Albania — Country Profile

Albania is in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece to the south and Montenegro and Kosovo to the north. It covers 28,748 sq km. Terrain: mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast. Climate: mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter.

Albania’s GDP is $51.36 billion (2024 est.) in purchasing-power-parity terms. At official exchange rates it stands at $27.178 billion (2024 est.). Real GDP grew 4% (2024 est.). See where Albania ranks among all 195 countries by GDP.

POWER --/100 — The Magna Power score is our 0–100 composite of structural national power — nine components, 135 indicators. It is the Bureau's own assessment, not a mirror of World Bank or CIA figures.

Momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

A neutral quarter in the truest sense: nothing happened that altered the country's course or standing.

The score records absence of momentum honestly — the deeper currents continue, unmoved by the calendar.

• What our model rewards: 100% of its electricity from low-carbon sources; inflation tamed at 2.2%
• What drags it down: fertility of 1.1 children per woman — below replacement, the cradle is emptying; public debt above 82% of GDP — the budget's ball and chain

Oil, Natural gas, Coal, Bauxite, Copper, Iron ore, Nickel, Salt, Timber, Hydropower.

Energy is the physical base of economic power — what a country can generate, move and burn decides what it can build, sell and defend.

Sources: CIA World Factbook, Energy section; Our World in Data (IEA/Ember), 2023.

Trade shows what the world buys from a country and what the country must buy from the world — the balance between the two is a direct measure of economic leverage.

Source: CIA World Factbook, Economy section.

Edi Rama — Prime Minister. President Bajram BEGAJ (since 24 July 2022)

Albania maintains 39 embassies and 7 consulates abroad, hosts 44 foreign diplomatic missions, holds permanent missions to UN New York, UN Geneva, NATO Brussels, UNESCO Paris, OSCE Vienna, CoE Strasbourg. The breadth of a diplomatic network is a direct measure of diplomatic power — it shows how far a country’s influence, alliances and interests reach.

Source: Abroad: Consular Affairs Center, of-country ranking, Jan 2026, Zenodo https://zenodo.org/records/18109976/ . Hosted: Wikipedia 'List of diplomatic missions in Albania' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Albania . Multilateral rosters: UN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_permanent_representatives_to_the_United_Nations , UNOG https://www.ungeneva.org/en/blue-book/missions/member-states , OSCE http://www.osce.org/contacts/delegations , NATO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Council

Transport networks are economic power made physical — ports, runways, railways and pipelines decide what a country can move, sell and defend.

Major airports

Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA) — Rinas.

Sources: OurAirports public-domain extract (2026-10-02); per-entry Wikipedia links included; CIA World Factbook via cia_factbook snapshot (2026-09-28); theodora.com CIA mirror (CIA World Factbook Transportation section), scraped 2026-10-02

Source: constitutional schedule / public election calendar

POWER --/100 Ranked #-- of 195 countries in the Magna Country Rankings. Full ranking breakdown for Albania.

Historical timeline of Albania

This profile covers the population, economy, natural resources, leaders, and history of Albania — with the Bureau’s live national-power score of --/100, ranking #-- of 195 countries.