INSTAT: 1 out of 5 people in Albania live on poverty threshold

545 thousand residents in Albania are at risk of poverty. The limit to being poor is considered the monthly income, $22,200, and families risk losing this income rate are those that depend on children younger than 18.

Nearly one in five individuals in Albania lives on the threshold of poverty. In number, there are 545,400 low - income individuals who are threatened by the risk of living without minimum standards.

The Data You Extract I NESTS for 2023 show that compared with 2022, a decrease of 31 thousand people living under difficult conditions is observed.

The amount of income that divided poverty in 2023 was $740 a day, or $22 200 a month.

The most predisposed families of poverty are those who have children under addiction to younger than 18 years of age and who live with at least one parent, while the risk is lower on families that have no children.

Social benefits, such as old age and family pensions involved in family incomes, contribute to lowering the risk of poverty.

Last year, 36 % of the population would be estimated at risk of poverty if social benefits were excluded. In 2023 the average monthly income was $42,200. /Euronews Albania/