Meat — Import quantity in Albania
Albania: Meat — Import quantity was 83 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Import quantity in Albania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, meat — import quantity in Albania stood at 83 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.6% on the previous year and up 97.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — import quantity in Albania peaked at 83 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19 1000 t, in 2018.
That places Albania 85th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Import quantity in Albania, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 46 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 43 1000 t | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 42 1000 t | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 42 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 30 1000 t | -28.6% |
| 2015 | 32 1000 t | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 37 1000 t | +15.6% |
| 2017 | 34 1000 t | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 19 1000 t | -44.1% |
| 2019 | 37 1000 t | +94.7% |
| 2020 | 35 1000 t | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 36 1000 t | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 70 1000 t | +94.4% |
| 2023 | 83 1000 t | +18.6% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 83 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 64 1000 t, 1.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Albania's 83 1000 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 132 1000 t, 63% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat — Import quantity in Albania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +94.7% | 19 1000 t | 37 1000 t |
| 2022 | +94.4% | 36 1000 t | 70 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 36.2 1000 t | 19 1000 t | 46 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 56 1000 t | 35 1000 t | 83 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat — import quantity in Albania?
- Meat — import quantity in Albania was 83 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — import quantity recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 83 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — import quantity recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 1000 t in 2018.
- How does Albania rank for meat — import quantity?
- Albania ranks 85th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — import quantity rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 97.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.