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Albania — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Albania, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
10.93%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +6.0% since 1991
Unemployment for Albania was 10.93% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 30.01% in 1992. The lowest was 10.30% in 1991 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.17% per year.
Albania ranks 35 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 19%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Albania sits above it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 64% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 36%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
10.93%
First (1991)
10.30%
Change
+6.0%
Highest
30.01%
in 1992
Lowest
10.30%
in 1991
Average
15.62%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.17%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.93% |
| 2024 | 10.69% |
| 2023 | 10.67% |
| 2022 | 10.79% |
| 2021 | 11.47% |
| 2020 | 11.64% |
| 2019 | 11.47% |
| 2018 | 12.3% |
| 2017 | 13.62% |
| 2016 | 15.42% |
| 2015 | 17.19% |
| 2014 | 18.06% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.