Trott Bailey Family Abundance · Country Profile

Albania 🇦🇱

Albania currently ranks #126 of 241 on the TBF Abundance Scorecard, scoring -63.80. This country is money-gated, strongest in Healthcare and weakest in External Footprint across 16 evidence categories.

Country profile & diagnostic reading

Data updatedEvidence through 13 Oct 2026
TBF Abundance Score
-63.8
Evidence before Abundance Gate +36.3
How the headline score is calculated

Evidence before Gate = Σ (published category score × category weight × research coverage) ÷ Σ (category weight × research coverage). The five-part Money Gate sets a proportional ceiling, with Friction already in the category evidence score.

Current evidence: +36.3 · Money Gate: 1.25/20 · Cash-register lock: +93.8 · Graded pressure: +93.8 · Headline: -63.8.

The fully detailed gate formula is explained in the Money Gate method; no international score can independently clear it.

TBF Rank

#126of 241

Global standing based on life reachability

AlbaniaLast recorded move: down from #85 to #126.Recent recorded movements
  1. #85 → #12614 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500
  2. #84 → #8512 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500
  3. #85 → #8412 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500
  4. #84 → #8512 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500
View detailed rank & score history ↗

National Abundance Gate

Money-gated

Graded status · five basics not fully cleared

Research Coverage

100%
Coverage calculation

Sum of each published category weight × its documented scoring coverage ÷ 100. The percentage measures completed scoring slots, not independent verification of every claim. For the current country:

9.0 × 100.0% + 8.0 × 100.0% + 9.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 7.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 4.0 × 100.0% + 8.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 4.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% = 100.00% weighted coverage

Unreviewed international categories do not receive fabricated coverage or zero scores.

14 / 14 domestic categories scored; 2 / 2 international categories with documented research (scores require full audit)

GDP Rank

#115

Shown for context, not as the abundance ranking

Money Gate · Overall Gate 0.7.0

Five basics stand between this country and zero

All five basics must reach 4/4 before a country can cross zero. Open any gate reading to see exactly why its points were assigned and review the source record.

Reach-to-Money-Gate Clearance 2.0: These five gates measure effective no-payment access, not installed capacity alone. Under new source-backed reviews, 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 4 points track verified free access to 0%, some but less than 30%, 30%+, 50%+, 75%+ and 100% of the population respectively. The higher levels require reliable real use; 4/4 requires universally accessible, reliable service without ordinary charges or exclusions. Missing population figures remain pending. Older gate points remain archived until re-audited.

0.0 / 4

Food

Why 0.0 / 4?

Agricultural production and food support do not establish nationwide free household food.

Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.

Point calculation

0.00 ÷ 4 × 100 = 0.00% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.

Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.

Sources for this gate
Gate finding reviewed 2026-10-14
0.3 / 4

Housing / Land

Why 0.3 / 4?

Public/social housing measures remain targeted and constrained, not a universal entitlement.

Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.

Point calculation

0.25 ÷ 4 × 100 = 6.25% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.

Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.

Sources for this gate
Gate finding reviewed 2026-10-14
1.0 / 4

Healthcare

Why 1.0 / 4?

Public health services and insurance coexist with significant household out-of-pocket spending.

Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.

Point calculation

1.00 ÷ 4 × 100 = 25.00% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.

Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.

Sources for this gate
Gate finding reviewed 2026-10-14
0.0 / 4

Transportation

Why 0.0 / 4?

Ordinary public transit remains fare-based.

Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.

Point calculation

0.00 ÷ 4 × 100 = 0.00% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.

Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.

Sources for this gate
Gate finding reviewed 2026-10-14
0.0 / 4

Water / Energy

Why 0.0 / 4?

Electricity and water are metered or billed services, with affordability gaps.

Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.

Point calculation

0.00 ÷ 4 × 100 = 0.00% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.

Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.

Sources for this gate
Gate finding reviewed 2026-10-14
Money Gate score
  • Food0.0 / 4
  • Housing / Land0.3 / 4
  • Healthcare1.0 / 4
  • Transportation0.0 / 4
  • Water / Energy0.0 / 4
  • Money still needed18.8 / 20

Grey means points not yet earned toward fully money-free basic life—not a cash price or currency sum.

Why 1.3 / 20?

The Money Gate total is the sum of the five direct 0–4 readings. Every basic need remains visible separately so one strong area cannot hide another weak one.

Actual calculation

Food 0.00 + Housing / Land 0.25 + Healthcare 1.00 + Transportation 0.00 + Water / Energy 0.00 = 1.25 / 20

A country remains money-gated until the total reaches 20 / 20.

Cash-Register Lock
93.8 / 100
Why 93.8 / 100?

The five direct Money Gate readings total 0–20. Every point removes five of the 100 payment-lock units; a 7/20 reading produces a 65/100 lock.

Actual calculation

100 - (1.25 × 5) = 93.75

Friction Economy Pressure
73.2 / 100
Why 73.2 / 100?

Friction is visible as its own 0–100 contextual reading from domestic category rails. Its effect is already in the evidence score and is not applied to the ceiling again.

Actual calculation

(100 - -46.36) ÷ 2 = 73.18 / 100

The weighted Friction rail comes from the published domestic category rails.

Money-gated ceiling
-46.9
Why -46.9?

Each Money Gate point raises the negative ceiling by 2.5 points: 0/20 → −50, 7/20 → −32.5, 10/20 → −25, 19.5/20 → −1.25. At 20/20 the gate is removed, so the evidence score becomes the headline directly.

Actual calculation

93.75 = 93.75 (Friction already counted in category scores)

-50 + 2.5 × 1.25 = -46.9

16-category profile

All categories at a glance

All sixteen categories use the −100 to +100 evidence scale once verified. International Welcome and External Footprint remain pending until their rail scores are properly researched. Select a category for sourced findings and transparent calculations.

Category readings & evidence

Open any category for the full diagnostic reading

9% weight Human Time & Burden Return
+35.5↓

Score breakdown

Human Time & Burden Return

+35.5
Capacity 25%
+75.0× 25%= +18.8 points
Exact point calculation

75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The audit does not equate employment or economic growth with time abundance; paid work, informal work, travel, administration and unpaid care remain burdens unless evidence shows they have actually been removed. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The audit does not equate employment or economic growth with time abundance; paid work, informal work, travel, administration and unpaid care remain burdens unless evidence shows they have actually been removed.

Reach 35%
+60.0× 35%= +21.0 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

60.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 21.00 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The audit does not equate employment or economic growth with time abundance; paid work, informal work, travel, administration and unpaid care remain burdens unless evidence shows they have actually been removed. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-50.0× 25%= -12.5 points
Exact point calculation

-50.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -12.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Employment-to-population ratio is a labour-market indicator. It does not reveal domestic care work, multiple-job overlap, commuting or daily disposable time for a family of five. Retain the earlier authored Human Time judgment until a specific time-use series is verified.

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The audit does not equate employment or economic growth with time abundance; paid work, informal work, travel, administration and unpaid care remain burdens unless evidence shows they have actually been removed. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Regeneration 15%
+55.0× 15%= +8.3 points
Exact point calculation

55.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 8.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The audit does not equate employment or economic growth with time abundance; paid work, informal work, travel, administration and unpaid care remain burdens unless evidence shows they have actually been removed. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+35.5 Published category score+35.5 Contribution to national evidence score+3.2
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 18.75 + 21.00 + -12.50 + 8.25 = 35.50

Base: 35.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +35.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 35.50 × (9.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 3.20 points

This category carries 9% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 9.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.2 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +15.0

What the evidence found

Albania: employment ratio is context, not family time

Employment-to-population ratio is a labour-market indicator. It does not reveal domestic care work, multiple-job overlap, commuting or daily disposable time for a family of five. Retain the earlier authored Human Time judgment until a specific time-use series is verified.

2026-10-14 World Bank WDI — employment-to-population ratio
Albania: human time burden — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The audit does not equate employment or economic growth with time abundance; paid work, informal work, travel, administration and unpaid care remain burdens unless evidence shows they have actually been removed. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: human time burden — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The audit does not equate employment or economic growth with time abundance; paid work, informal work, travel, administration and unpaid care remain burdens unless evidence shows they have actually been removed. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: human time burden — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The audit does not equate employment or economic growth with time abundance; paid work, informal work, travel, administration and unpaid care remain burdens unless evidence shows they have actually been removed. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: human time burden — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The audit does not equate employment or economic growth with time abundance; paid work, informal work, travel, administration and unpaid care remain burdens unless evidence shows they have actually been removed. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: Human Time & Burden Return research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The audit does not equate employment or economic growth with time abundance; paid work, informal work, travel, administration and unpaid care remain burdens unless evidence shows they have actually been removed.

World Bank — Albania overview
8% weight Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
+41.6↓

Score breakdown

Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach

+41.6
Capacity 25%
+80.0× 25%= +20.0 points
Exact point calculation

80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Housing is scored on adequacy, affordability, resilience and reach rather than the existence of buildings or construction activity; where current housing evidence is incomplete the score remains conservative. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Housing is scored on adequacy, affordability, resilience and reach rather than the existence of buildings or construction activity; where current housing evidence is incomplete the score remains conservative.

Reach 35%
+68.0× 35%= +23.8 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Housing / Land 0.25/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

68.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 23.80 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Housing is scored on adequacy, affordability, resilience and reach rather than the existence of buildings or construction activity; where current housing evidence is incomplete the score remains conservative. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-45.0× 25%= -11.3 points
Exact point calculation

-45.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -11.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Housing is scored on adequacy, affordability, resilience and reach rather than the existence of buildings or construction activity; where current housing evidence is incomplete the score remains conservative. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Durability 15%
+60.0× 15%= +9.0 points
Exact point calculation

60.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Housing is scored on adequacy, affordability, resilience and reach rather than the existence of buildings or construction activity; where current housing evidence is incomplete the score remains conservative. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+41.6 Published category score+41.6 Contribution to national evidence score+3.3
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 20.00 + 23.80 + -11.25 + 9.00 = 41.55

Base: 41.55 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +41.6 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 41.55 × (8.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 3.32 points

This category carries 8% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 8.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.3 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +12.0

What the evidence found

Albania: housing shelter reach — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Housing is scored on adequacy, affordability, resilience and reach rather than the existence of buildings or construction activity; where current housing evidence is incomplete the score remains conservative. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: housing shelter reach — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Housing is scored on adequacy, affordability, resilience and reach rather than the existence of buildings or construction activity; where current housing evidence is incomplete the score remains conservative. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: housing shelter reach — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Housing is scored on adequacy, affordability, resilience and reach rather than the existence of buildings or construction activity; where current housing evidence is incomplete the score remains conservative. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: housing shelter reach — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Housing is scored on adequacy, affordability, resilience and reach rather than the existence of buildings or construction activity; where current housing evidence is incomplete the score remains conservative. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Housing is scored on adequacy, affordability, resilience and reach rather than the existence of buildings or construction activity; where current housing evidence is incomplete the score remains conservative.

World Bank — Albania overview
9% weight Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
+41.6↓

Score breakdown

Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance

+41.6
Capacity 25%
+80.0× 25%= +20.0 points
Exact point calculation

80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Food production and food availability are separated from household nourishment reach. Market dependence, affordability, nutrition and shock exposure prevent agricultural capacity from being treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Food production and food availability are separated from household nourishment reach. Market dependence, affordability, nutrition and shock exposure prevent agricultural capacity from being treated as universal food abundance.

Reach 35%
+68.0× 35%= +23.8 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Food 0.00/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

68.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 23.80 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Food production and food availability are separated from household nourishment reach. Market dependence, affordability, nutrition and shock exposure prevent agricultural capacity from being treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction / Waste 25%
-45.0× 25%= -11.3 points
Exact point calculation

-45.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -11.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Food production and food availability are separated from household nourishment reach. Market dependence, affordability, nutrition and shock exposure prevent agricultural capacity from being treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Multiplication 15%
+60.0× 15%= +9.0 points
Exact point calculation

60.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Food production and food availability are separated from household nourishment reach. Market dependence, affordability, nutrition and shock exposure prevent agricultural capacity from being treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+41.6 Published category score+41.6 Contribution to national evidence score+3.7
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 20.00 + 23.80 + -11.25 + 9.00 = 41.55

Base: 41.55 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +41.6 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 41.55 × (9.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 3.74 points

This category carries 9% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 9.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.7 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +12.0

What the evidence found

Albania: food nourishment free food — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Food production and food availability are separated from household nourishment reach. Market dependence, affordability, nutrition and shock exposure prevent agricultural capacity from being treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 FAOLEX — Albania country profile
Albania: food nourishment free food — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Food production and food availability are separated from household nourishment reach. Market dependence, affordability, nutrition and shock exposure prevent agricultural capacity from being treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 FAOLEX — Albania country profile
Albania: food nourishment free food — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Food production and food availability are separated from household nourishment reach. Market dependence, affordability, nutrition and shock exposure prevent agricultural capacity from being treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 FAOLEX — Albania country profile
Albania: food nourishment free food — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Food production and food availability are separated from household nourishment reach. Market dependence, affordability, nutrition and shock exposure prevent agricultural capacity from being treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 FAOLEX — Albania country profile
Albania: Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Food production and food availability are separated from household nourishment reach. Market dependence, affordability, nutrition and shock exposure prevent agricultural capacity from being treated as universal food abundance.

FAOLEX — Albania country profile
6% weight Water & Sanitation Abundance
+35.5↓

Score breakdown

Water & Sanitation Abundance

+35.5
Capacity 25%
+75.0× 25%= +18.8 points
Exact point calculation

75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Water and sanitation capacity is real, but continuity, safely managed service, rural reach and infrastructure quality determine whether that capacity reliably reaches households. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Water and sanitation capacity is real, but continuity, safely managed service, rural reach and infrastructure quality determine whether that capacity reliably reaches households.

Reach 35%
+60.0× 35%= +21.0 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Water / Energy 0.00/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

Water and energy share one combined four-point gate; the direct audit must show which part reaches families without payment.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

60.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 21.00 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Water and sanitation capacity is real, but continuity, safely managed service, rural reach and infrastructure quality determine whether that capacity reliably reaches households. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction / Loss 25%
-50.0× 25%= -12.5 points
Exact point calculation

-50.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -12.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Water and sanitation capacity is real, but continuity, safely managed service, rural reach and infrastructure quality determine whether that capacity reliably reaches households. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Regeneration 15%
+55.0× 15%= +8.3 points
Exact point calculation

55.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 8.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Water and sanitation capacity is real, but continuity, safely managed service, rural reach and infrastructure quality determine whether that capacity reliably reaches households. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+35.5 Published category score+35.5 Contribution to national evidence score+2.1
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Weighted rails: 18.75 + 21.00 + -12.50 + 8.25 = 35.50

Base: 35.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +35.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 35.50 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 2.13 points

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +15.0

What the evidence found

Albania: water sanitation — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Water and sanitation capacity is real, but continuity, safely managed service, rural reach and infrastructure quality determine whether that capacity reliably reaches households. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: water sanitation — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Water and sanitation capacity is real, but continuity, safely managed service, rural reach and infrastructure quality determine whether that capacity reliably reaches households. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: water sanitation — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Water and sanitation capacity is real, but continuity, safely managed service, rural reach and infrastructure quality determine whether that capacity reliably reaches households. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: water sanitation — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Water and sanitation capacity is real, but continuity, safely managed service, rural reach and infrastructure quality determine whether that capacity reliably reaches households. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: Water & Sanitation Abundance research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Water and sanitation capacity is real, but continuity, safely managed service, rural reach and infrastructure quality determine whether that capacity reliably reaches households.

UNICEF Albania
5% weight Energy & Household Capability
+41.6↓

Score breakdown

Energy & Household Capability

+41.6
Capacity 25%
+80.0× 25%= +20.0 points
Exact point calculation

80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Energy access is scored on household reach, reliability and affordability rather than generation capacity alone; imports, outages, rural gaps and price exposure remain friction where documented. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Energy access is scored on household reach, reliability and affordability rather than generation capacity alone; imports, outages, rural gaps and price exposure remain friction where documented.

Reach 35%
+68.0× 35%= +23.8 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Water / Energy 0.00/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

Water and energy share one combined four-point gate; the direct audit must show which part reaches families without payment.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

68.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 23.80 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Energy access is scored on household reach, reliability and affordability rather than generation capacity alone; imports, outages, rural gaps and price exposure remain friction where documented. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-45.0× 25%= -11.3 points
Exact point calculation

-45.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -11.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Energy access is scored on household reach, reliability and affordability rather than generation capacity alone; imports, outages, rural gaps and price exposure remain friction where documented. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Burden Removed 15%
+60.0× 15%= +9.0 points
Exact point calculation

60.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Energy access is scored on household reach, reliability and affordability rather than generation capacity alone; imports, outages, rural gaps and price exposure remain friction where documented. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+41.6 Published category score+41.6 Contribution to national evidence score+2.1
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Weighted rails: 20.00 + 23.80 + -11.25 + 9.00 = 41.55

Base: 41.55 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +41.6 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 41.55 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 2.08 points

This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +12.0

What the evidence found

Albania: energy household capability — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Energy access is scored on household reach, reliability and affordability rather than generation capacity alone; imports, outages, rural gaps and price exposure remain friction where documented. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: energy household capability — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Energy access is scored on household reach, reliability and affordability rather than generation capacity alone; imports, outages, rural gaps and price exposure remain friction where documented. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: energy household capability — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Energy access is scored on household reach, reliability and affordability rather than generation capacity alone; imports, outages, rural gaps and price exposure remain friction where documented. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: energy household capability — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Energy access is scored on household reach, reliability and affordability rather than generation capacity alone; imports, outages, rural gaps and price exposure remain friction where documented. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: Energy & Household Capability research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Energy access is scored on household reach, reliability and affordability rather than generation capacity alone; imports, outages, rural gaps and price exposure remain friction where documented.

World Bank — Albania overview
7% weight Health & Care Reach
+49.3↓

Score breakdown

Health & Care Reach

+49.3
Capacity 25%
+85.0× 25%= +21.3 points
Exact point calculation

85.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 21.25 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Health systems provide meaningful public capability, but distance, workforce, quality, disease burden and financial/logistical barriers are retained in the score rather than hidden by national averages. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Health systems provide meaningful public capability, but distance, workforce, quality, disease burden and financial/logistical barriers are retained in the score rather than hidden by national averages.

Reach 35%
+75.0× 35%= +26.3 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

Recorded value matches a new ladder step. Full new-method status requires a source-led audit of the coverage and access conditions; the number alone is not proof.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Healthcare 1.00/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

75.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 26.25 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Health systems provide meaningful public capability, but distance, workforce, quality, disease burden and financial/logistical barriers are retained in the score rather than hidden by national averages. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-35.0× 25%= -8.8 points
Exact point calculation

-35.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -8.75 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Health systems provide meaningful public capability, but distance, workforce, quality, disease burden and financial/logistical barriers are retained in the score rather than hidden by national averages. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Prevention 15%
+70.0× 15%= +10.5 points
Exact point calculation

70.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 10.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Health systems provide meaningful public capability, but distance, workforce, quality, disease burden and financial/logistical barriers are retained in the score rather than hidden by national averages. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+49.3 Published category score+49.3 Contribution to national evidence score+3.4
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Weighted rails: 21.25 + 26.25 + -8.75 + 10.50 = 49.25

Base: 49.25 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +49.3 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 49.25 × (7.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 3.45 points

This category carries 7% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 7.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.4 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +10.0

What the evidence found

Albania: health care reach — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Health systems provide meaningful public capability, but distance, workforce, quality, disease burden and financial/logistical barriers are retained in the score rather than hidden by national averages. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO European Observatory — Albania health system
Albania: health care reach — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Health systems provide meaningful public capability, but distance, workforce, quality, disease burden and financial/logistical barriers are retained in the score rather than hidden by national averages. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO European Observatory — Albania health system
Albania: health care reach — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Health systems provide meaningful public capability, but distance, workforce, quality, disease burden and financial/logistical barriers are retained in the score rather than hidden by national averages. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO European Observatory — Albania health system
Albania: health care reach — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Health systems provide meaningful public capability, but distance, workforce, quality, disease burden and financial/logistical barriers are retained in the score rather than hidden by national averages. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO European Observatory — Albania health system
Albania: Health & Care Reach research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Health systems provide meaningful public capability, but distance, workforce, quality, disease burden and financial/logistical barriers are retained in the score rather than hidden by national averages.

WHO European Observatory — Albania health system
6% weight Education & Human Capability
+41.6↓

Score breakdown

Education & Human Capability

+41.6
Capacity 25%
+80.0× 25%= +20.0 points
Exact point calculation

80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Education institutions and programmes create capability, but participation, learning outcomes, retention, rural access and disadvantaged-child gaps determine whether schooling becomes broad human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Education institutions and programmes create capability, but participation, learning outcomes, retention, rural access and disadvantaged-child gaps determine whether schooling becomes broad human capability.

Reach 35%
+68.0× 35%= +23.8 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

68.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 23.80 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Education institutions and programmes create capability, but participation, learning outcomes, retention, rural access and disadvantaged-child gaps determine whether schooling becomes broad human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-45.0× 25%= -11.3 points
Exact point calculation

-45.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -11.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Education institutions and programmes create capability, but participation, learning outcomes, retention, rural access and disadvantaged-child gaps determine whether schooling becomes broad human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Capability 15%
+60.0× 15%= +9.0 points
Exact point calculation

60.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Education institutions and programmes create capability, but participation, learning outcomes, retention, rural access and disadvantaged-child gaps determine whether schooling becomes broad human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+41.6 Published category score+41.6 Contribution to national evidence score+2.5
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 20.00 + 23.80 + -11.25 + 9.00 = 41.55

Base: 41.55 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +41.6 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 41.55 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 2.49 points

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.5 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +12.0

What the evidence found

Albania: education human capability — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Education institutions and programmes create capability, but participation, learning outcomes, retention, rural access and disadvantaged-child gaps determine whether schooling becomes broad human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: education human capability — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Education institutions and programmes create capability, but participation, learning outcomes, retention, rural access and disadvantaged-child gaps determine whether schooling becomes broad human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: education human capability — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Education institutions and programmes create capability, but participation, learning outcomes, retention, rural access and disadvantaged-child gaps determine whether schooling becomes broad human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: education human capability — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Education institutions and programmes create capability, but participation, learning outcomes, retention, rural access and disadvantaged-child gaps determine whether schooling becomes broad human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: Education & Human Capability research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Education institutions and programmes create capability, but participation, learning outcomes, retention, rural access and disadvantaged-child gaps determine whether schooling becomes broad human capability.

UNICEF Albania
4% weight Mobility & Reachability
+41.6↓

Score breakdown

Mobility & Reachability

+41.6
Capacity 25%
+80.0× 25%= +20.0 points
Exact point calculation

80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Roads, public transport and digital logistics create movement capacity, but cost, safety, reliability, congestion and last-mile access still consume family time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Roads, public transport and digital logistics create movement capacity, but cost, safety, reliability, congestion and last-mile access still consume family time and money.

Reach 35%
+68.0× 35%= +23.8 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Transportation 0.00/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

  1. -100No functioning ordinary transport service established
  2. -75Some transportation exists but practical access is severely limited
  3. -50Basic usable transportation infrastructure exists
  4. -25A functioning national or broadly connected public transport network exists
  5. 0More than 50% of residents are effectively served
  6. +25More than 75% effectively served OR more than 30% receive dependable free travel
  7. +50More than 75% effectively served AND more than 30% receive dependable free travel
  8. +75More than 90% effectively served, at least 75% travel free, and service is reliable
  9. +100Ordinary essential travel is universally accessible, reliable and free of payment
Exact point calculation

68.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 23.80 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Roads, public transport and digital logistics create movement capacity, but cost, safety, reliability, congestion and last-mile access still consume family time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-45.0× 25%= -11.3 points
Exact point calculation

-45.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -11.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Roads, public transport and digital logistics create movement capacity, but cost, safety, reliability, congestion and last-mile access still consume family time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Time 15%
+60.0× 15%= +9.0 points
Exact point calculation

60.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Roads, public transport and digital logistics create movement capacity, but cost, safety, reliability, congestion and last-mile access still consume family time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+41.6 Published category score+41.6 Contribution to national evidence score+1.7
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Weighted rails: 20.00 + 23.80 + -11.25 + 9.00 = 41.55

Base: 41.55 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +41.6 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 41.55 × (4.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.66 points

This category carries 4% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.7 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +12.0

What the evidence found

Albania: mobility reachability — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Roads, public transport and digital logistics create movement capacity, but cost, safety, reliability, congestion and last-mile access still consume family time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: mobility reachability — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Roads, public transport and digital logistics create movement capacity, but cost, safety, reliability, congestion and last-mile access still consume family time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: mobility reachability — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Roads, public transport and digital logistics create movement capacity, but cost, safety, reliability, congestion and last-mile access still consume family time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: mobility reachability — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Roads, public transport and digital logistics create movement capacity, but cost, safety, reliability, congestion and last-mile access still consume family time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: Mobility & Reachability research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Roads, public transport and digital logistics create movement capacity, but cost, safety, reliability, congestion and last-mile access still consume family time and money.

World Bank — Albania overview
8% weight Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
+35.5↓

Score breakdown

Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability

+35.5
Capacity 25%
+75.0× 25%= +18.8 points
Exact point calculation

75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Family stability is assessed through the combined burden of food, housing, care, income, schooling and public services on children and caregivers; targeted programmes are not treated as universal support. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Family stability is assessed through the combined burden of food, housing, care, income, schooling and public services on children and caregivers; targeted programmes are not treated as universal support.

Reach 35%
+60.0× 35%= +21.0 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

60.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 21.00 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Family stability is assessed through the combined burden of food, housing, care, income, schooling and public services on children and caregivers; targeted programmes are not treated as universal support. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-50.0× 25%= -12.5 points
Exact point calculation

-50.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -12.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Family stability is assessed through the combined burden of food, housing, care, income, schooling and public services on children and caregivers; targeted programmes are not treated as universal support. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Continuity 15%
+55.0× 15%= +8.3 points
Exact point calculation

55.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 8.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Family stability is assessed through the combined burden of food, housing, care, income, schooling and public services on children and caregivers; targeted programmes are not treated as universal support. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+35.5 Published category score+35.5 Contribution to national evidence score+2.8
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Weighted rails: 18.75 + 21.00 + -12.50 + 8.25 = 35.50

Base: 35.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +35.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 35.50 × (8.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 2.84 points

This category carries 8% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 8.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Family Formation — two-part calculation and marriage-law criterion

First half — the established family and fertility assessment

The original family score remains available. It combines 60% conditions for family life with 40% observed total fertility performance. Its source research is preserved.

Pre-policy score: +35.5

Second half — binary marriage-law policy criterion

This is a Trott Bailey Family policy preference, not an estimate of births lost. Recognition: −50 points. Reviewed non-recognition: 0 deduction. An unreviewed status stays pending and causes no deduction.

Country legal status: Not recognized in reviewed legal-status evidence

Deduction calculation: 50 × 0 = 0 points

Final category calculation: +35.5 − 0 = +35.5 (clamped to −100..+100, before any independent material-transfer deductions)

Albania: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded by the 2026-10-10 legal-status review. Country is included in the 2026 legal-status survey under a status other than generally available domestic civil marriage. This describes legal status, not a demonstrated effect on birth rates.

Legal-status source: Pew Research Center · 2026-10-10 (access date; verify publication date in linked source) · Reviewed: 2026-10-10

Fertility and family policy: research and source notes

Trott Bailey Family target and observed fertility The 5.0-children-per-woman target is an authored civilization benchmark; approximately 2.1 children per woman is the usual long-run replacement benchmark. The existing Family Formation method blends 60% lived family conditions and 40% measured fertility performance.

How policy is evaluated Assess housing, care, parental time, material security, access to family formation, and actual demographic outcomes. A government statement or law is not proof that national births increased or declined. Establish its effects with dated comparative evidence before assigning points.

How the two kinds of evidence differ The binary legal-status deduction is an authored TBF policy assessment, not a statistic of observed births. Carroll and Schumm argue that marriage-law changes can weaken procreative norms, while other empirical studies find no negative effect on different-sex family formation. This disagreement is disclosed rather than presented as scientific consensus.

Independent research OECD fertility trends (2024) · UN population projections (2024) · Peer-reviewed family-formation study (2015) · Carroll & Schumm — The Fall of Fertility (2016/2017) · Public Discourse (2015).

Trott Bailey Family thinking Courtship, Marriage & Married Life · Official Core World View · No Shrugging at Family Suffering.

Abundance Gap: +15.0

What the evidence found

Albania: family formation stability — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Family stability is assessed through the combined burden of food, housing, care, income, schooling and public services on children and caregivers; targeted programmes are not treated as universal support. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: family formation stability — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Family stability is assessed through the combined burden of food, housing, care, income, schooling and public services on children and caregivers; targeted programmes are not treated as universal support. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: family formation stability — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Family stability is assessed through the combined burden of food, housing, care, income, schooling and public services on children and caregivers; targeted programmes are not treated as universal support. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: family formation stability — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Family stability is assessed through the combined burden of food, housing, care, income, schooling and public services on children and caregivers; targeted programmes are not treated as universal support. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Albania
Albania: Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Family stability is assessed through the combined burden of food, housing, care, income, schooling and public services on children and caregivers; targeted programmes are not treated as universal support.

UNICEF Albania
5% weight Land Access & Spatial Freedom
+35.5↓

Score breakdown

Land Access & Spatial Freedom

+35.5
Capacity 25%
+75.0× 25%= +18.8 points
Exact point calculation

75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The existence of land is separated from secure usable access. Tenure, purchase, lease, planning, density and geographic constraints remain part of the spatial-freedom rail. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The existence of land is separated from secure usable access. Tenure, purchase, lease, planning, density and geographic constraints remain part of the spatial-freedom rail.

Reach 35%
+60.0× 35%= +21.0 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Housing / Land 0.25/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

60.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 21.00 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The existence of land is separated from secure usable access. Tenure, purchase, lease, planning, density and geographic constraints remain part of the spatial-freedom rail. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction / Concentration 25%
-50.0× 25%= -12.5 points
Exact point calculation

-50.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -12.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The existence of land is separated from secure usable access. Tenure, purchase, lease, planning, density and geographic constraints remain part of the spatial-freedom rail. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Productive Ground 15%
+55.0× 15%= +8.3 points
Exact point calculation

55.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 8.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The existence of land is separated from secure usable access. Tenure, purchase, lease, planning, density and geographic constraints remain part of the spatial-freedom rail. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+35.5 Published category score+35.5 Contribution to national evidence score+1.8
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 18.75 + 21.00 + -12.50 + 8.25 = 35.50

Base: 35.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +35.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 35.50 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.78 points

This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +15.0

What the evidence found

Albania: land spatial freedom — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The existence of land is separated from secure usable access. Tenure, purchase, lease, planning, density and geographic constraints remain part of the spatial-freedom rail. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: land spatial freedom — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The existence of land is separated from secure usable access. Tenure, purchase, lease, planning, density and geographic constraints remain part of the spatial-freedom rail. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: land spatial freedom — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The existence of land is separated from secure usable access. Tenure, purchase, lease, planning, density and geographic constraints remain part of the spatial-freedom rail. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: land spatial freedom — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The existence of land is separated from secure usable access. Tenure, purchase, lease, planning, density and geographic constraints remain part of the spatial-freedom rail. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: Land Access & Spatial Freedom research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. The existence of land is separated from secure usable access. Tenure, purchase, lease, planning, density and geographic constraints remain part of the spatial-freedom rail.

World Bank — Albania overview
6% weight Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
+41.6↓

Score breakdown

Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight

+41.6
Capacity 25%
+80.0× 25%= +20.0 points
Exact point calculation

80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Nature, culture and public life create genuine potential for delight, but safety, poverty, service burden, climate stress and unequal access determine whether that potential becomes ordinary daily life. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Nature, culture and public life create genuine potential for delight, but safety, poverty, service burden, climate stress and unequal access determine whether that potential becomes ordinary daily life.

Reach 35%
+68.0× 35%= +23.8 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

68.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 23.80 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Nature, culture and public life create genuine potential for delight, but safety, poverty, service burden, climate stress and unequal access determine whether that potential becomes ordinary daily life. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-45.0× 25%= -11.3 points
Exact point calculation

-45.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -11.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Nature, culture and public life create genuine potential for delight, but safety, poverty, service burden, climate stress and unequal access determine whether that potential becomes ordinary daily life. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Delight 15%
+60.0× 15%= +9.0 points
Exact point calculation

60.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Nature, culture and public life create genuine potential for delight, but safety, poverty, service burden, climate stress and unequal access determine whether that potential becomes ordinary daily life. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+41.6 Published category score+41.6 Contribution to national evidence score+2.5
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 20.00 + 23.80 + -11.25 + 9.00 = 41.55

Base: 41.55 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +41.6 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 41.55 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 2.49 points

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.5 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +12.0

What the evidence found

Albania: peace beauty delight — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Nature, culture and public life create genuine potential for delight, but safety, poverty, service burden, climate stress and unequal access determine whether that potential becomes ordinary daily life. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: peace beauty delight — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Nature, culture and public life create genuine potential for delight, but safety, poverty, service burden, climate stress and unequal access determine whether that potential becomes ordinary daily life. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: peace beauty delight — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Nature, culture and public life create genuine potential for delight, but safety, poverty, service burden, climate stress and unequal access determine whether that potential becomes ordinary daily life. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: peace beauty delight — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Nature, culture and public life create genuine potential for delight, but safety, poverty, service burden, climate stress and unequal access determine whether that potential becomes ordinary daily life. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Nature, culture and public life create genuine potential for delight, but safety, poverty, service burden, climate stress and unequal access determine whether that potential becomes ordinary daily life.

World Bank — Albania overview
6% weight Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
+35.5↓

Score breakdown

Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience

+35.5
Capacity 25%
+75.0× 25%= +18.8 points
Exact point calculation

75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Living-ground resilience reflects ecosystem function, biodiversity, climate exposure and restoration already delivered; announced or financed projects are not counted as completed ecological outcomes. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Living-ground resilience reflects ecosystem function, biodiversity, climate exposure and restoration already delivered; announced or financed projects are not counted as completed ecological outcomes.

Reach / Ecological Function 35%
+60.0× 35%= +21.0 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

60.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 21.00 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Living-ground resilience reflects ecosystem function, biodiversity, climate exposure and restoration already delivered; announced or financed projects are not counted as completed ecological outcomes. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction / Loss 25%
-50.0× 25%= -12.5 points
Exact point calculation

-50.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -12.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Living-ground resilience reflects ecosystem function, biodiversity, climate exposure and restoration already delivered; announced or financed projects are not counted as completed ecological outcomes. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Regeneration 15%
+55.0× 15%= +8.3 points
Exact point calculation

55.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 8.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Living-ground resilience reflects ecosystem function, biodiversity, climate exposure and restoration already delivered; announced or financed projects are not counted as completed ecological outcomes. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+35.5 Published category score+35.5 Contribution to national evidence score+2.1
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 18.75 + 21.00 + -12.50 + 8.25 = 35.50

Base: 35.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +35.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 35.50 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 2.13 points

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +15.0

What the evidence found

Albania: living ground resilience — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Living-ground resilience reflects ecosystem function, biodiversity, climate exposure and restoration already delivered; announced or financed projects are not counted as completed ecological outcomes. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania climate and development context
Albania: living ground resilience — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Living-ground resilience reflects ecosystem function, biodiversity, climate exposure and restoration already delivered; announced or financed projects are not counted as completed ecological outcomes. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania climate and development context
Albania: living ground resilience — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Living-ground resilience reflects ecosystem function, biodiversity, climate exposure and restoration already delivered; announced or financed projects are not counted as completed ecological outcomes. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania climate and development context
Albania: living ground resilience — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Living-ground resilience reflects ecosystem function, biodiversity, climate exposure and restoration already delivered; announced or financed projects are not counted as completed ecological outcomes. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania climate and development context
Albania: Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Living-ground resilience reflects ecosystem function, biodiversity, climate exposure and restoration already delivered; announced or financed projects are not counted as completed ecological outcomes.

World Bank — Albania climate and development context
5% weight Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
+41.6↓

Score breakdown

Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction

+41.6
Capacity 25%
+80.0× 25%= +20.0 points
Exact point calculation

80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Public institutions and legal systems provide capacity, while security conditions, administrative burden, access to justice and unequal ability to navigate institutions remain friction where evidence shows them. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Public institutions and legal systems provide capacity, while security conditions, administrative burden, access to justice and unequal ability to navigate institutions remain friction where evidence shows them.

Reach 35%
+68.0× 35%= +23.8 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

68.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 23.80 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Public institutions and legal systems provide capacity, while security conditions, administrative burden, access to justice and unequal ability to navigate institutions remain friction where evidence shows them. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-45.0× 25%= -11.3 points
Exact point calculation

-45.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -11.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Public institutions and legal systems provide capacity, while security conditions, administrative burden, access to justice and unequal ability to navigate institutions remain friction where evidence shows them. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Reliability 15%
+60.0× 15%= +9.0 points
Exact point calculation

60.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Public institutions and legal systems provide capacity, while security conditions, administrative burden, access to justice and unequal ability to navigate institutions remain friction where evidence shows them. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+41.6 Published category score+41.6 Contribution to national evidence score+2.1
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 20.00 + 23.80 + -11.25 + 9.00 = 41.55

Base: 41.55 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +41.6 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 41.55 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 2.08 points

This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +12.0

What the evidence found

Albania: justice safety friction — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Public institutions and legal systems provide capacity, while security conditions, administrative burden, access to justice and unequal ability to navigate institutions remain friction where evidence shows them. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: justice safety friction — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Public institutions and legal systems provide capacity, while security conditions, administrative burden, access to justice and unequal ability to navigate institutions remain friction where evidence shows them. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: justice safety friction — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Public institutions and legal systems provide capacity, while security conditions, administrative burden, access to justice and unequal ability to navigate institutions remain friction where evidence shows them. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: justice safety friction — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Public institutions and legal systems provide capacity, while security conditions, administrative burden, access to justice and unequal ability to navigate institutions remain friction where evidence shows them. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Public institutions and legal systems provide capacity, while security conditions, administrative burden, access to justice and unequal ability to navigate institutions remain friction where evidence shows them.

World Bank — Albania overview
4% weight Durability, Repair & Material Return
+35.5↓

Score breakdown

Durability, Repair & Material Return

+35.5
Capacity 25%
+75.0× 25%= +18.8 points
Exact point calculation

75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Repair, waste collection and maintenance activity are not automatically circularity. Material return is scored conservatively unless evidence shows broad recovery, reuse, repair and durable lifecycle systems in operation. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Repair, waste collection and maintenance activity are not automatically circularity. Material return is scored conservatively unless evidence shows broad recovery, reuse, repair and durable lifecycle systems in operation.

Reach 35%
+60.0× 35%= +21.0 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

60.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 21.00 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Repair, waste collection and maintenance activity are not automatically circularity. Material return is scored conservatively unless evidence shows broad recovery, reuse, repair and durable lifecycle systems in operation. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction / Waste 25%
-50.0× 25%= -12.5 points
Exact point calculation

-50.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -12.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Repair, waste collection and maintenance activity are not automatically circularity. Material return is scored conservatively unless evidence shows broad recovery, reuse, repair and durable lifecycle systems in operation. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Circularity 15%
+55.0× 15%= +8.3 points
Exact point calculation

55.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 8.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Repair, waste collection and maintenance activity are not automatically circularity. Material return is scored conservatively unless evidence shows broad recovery, reuse, repair and durable lifecycle systems in operation. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+35.5 Published category score+35.5 Contribution to national evidence score+1.4
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 18.75 + 21.00 + -12.50 + 8.25 = 35.50

Base: 35.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +35.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 35.50 × (4.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.42 points

Material transfers: scored in International Footprint

Exporter responsibility: 0.00/100 (15% of footprint); importer responsibility: 0.00/100 (15% of footprint). Material movement is a real workload; these are TBF authored judgments, not certified illegal dumping estimates. Each role is included ONCE in the Footprint 3.1 published score.

Accepted imported garbageAudit pending
Accepted low-utility dumpingAudit pending

The material-transfer burden already affects the published score. Facility-specific downstream harm remains a separate research claim. No second penalty is added for the same trade.

This category carries 4% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.4 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +15.0

What the evidence found

Albania: durability material return — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Repair, waste collection and maintenance activity are not automatically circularity. Material return is scored conservatively unless evidence shows broad recovery, reuse, repair and durable lifecycle systems in operation. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: durability material return — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Repair, waste collection and maintenance activity are not automatically circularity. Material return is scored conservatively unless evidence shows broad recovery, reuse, repair and durable lifecycle systems in operation. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: durability material return — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Repair, waste collection and maintenance activity are not automatically circularity. Material return is scored conservatively unless evidence shows broad recovery, reuse, repair and durable lifecycle systems in operation. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: durability material return — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Repair, waste collection and maintenance activity are not automatically circularity. Material return is scored conservatively unless evidence shows broad recovery, reuse, repair and durable lifecycle systems in operation. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: Durability, Repair & Material Return research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. Repair, waste collection and maintenance activity are not automatically circularity. Material return is scored conservatively unless evidence shows broad recovery, reuse, repair and durable lifecycle systems in operation.

World Bank — Albania overview
6% weight International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
+23.5↓

International score breakdown

International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome

+23.5
Entry Accessibility 25%
+35.0× 25%= +8.8 points
Exact point calculation

35.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 8.75 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Lawful entry and practical travel options, visa rules and reachable borders. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. International movement remains subject to passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This category is factual and remains unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. International movement remains subject to passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This category is factual and remains unscored under the frozen methodology.

Migrant Practical Life 30%
+15.0× 30%= +4.5 points
Exact point calculation

15.00 × (30.00 ÷ 100) = 4.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Migration, residency and actual ability to live safely with services. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. International movement remains subject to passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This category is factual and remains unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Refugee / Neighbour Welcome 25%
+25.0× 25%= +6.3 points
Exact point calculation

25.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 6.25 weighted points

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Why this score

Refugee reception, host communities and international protection. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. International movement remains subject to passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This category is factual and remains unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Flexibility / Continuity 20%
+20.0× 20%= +4.0 points
Exact point calculation

20.00 × (20.00 ÷ 100) = 4.00 weighted points

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Why this score

Family unity, citizenship continuity and predictable renewal of stay. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. International movement remains subject to passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This category is factual and remains unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+23.5 Published category score+23.5 Contribution to national evidence score+1.4
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Weighted rails: 8.75 + 4.50 + 6.25 + 4.00 = 23.50

Base: 23.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +23.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 23.50 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.41 points

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.4 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

What the evidence found

Albania: international access human welcome — rail 4 review

Family unity, citizenship continuity and predictable renewal of stay. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. International movement remains subject to passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This category is factual and remains unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: international access human welcome — rail 3 review

Refugee reception, host communities and international protection. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. International movement remains subject to passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This category is factual and remains unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: international access human welcome — rail 2 review

Migration, residency and actual ability to live safely with services. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. International movement remains subject to passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This category is factual and remains unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: international access human welcome — rail 1 review

Lawful entry and practical travel options, visa rules and reachable borders. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. International movement remains subject to passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This category is factual and remains unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania overview
Albania: International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. International movement remains subject to passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This category is factual and remains unscored under the frozen methodology.

World Bank — Albania overview
6% weight External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
+1.3↓

International score breakdown

External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct

+1.3
Positive Contribution 25%
+15.0× 25%= +3.8 points
Exact point calculation

15.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 3.75 weighted points

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Why this score

Helpful international contributions and transferable capacity. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. External trade, emissions, resource flows and cross-border effects are recorded separately from domestic abundance. This category remains factual and unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. External trade, emissions, resource flows and cross-border effects are recorded separately from domestic abundance. This category remains factual and unscored under the frozen methodology.

Mutuality / Local Benefit 25%
+10.0× 25%= +2.5 points
Exact point calculation

10.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 2.50 weighted points

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Why this score

Mutuality, dignity and shared benefit to residents and partner communities. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. External trade, emissions, resource flows and cross-border effects are recorded separately from domestic abundance. This category remains factual and unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Documented Harm / Extraction 35%
-25.0× 35%= -8.8 points
Exact point calculation

-25.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = -8.75 weighted points

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Why this score

External social/ecological harm and attempted repair. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. External trade, emissions, resource flows and cross-border effects are recorded separately from domestic abundance. This category remains factual and unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Accountability / Repair 15%
0.0× 15%= 0.0 points
Exact point calculation

0.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 0.00 weighted points

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Why this score

Trade-flow scrutiny: volume/handling unknown unless a dated customs record is present. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. External trade, emissions, resource flows and cross-border effects are recorded separately from domestic abundance. This category remains factual and unscored under the frozen methodology. HS3915 export/import weights and destination-processing pathways were not independently confirmed in this pass; no illegal dumping or zero trade is asserted. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal-2.5 Published research adjustment+3.8 Published category score+1.3 Contribution to national evidence score+0.1
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Weighted rails: 3.75 + 2.50 + -8.75 + 0.00 = -2.50

Base: 1.25 · reviewed adjustment: 3.75 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +1.3 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 1.25 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 0.08 points

Material transfers: scored in International Footprint

Exporter responsibility: 0.00/100 (15% of footprint); importer responsibility: 0.00/100 (15% of footprint). Material movement is a real workload; these are TBF authored judgments, not certified illegal dumping estimates. Each role is included ONCE in the Footprint 3.1 published score.

Exported waste / garbageRole: 0.00/100 · scored
Exported low-utility goods / disguised dumpingRole: 0.00/100 · scored

The material-transfer burden already affects the published score. Facility-specific downstream harm remains a separate research claim. No second penalty is added for the same trade.

Why the reviewed adjustment is applied

TBF provisional footprint ordinal judgment: 25% useful contribution + 25% mutual benefit + 20% non-trade harm/repair + 15% exporter + 15% importer. HS3915 exporter/importer role unverified; two trade inputs remain unassessed (0 neutral placeholder, NOT proof zero waste or no harm). Trade inputs may change the category when substantiated. No second waste deduction.

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +0.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

What the evidence found

Albania: external footprint non extractive — rail 4 review

Trade-flow scrutiny: volume/handling unknown unless a dated customs record is present. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. External trade, emissions, resource flows and cross-border effects are recorded separately from domestic abundance. This category remains factual and unscored under the frozen methodology. HS3915 export/import weights and destination-processing pathways were not independently confirmed in this pass; no illegal dumping or zero trade is asserted. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania climate and development context
Albania: external footprint non extractive — rail 3 review

External social/ecological harm and attempted repair. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. External trade, emissions, resource flows and cross-border effects are recorded separately from domestic abundance. This category remains factual and unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania climate and development context
Albania: external footprint non extractive — rail 2 review

Mutuality, dignity and shared benefit to residents and partner communities. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. External trade, emissions, resource flows and cross-border effects are recorded separately from domestic abundance. This category remains factual and unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania climate and development context
Albania: external footprint non extractive — rail 1 review

Helpful international contributions and transferable capacity. Prior researched country observation: Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. External trade, emissions, resource flows and cross-border effects are recorded separately from domestic abundance. This category remains factual and unscored under the frozen methodology. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank — Albania climate and development context
Albania: External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct research finding

Albania is an upper-middle-income European country with broad electricity, road, education and health infrastructure and improving economic capacity, while demographic decline, regional inequality, housing/land affordability, service quality and climate resilience remain relevant constraints. External trade, emissions, resource flows and cross-border effects are recorded separately from domestic abundance. This category remains factual and unscored under the frozen methodology.

World Bank — Albania climate and development context

Trott Bailey Family Civilization Target

The end state: life beyond monetary gatekeeping

Trott Bailey Family Civilization treats money as an exchange tool rather than a prerequisite for access to life. The long-run abundance target is that food, water, shelter, care, education, mobility, land access and ordinary public life remain reachable even when a person cannot pay.

This target is an authored civilization standard. The diagnostic evidence score can use all sixteen weighted categories: fourteen domestic plus International Welcome (6%) and External Footprint (6%), when each international category has four verified rail scores and dated source evidence. Unreviewed international rails remain pending, not zero. The five-part Money Gate remains a separate domestic threshold asking whether food, housing/land, healthcare, transportation and water/energy are genuinely reachable without payment before any civilization can cross zero.