
Albanian families are spending more money to cover living costs.
In total, over the past year, INSTAT says, the average monthly consumption expenditure for a family was 95,227 lekë, or 2.3% more than in 2024.
MONTHLY FAMILY EXPENSES
Year 2023 91,675 lek
Year 2024 93,042 lek
Year 2025 95,227 lek
At a faster pace, it turns out that the monthly bill to guarantee food supplies has increased.
To buy bread, meat, dairy, vegetables and other products, an Albanian family spent an average of 37,859 lek per month last year, or 2.6% more than in 2024.
FOOD EXPENSES
Year 2023 36,349 lek/month
Year 2024 36,879 lek/month
Year 2025 37,859 lek/month
Due to high prices, food 'takes up' almost 40% of the budget of Albanian families.
In the Institute of Statistics report, within the food category, the highest bill comes from vegetables.
7,647 lek per month is the average that a family spends to buy vegetables, followed by meat products, which take up 16.6% of the budget that goes to food or 6,284 lek/month, and then 15.5% of the budget goes to bread and cereals or 5,868 lek per month.
MONTHLY FOOD EXPENSES
Vegetables 7,647 lek/month
Meat 6,284 lek/month
Bread-cereals 5,868 lek/month
After food, the largest expenses of Albanians are for paying for water, electricity and rent with 9.7% of total expenses or an average of 9,237 lek per month. Further, expenses in restaurants and hotels take up 7.5% of the monthly bill and 7.2% of expenses are on the transportation item.
The only region that exceeds the average level of spending is Tirana, where a family spends an average of 110,904 lek per month, followed by Korça with 93,381 lek and Durrës with 91,992 lek. The poorest regions are Dibra with 77,027 lek per month and Kukës with 76,009 lek in monthly consumption expenditure per family./ Shqiptarja