List of counties of Albania by Human Development Index
This article presents a list of counties of Albania by Human Development Index (HDI), which is a comparative measure of life expectancy, education, literacy, standard of living, per capita income and overall well-being of the citizens in each counties of Albania.
Human Development Index
Methodology
Introduced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1990, the Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of education, income and longevity indices, calculated in order to measure social and economic development within countries.[1] It consists of a number between 0 and 1, comprising five tiers of human development—very low, low, medium, high, or very high—wherein the development is considered higher when closer to 1. According to the latest Human Development Report, published in 2024 and reflecting data from 2022, Albania placed List of countries by Human Development Index 74 among 193 countries with an HDI value of 0.789.[2]
| Rank | County | HDI (2022) | Similar Country | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very high human development | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | File:Flag of Tiranë.svg Tirana | 0.814 | File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia | |||||||||||||
| High human development | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | File:Flag of Vlorë.svg Vlorë | 0.797 | File:Flag of Palau.svg Palau | |||||||||||||
| 3 | File:Flag of Durrës.svg Durrës | 0.796 | File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Gjirokastër | 0.789 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | |||||||||||||
| – | File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania (average) | 0.789 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | File:Flag of Korçë.svg Korçë | 0.785 | File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia | |||||||||||||
| 6 | File:Flag of Elbasan.svg Elbasan | 0.779 | File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Shkodër | 0.778 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | File:Flag of Berat.svg Berat | 0.776 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Lezhë | 0.764 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Fier | 0.762 | File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Dibër | 0.749 | File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya | |||||||||||||
| 12 | File:Flag of Kukës.svg Kukës | 0.745 | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria | |||||||||||||
| Source:[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Human Development Index (HDI)". United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Human Development Report 2020" (PDF). Human Development Report United Nations Development Programme. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ↑ "Human Development Indices (5.0): Sub-national HDI – Area Database–Global Data". Global Data Lab. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
