Current account balance in Albania i
Free · Quarterly · % of GDP
Source: Eurostat (bop_gdp6_q), retrieved 2026-10-17 · View on Eurostat · See technical sheet
-3.9%
Albania · Q1 2026
Albania · Q1 2026Year-on-year change+1.4 pp
Previous period-3.7% Q4 2025
Rank in Europe26 of 37
EU271.7%
Spain2.3%
Trend
Country ranking → Albania → Compare Spain and Albania →
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| Period | Albania | EU27 |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | -3.9% | 1.7% |
| Q4 2025 | -3.7% | 2.2% |
| Q3 2025 | 9.8% | 2.2% |
| Q2 2025 | -4.2% | 1.6% |
| Q1 2025 | -5.3% | 1.6% |
| Q4 2024 | -5.7% | 2.4% |
| Q3 2024 | 5.4% | 2.6% |
| Q2 2024 | -3.4% | 2.5% |
| Q1 2024 | -6.6% | 2.5% |
| Q4 2023 | -4.0% | 2.7% |
| Q3 2023 | 6.1% | 2.6% |
| Q2 2023 | -4.3% | 1.5% |
| Q1 2023 | -3.2% | 1.1% |
| Q4 2022 | -9.7% | 0.5% |
| Q3 2022 | -3.1% | -0.4% |
| Q2 2022 | -4.3% | -0.3% |
Data analysis
Albania, “Current account balance” (Q1 2026): -3.9%; a year earlier, -5.3% (+1.4 pp: improvement). Albania ranks 26 of 37 European countries with data. For reference, the EU27 records 1.7% and Spain 2.3%. Over the last 8 periods the series shows a downward trend.
About this indicator
- What is the latest current account balance figure in Albania?
- -3.9% in Q1 2026, rank 26 of 37 European countries. The EU27 figure is 1.7%.
- What does current account balance measure?
- Current account balance, in % of GDP. A higher value indicates a more favourable situation.
- Where does the current account balance data come from?
- Eurostat, dataset bop_gdp6_q («Main Balance of Payments and International Investment Position items as share of GDP (BPM6)»). RAC-EU downloads it from Eurostat's official API and checks it every day.
- How often is current account balance updated?
- Quarterly. The latest period published is Q1 2026; RAC-EU adds new data and revisions on the day Eurostat publishes them.