Albania
Background Information
Region
Europe & Central Asia
World Bank income group
Upper middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
20% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
161,924 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
256,938 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
12%
Source: UNSDG, 2018
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
20
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15
No data available
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
46%
Source: DHS, 2018
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
12
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2017
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
-
Primary 74%
(2019)
-
Lower secondary 95%
(2019)
-
Upper secondary 90%
(2019)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 96%
-
Male 94%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 94%
-
Male 93%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 82%
-
Male 79%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 4%
-
Male 4%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Lower secondary school
-
Female 5%
-
Male 5%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Upper secondary school
-
Female 19%
-
Male 22%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017