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
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) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very high human development | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Tirana
|
0.814 | ||||||||||||||||
| High human development | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Vlorë
|
0.797 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Durrës
|
0.796 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Gjirokastër | 0.789 | ||||||||||||||||
| – |  Albania (average)
|
0.789 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Korçë
|
0.785 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Elbasan
|
0.779 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Shkodër | 0.778 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Berat
|
0.776 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Lezhë | 0.764 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Fier | 0.762 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Dibër | 0.749 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Kukës
|
0.745 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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.
- ^ a b "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.