What is land area in Albania?

Land area in Albania was 27,400 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

What is the highest land area recorded in Albania?

The highest recorded value was 27,400 sq. km in 1961.

What is the lowest land area recorded in Albania?

The lowest recorded value was 27,400 sq. km in 1961.

How does Albania rank for land area?

Albania ranks 143rd out of 216 countries with data for 2023.

Is land area rising or falling in Albania?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Albania data come from?

The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Land area in Albania

Name: Land area in Albania
Creator: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Albania: Land area was 27,400 sq. km in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)

27,400 sq. km

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

143rd

of 216 countries

All-time high

27,400 sq. km

in 1961

All-time low

27,400 sq. km

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Land area in Albania, 1961–2023

Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.

Analysis

Albania recorded 27,400 sq. km for land area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, land area in Albania peaked at 27,400 sq. km in 1961 and was at its lowest, 27,400 sq. km, in 1961.

Albania ranks 143rd of 216 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	9
1970s	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	10
1980s	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	10
1990s	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	10
2000s	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	10
2010s	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	10
2020s	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	27,400 sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Albania

140 Equatorial Guinea 28,050 sq. km compare
141 Solomon Islands 27,990 sq. km compare
142 Haiti 27,560 sq. km compare
144 Burundi 25,680 sq. km compare
145 North Macedonia 25,220 sq. km compare
146 Rwanda 24,670 sq. km compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Albania

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Rural population 41.1% (2025)
Rural population growth -2.0% (2025)
Rural population 966,348 (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.8% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.52 billion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 135,654 hectares (2023)
Cereal yield 5,170 kg per hectare (2023)
Cereal production 701,314 metric tons (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is land area in Albania?: Land area in Albania was 27,400 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest land area recorded in Albania?: The highest recorded value was 27,400 sq. km in 1961.
What is the lowest land area recorded in Albania?: The lowest recorded value was 27,400 sq. km in 1961.
How does Albania rank for land area?: Albania ranks 143rd out of 216 countries with data for 2023.
Is land area rising or falling in Albania?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Albania data come from?: The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Land area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,310 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.