14.2	62	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index