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Eurostat: income inequality in Albania rises to 30.4 Gini points, above the EU average
Albania's Gini coefficient climbed to 30.4 in 2025 from 29.8 a year earlier, while in the European Union it fell to 29.2.
By ANN Newsroom · Newsroom
October 27, 2026, 07:46 · Updated 18:42 · 1 min read
In brief
- Albania's Gini reached 30.4 in 2025, 1.2 points above the EU average of 29.2.
- INSTAT also records a rise to 30.37%, even though disposable income per capita grew 10.5%.
- In the EU, Bulgaria has the highest inequality (37.7) and Slovakia the lowest (23.0).
Inequality in the distribution of income in Albania deepened slightly in 2025 and remains above the European Union average, according to Eurostat data reported by Monitor and Gazeta Express.
Albania worsens, the EU improves
The Gini coefficient, which measures inequality in disposable income on a scale from 0 to 100, rose to 30.4 for Albania in 2025, from 29.8 a year earlier. That puts the country 1.2 points above the EU average, which fell from 29.4 in 2024 to 29.2 in 2025. In other words, while the gap between the richest and the poorest narrowed slightly in Europe, it widened in Albania.
INSTAT's Survey on Income and Living Conditions, published in October, shows the same trend: the Gini rose to 30.37% from 29.83% in 2024, even though average disposable income per capita grew 10.5%. The income growth, in other words, was not evenly shared.
Comparison in Europe and the region
Within the EU, the highest inequality is recorded in Bulgaria, with a coefficient of 37.7, followed by Latvia at 35.6 and Lithuania at 35.5. At the other end, Slovakia has the most equal income distribution, at 23.0, followed by Belgium (23.4), Czechia (24.0), Slovenia (24.6) and Poland (24.9).
In the Western Balkans, the latest Eurostat data show similar levels, but for different years: Serbia had a Gini of 31.9 in 2024, Montenegro 31.5 in 2022 and North Macedonia 30.3 in 2023. A value of zero would mean everyone has the same income, while 100 would mean all income is concentrated in one person.
