Kosovo second for poverty in region, Albania first

According to INSTAT data, Kosovo has been second in the region in terms of monthly budget spending that only makes it for food. According to these data, 50% of the monthly salary is reportedly spent solely on food. While Albania, along with the town of Berat, Debar and Durres, has finished first, increasing their monthly budget for food more than other years.

This high cost of food is an indicator of poverty in the country, where much of the income goes to ensure survival. In 2018 the food posted 44% of average monthly expenditures on a national scale, the same as last year.

Following Albania and Kosovo's ranking comes Montenegro with 22.8%, Bosnia with 21.5%, Macedonia with 18.4%, Serbia with 16.5%. Only for bread and cereal, Albania spends 5% of what the economy produces in a year, again the highest in Europe, up from 1.1%, which is the EU's minister and 3.7%, which is second place after Albania, Montenegro. The poorer a country, the more it spends on food, because food is an essential need and only after meeting them can people think of other more vital needs, where the last one comes for entertainment. High expenses for food are also an indirect indicator of relative poverty in the country, as they show how low the real income of Albanians as a significant part of it goes towards meeting basic needs.