Albania
Capital: Tirane · Upper middle income · Pop. 2.4 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Albania, 70.79% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 694,359 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 69.28% use safely managed sanitation services and 99.3% have at least a basic service (2024).
Albania has about 10,972 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 3% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 71% of Albania's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Albania have safe drinking water?
70.79% of Albania's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 694,359 people do not.
Does Albania have enough freshwater?
Albania has roughly 10,972 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 3% of it annually (low stress).