NLAID - Activity in Albania

Information on Albania

Birth rate 12.15 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight 6.6% (2005) country comparison to the world: 75

Climate mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter

Death rate 6.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Environment - current issues deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents

Infant mortality rate
total 14.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male 16.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female 12.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Languages Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects

Life expectancy at birth
total population 77.41 years
male 74.82 years
female 80.3 years (2011 est.)

Literacy
definition age 9 and over can read and write
total population 98.7%
male 99.2%
female 98.3% (2001 census)

Maternal mortality rate 31 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) country comparison to the world: 110

Natural resources petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower

Population
2,994,667 (July 2011 est.)

Population growth rate 0.267% (2011 est.)

Religions Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10% note: percentages are estimates; there are no available current statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total 11 years
male 11 years
female 11 years (2004)

NLAID - Activity in Albania

Information on Albania

Capactiteitsversterking parlement Albanie via OVSE

Supporting environmental projects to improve communities' living conditions

STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES IN THE WB COUNTRIES TO MITIGATE ENV. PROBLEMS THROUGH REMIDIATION OF HIGH PRIORITY HOT SPOTS

Institutional support to the Albanian civil society organisation Mjaft

Fund and window from which local governments in the Dibër Qark can get support

Clean up of the Porto Romano hot spot

Strenghtening Albanian Civil Society for an Improved Environment

Milieu educatie aan lagere scholen