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 2026How 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 TBF Rank Rank compares only published profiles. It follows the TBF Abundance Score, not GDP size, and can move when a country score changes or when another country enters the published table. Read Small Island Abundance Theory
Global standing based on life reachability
AlbaniaLast recorded move: down from #85 to #126.Recent recorded movements
- #85 → #12614 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500
- #84 → #8512 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500
- #85 → #8412 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500
- #84 → #8512 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500
Rank journey · newest first
Dated changes with readable spacing · diagonal lines show rank movement · horizontal lines show held positions · scroll left for earlier dates.
National Abundance Gate Money Gate Food, Housing / Land, Healthcare, Transportation and Water / Energy are four points each. All five must reach 4/4 before the country can cross zero. Money may still exist as an exchange tool; it cannot remain the permission slip for these five basics. Read Money Is a Weak Civilization Engine
Graded status · five basics not fully cleared
Research Coverage Research coverage Coverage reports the weighted share of categories with documented scoring and supporting source records. 100% means all category scoring slots have been assessed; it does not guarantee that every claim has been independently measured or that every family has no-payment access. Read the source and evidence limitations for each point. Explore Trott Bailey Kingdom Systems
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 GDP Rank GDP rank is context only. It can show how much money and production move through an economy, but it contributes zero points to the TBF Abundance Score. Read Make the World Truly Productive Again
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.
Food Food · 4 points Full credit means nutritious food is ordinary civilization provision without a checkout or poverty test. School meals and other narrow institutional routes can earn limited partial credit without being mistaken for free food abundance. Read A Civilization Laid Out in Orchards
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.
Housing / Land Housing / Land · 4 points Full credit means families can secure a home or suitable productive ground without rent, purchase price or mortgage debt deciding whether they may remain sheltered and grounded. Read the Distributed Founding Nuclei Strategy
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.
Healthcare Healthcare · 4 points Full credit requires dependable no-payment care across prevention, primary care, maternity, dentistry, medicine, emergency treatment and necessary specialist care. Read Money Zombie Outbreaks
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.
Transportation Transportation · 4 points Full credit means ordinary movement is free across the routes people actually need. A free Sunday, one route or a temporary promotion earns only limited credit. Read The Caterport: Free Human Movement
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.
Water / Energy Water / Energy · 4 points Full credit requires both safe water and essential household energy to stay available without payment deciding whether cooking, cooling, washing, pumping or food preservation stops. Read Nucleus Formation Stewards
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.
- 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.
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
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.
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
What this category measures
Whether productivity, infrastructure and institutions return usable lifetime to people and families.
TBFC targetNecessary contribution should not require people to sell most of their waking life merely to retain access to food, shelter, care and ordinary family life. Access-gate research questionHow much paid work or income-producing activity is required before an ordinary household can keep access to basic life, and what usable family time remains afterward? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Family Shubaka: protecting human and family time
+35.5↓
Score breakdown
Human Time & Burden Return
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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
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 ratioTime, 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 overviewCosts, 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 overviewReach 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 overviewAvailable 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 overviewAlbania 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
What this category measures
Whether adequate shelter physically exists and actually reaches people without excessive cost, exclusion or vacancy mismatch.
TBFC targetAdequate family shelter should remain reachable without lifetime dependence on rent, mortgage debt or ability to pay. Access-gate research questionWhat share of ordinary shelter access depends on rent, mortgage debt, purchase price or other recurring payment, and what dependable non-market routes exist at national scale? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: The Mother-Sight compound home
+41.6↓
Score breakdown
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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
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 overviewCosts, 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 overviewReach 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 overviewAvailable 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 overviewAlbania 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
What this category measures
Physical food and nutrient capacity, nourishment reach, waste/loss, public edible landscapes and free food access.
TBFC targetNutritious food should exist in multiplying abundance and remain reachable even when a household has no money to spend. Access-gate research questionCan people obtain adequate nutritious food when they cannot pay, and are free/public/productive-food routes large enough to be ordinary rather than exceptional? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: The Complete Reordering of Earth’s Food System
+41.6↓
Score breakdown
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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
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 profileCosts, 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 profileReach 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 profileAvailable 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 profileAlbania 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
What this category measures
Safe water, sanitation, reliability, capture, reuse, storage and living-landscape water capacity.
TBFC targetSafe water and sanitation should be dependable life infrastructure, not conditional on household purchasing power. Access-gate research questionCan households retain safe water and sanitation when income falls, and which payment, disconnection or infrastructure barriers interrupt access? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Water Your Orchards With Life
+35.5↓
Score breakdown
Water & Sanitation Abundance
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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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
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 AlbaniaCosts, 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 AlbaniaReach 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 AlbaniaAvailable 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 AlbaniaAlbania 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
What this category measures
Whether usable, reliable energy reaches households and removes burdens across water, food, health, cooling, cooking and movement.
TBFC targetEssential household energy should support cooking, cooling, water, food preservation and care without money becoming the switch that turns basic capability on or off. Access-gate research questionCan households retain essential energy for cooking, cooling, water and food preservation when they cannot pay, and how often does price or disconnection reduce capability? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Trott Bailey Solar Moon Panel
+41.6↓
Score breakdown
Energy & Household Capability
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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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
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 overviewCosts, 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 overviewReach 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 overviewAvailable 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 overviewAlbania 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
What this category measures
Whether prevention, primary care, medicine, maternity care, dentistry and specialist capability reach people when needed.
TBFC targetPrevention, maternity, dentistry, medicine and necessary treatment should be reachable because care is needed, not because payment can be produced. Access-gate research questionCan necessary care be obtained because it is needed, or do price, insurance, employment, debt or other financial tests materially delay or prevent access? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: No Shrugging Our Shoulders at Family Suffering
+49.3↓
Score breakdown
Health & Care Reach
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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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
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 systemCosts, 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 systemReach 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 systemAvailable 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 systemAlbania 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
What this category measures
Foundational learning plus practical, technical and enduring civilization capability retained by people.
TBFC targetFoundational learning and useful capability should be reachable as part of civilization life rather than purchased according to family income. Access-gate research questionWhich essential learning and capability routes are genuinely reachable regardless of family income, and where do fees, debt or paid enrichment create decisive access gaps? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: What Is NoDumbDumbs?
+41.6↓
Score breakdown
Education & Human Capability
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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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 × (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
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 AlbaniaCosts, 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 AlbaniaReach 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 AlbaniaAvailable 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 AlbaniaAlbania 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
What this category measures
Local, regional and national movement that connects people to family, services, work, learning and public life without consuming excessive time.
TBFC targetOrdinary local and regional movement should be available for family, care, learning and civic life without travel becoming a paywall. Access-gate research questionCan ordinary people reach family, care, learning and public life without high recurring fares, vehicle costs, debt or fuel dependence? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: The Caterport: Free Human Movement
+41.6↓
Score breakdown
Mobility & Reachability
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 · 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.
- -100No functioning ordinary transport service established
- -75Some transportation exists but practical access is severely limited
- -50Basic usable transportation infrastructure exists
- -25A functioning national or broadly connected public transport network exists
- 0More than 50% of residents are effectively served
- +25More than 75% effectively served OR more than 30% receive dependable free travel
- +50More than 75% effectively served AND more than 30% receive dependable free travel
- +75More than 90% effectively served, at least 75% travel free, and service is reliable
- +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.
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.
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.
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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
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 overviewCosts, 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 overviewReach 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 overviewAvailable 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 overviewAlbania 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
What this category measures
Conditions that let people form stable families, raise children, multiply generations, share parental time and continue family life without punishing material barriers. New and re-reviewed profiles include total fertility as an explicit outcome signal.
TBFC targetPeople should be able to form, continue and multiply family life. Trott Bailey Family Civilization uses 5.0 children per woman as the fertility target; 2.1 is the replacement floor, not the aspiration, while housing, care, food and time should not be withheld behind financial thresholds. Access-gate research questionHow strongly do housing, childcare, health, food and work-income requirements delay or destabilize family formation and continuity, and is total fertility moving above replacement toward the 5.0-children-per-woman civilization target? Fertility methodNew and re-reviewed Family Formation scores blend 60% lived family conditions with 40% fertility performance. Five children per woman is the 100/100 fertility target. The 2.1 replacement floor earns +25/100 fertility performance; below replacement declines proportionally, while rates above 2.1 rise progressively toward +100 at 5.0. Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Courtship, Marriage & Married Life
+35.5↓
Score breakdown
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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 × (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
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 AlbaniaCosts, 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 AlbaniaReach 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 AlbaniaAvailable 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 AlbaniaAlbania 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
What this category measures
Whether land and settlement choice reach ordinary people rather than opportunity being functionally trapped inside expensive commercial centres.
TBFC targetSuitable productive land and settlement opportunity should not be functionally reserved for those able to outbid everyone else. Access-gate research questionCan ordinary families gain secure use of suitable productive ground without first accumulating enough money to purchase, finance or outbid others? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Compounds Are Civilization Circulation Systems
+35.5↓
Score breakdown
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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
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 overviewCosts, 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 overviewReach 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 overviewAvailable 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 overviewAlbania 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
What this category measures
Peace of mind, social support, everyday safety, public beauty, recreation, nature, culture and delight reachable without constant payment.
TBFC targetBeauty, nature, recreation, rest and public delight should belong to ordinary life rather than appearing mainly after payment. Access-gate research questionHow much everyday rest, nature, recreation, culture and public beauty is freely reachable, rather than principally accessed through paid venues, travel or private property? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Trott Bailey Kingdom Systems
+41.6↓
Score breakdown
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
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 · 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.
Exact point calculation
-45.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -11.25 weighted points
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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.
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.
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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 × (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
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 overviewCosts, 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 overviewReach 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 overviewAvailable 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 overviewAlbania 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
What this category measures
Whether soil, forests, wetlands, habitat, pollinators, species and water-holding landscapes are strengthening rather than being consumed.
TBFC targetRegenerating soil, water, habitat and food-bearing landscapes should be maintained as shared life-supporting capacity rather than only where a transaction makes them profitable. Access-gate research questionAre regenerative land, water and habitat functions maintained as life-supporting infrastructure even when no direct commercial return is available? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Water Your Orchards With Life
+35.5↓
Score breakdown
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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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
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 contextCosts, 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 contextReach 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 contextAvailable 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 contextAlbania 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
What this category measures
Physical safety, usable justice, legal identity, reliable public administration and low needless institutional burden.
TBFC targetUsable justice, legal identity, safety and ordinary administration should remain accessible regardless of wealth. Access-gate research questionDo fees, legal costs, bail, fines, documentation costs or ability to hire expertise materially change access to justice, safety or public administration? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Pacorips Constitutional Foundations
+41.6↓
Score breakdown
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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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
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 overviewCosts, 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 overviewReach 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 overviewAvailable 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 overviewAlbania 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
What this category measures
Whether useful materials, infrastructure and goods are maintained, repairable, recovered and cycled instead of repeatedly becoming waste.
TBFC targetRepair, maintenance and useful material circulation should protect capability instead of forcing repeated repurchase as the default route to continued use. Access-gate research questionDo repair and maintenance remain practically accessible, or do pricing, proprietary restrictions and replacement incentives turn continued use into repeated purchasing? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Repair Is Sovereignty
+35.5↓
Score breakdown
Durability, Repair & Material Return
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 · 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 overviewCosts, 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 overviewReach 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 overviewAvailable 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 overviewAlbania 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
What this category measures
How easily visitors, migrants, refugees and neighbouring families can enter, remain, regularize status, prevent statelessness, build family continuity and participate in ordinary civic and economic life.
TBFC targetA country should have a humane vision for visitors, migrants, refugees and neighbouring families: practical entry, legal identity, family continuity, protection from statelessness, a route into ordinary life and a real place to contribute and grow with the society. Access-gate research questionWho can enter and stay, how wide is visa-free/eVisa/eTA reach, can newcomers regularize status and work, are refugees and children protected from statelessness, can families remain together, and does the country have a practical long-term vision for newcomers to join ordinary life and contribute? International scoring method
Welcome research checks practical entry breadth, visa-free/eVisa/eTA reach, lawful passport or citizenship pathways available to foreigners, birthright citizenship and statelessness prevention, parent/child family-status continuity, refugee recognition, migrant regularization, work/school/health access, family reunion and a credible national vision for newcomers to settle, contribute and grow with society.
A verified eVisa program open to more than 100 nationalities is recorded as a positive factual Welcome finding (the historical +5 scoring rule is retired). Researchers must verify the eligible-nationality breadth, not merely the existence of an online visa form. A lawful international citizenship/passport route available to qualifying foreigners is recorded as a Welcome access finding. The score must distinguish a usable transparent route from an expensive, narrow or highly discretionary program. Broad birthright citizenship, conditional territorial citizenship and statelessness safeguards are recorded with their precise legal eligibility and practical results. A system that leaves children without effective nationality, identity or durable status is a serious negative. A practical route that lets parents secure residence or citizenship through a child born in the country is documented for family-continuity review; long limbo, family separation or rules that strand the child between statuses reduce the score.
Refugee and migrant welcome is judged by lived access as well as admission: recognition, non-refoulement, legal documents, work, education, health care, family continuity, regularization, permanence and citizenship pathways all matter. Forced removal, refoulement, arbitrary detention, family separation and especially deporting or transferring people to unrelated third countries without a genuine durable-protection connection are negative Welcome evidence. Welcome is stronger when the country has a coherent plan for land, housing, work, contribution, family life and civic integration so newcomers are absorbed as people who can help the country grow, rather than warehoused indefinitely in camps or temporary limbo.
Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Refugee Living Should Be Glamorous, Purposeful and Liberating
+23.5↓
International score breakdown
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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
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 overviewRefugee 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 overviewMigration, 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 overviewLawful 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 overviewAlbania 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
What this category measures
Documented effects a country, its public institutions or materially supported programs have beyond its borders: beneficial contribution, medical and technical help, mutuality, external harm, extraction, accountability and repair.
TBFC targetA civilization should increase useful local capability beyond its borders through medicine, training, disaster help, technical cooperation, peace-building and other mutually useful contribution, while avoiding extraction, exported harm and displacement. Access-gate research questionDo the country’s actions abroad increase health, skill, safety, resilience and locally retained capability, or do they export extraction, coercion, environmental harm, displacement, debt or other burdens? International scoring method
Legacy method: External Footprint documents independently verified beneficial action beyond the border, including medical missions, public-health help, scholarships, training, technical cooperation, disaster relief, humanitarian logistics, peacekeeping and other programs that leave useful capability with the receiving society. It also documents extractive conduct, exported environmental or human harm, coercive external security practices, abusive displacement outsourcing and whether documented harm is repaired, with a separately scored 6% category once four evidence-backed rails have been reviewed. Verified waste exports and disguised low-utility dumping are penalized through the transboundary harm ledger, as are irresponsible import acceptance practices through Domestic Durability & Material Return.
International contribution is investigated relative to capacity and quality, not raw size alone; documented outward activity is distinguished from independent benefit and local mutuality.
Dumping and harmful material transfers
Waste or disguised low-utility exports reduce External Footprint. Real reuse must be distinguished from disguised disposal. The sender retains responsibility for harms shifted abroad. Method v3: harmful imported garbage and low-utility dumping belong in External Footprint, where inbound transfer responsibility is 15% of the category. Historical method v2 import deductions remain archived under Domestic Durability until that country receives a sourced v3 score. Do not double-count.
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International score breakdown
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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
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 contextExternal 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 contextMutuality, 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 contextHelpful 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 contextAlbania 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 contextTrott 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.
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