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Albania's largest single foreign direct investment in port infrastructure reaches its final construction phase in early 2026. DP World's new container terminal at Vlorë, a €170...
Vlorë recorded 1.2 million overnight stays in 2024. That figure represented a 14% year on year increase, driven by new luxury inventory, marina activation, and a coastline that...
Vlorë's construction sector delivered 12% year on year growth in completed square metres through 2024. The Lungomare coastal road opened 18 kilometres of previously unreachable...
Tirana's construction output exceeded ALL 150 billion annually through the 2024 reporting period, accounting for 42 per cent of Albania's entire construction activity. The...
Tirana's ICT sector generated roughly €420 million in revenue in 2024 and employed between 22,000 and 24,000 professionals in the wider metropolitan area. By most aggregate...
Albania's entire banking sector is headquartered within a two kilometre stretch of Tirana's central boulevard. Eleven commercial banks, twenty two insurance companies, eighty...
Berat's Mangalem quarter charged guests up to €120 per night through the 2025 peak season. Room rates for heritage properties rose 12% year on year. Occupancy hit 89% in July...
Berat County exported 18% more olive oil through the first three quarters of 2024 than in the same period the year before. In that same window, registered processing employment...
The World Bank's Albania Cultural Heritage Site Management programme began physical works in Berat during the second quarter of 2026, injecting €8.5 million into conservation...
Albania's largest ever infrastructure investment is rising from the shoreline at Porto Romano, ten kilometres north of the existing Port of Durrës. The €400 million New Port of...
Albania's largest coastal tourism market generated €287 million in direct revenue in 2024. Durrës accounted for 34% of national coastal overnight stays that year, and the...
Durrës County's construction sector accounts for 28% of local GDP. That figure is nearly double the Albanian national average. Forty five residential towers of eight or more...
Elbasan Steel operates at roughly 40% of its installed capacity. The facility employs around 400 people where it once employed 8,000. From a distance, this looks like a sector...
Elbasan prefecture produced 6.1% more aggregate in 2024 than the year before. In the same period, registered construction sector employment in the prefecture fell 4.3%. These...
Elbasan County sits at the centre of Albania's agricultural heartland, with 62,000 hectares of arable land, a 75 minute highway connection to the Port of Durrës, and a working...
The Patos Marinëz oilfield near Fier produced approximately 6,200 to 6,800 barrels per day through the third quarter of 2024. That figure was 8,100 barrels per day in 2019. By...
Albania's government has designated Fier as a priority economic zone. Tax exemptions are in place. New manufacturing entrants are in permitting. The substation upgrade is on...
Fier prefecture sits on the Myzeqe plain, 60,000 hectares of alluvial soil that produce wheat yields 45% above Albania's national average and support roughly 8,500 hectares of...
Korçë County's textile and apparel sector generated roughly €47 to €52 million in export revenue during 2024. That figure was €58 million in 2019. The workforce has contracted...
Korçë's tourism sector recorded 280,000 to 300,000 overnight stays in 2024, an 18% increase from 2022. That growth arrived alongside a €6.6 million private investment pipeline,...
Korçë Prefecture produces more apples than any other region in Albania. Roughly 90,000 tons passed through its orchards and sorting facilities in 2024, supported by 12 major...
Shkodër County produces 45,000 tonnes of apples, 18,000 tonnes of greenhouse vegetables, and 28,000 tonnes of raw milk annually from approximately 12,400 registered...
Shkodër welcomed roughly 320,000 visitors in 2024. Rozafa Castle alone drew 75,000 paying guests, and Lake Shkodra supported nearly 50,000 boat excursion passengers across a...
Shkoder's light manufacturing exports grew 14.3% in 2024. Capital investment in automation fell 3.2% over the same period. These two figures, sitting side by side in Albania's...
Tirana's construction output exceeded ALL 150 billion annually through the 2024 reporting period, accounting for 42 per cent of Albania's entire construction activity. The...
Tirana's ICT sector generated roughly €420 million in revenue in 2024 and employed between 22,000 and 24,000 professionals in the wider metropolitan area. By most aggregate...
Albania's entire banking sector is headquartered within a two kilometre stretch of Tirana's central boulevard. Eleven commercial banks, twenty two insurance companies, eighty...
Albania's largest single foreign direct investment in port infrastructure reaches its final construction phase in early 2026. DP World's new container terminal at Vlorë, a €170...
Vlorë recorded 1.2 million overnight stays in 2024. That figure represented a 14% year on year increase, driven by new luxury inventory, marina activation, and a coastline that...
Vlorë's construction sector delivered 12% year on year growth in completed square metres through 2024. The Lungomare coastal road opened 18 kilometres of previously unreachable...
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