Albania vs. Montenegro
Albania va por delante en impuestos, coste de vida, vivienda. Montenegro va por delante en dinero y cripto, seguridad, infraestructura. Abajo, los datos criterio por criterio.
Verificado
Marcador
Las cifras clave cara a cara, con el lado más fuerte señalado. La puntuación global es decorativa; lo que importa es qué datos encajan contigo.
Resultado principal
Montenegro va por delante en 3 de 6
Albania
2
Montenegro
3
01Cost of living (single, excl. rent)
Albaniamejor
$301/mo
INSTAT — Household Budget Survey 2023
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- INSTAT HBS 2023: average household consumption 91,675 ALL/month over 3.7 persons = 24,777 ALL per capita/month ÷ 82.26 (Bank of Albania USD/ALL) = $301/mo. The HBS imputes no owner-occupier rent (very high homeownership) and the housing group is utilities-dominated, so the figure is effectively rent-light — the same low-reading, per-household-member basis used for the peer set.
- Notas
- Reads lower than Bulgaria ($460) and Czechia ($785), consistent with Albania's income level (GDP per capita ~half of Bulgaria's) — the cheapest country in the set. Not inflated to any prior expectation.
Montenegro
$900/mo
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Anchored on the official comparative price level (Montenegro AIC = 63% of EU-27 in 2024; food & non-alcoholic beverages 84%, energy 46%, restaurants/services lower). A single-person non-rent basket (food, utilities, transport, mobile+internet, modest leisure) at ~63% of the EU-27 average maps to roughly €800–850/month; converted at ≈1.08 USD/EUR ≈ $900/month. Curated estimate from the official price-level index (a household-budget-survey basket line was not separately published by MONSTAT at check time); treat as approximate and refine against a published one-person HBS basket.
02Freelancer tax burden
Albaniamejor
3,2%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 (~5.6M ALL), self-employed (scheme al-freelancer-self-employed): income tax 0% (turnover ≤ ALL 14M, until 2029) + fixed social & health contributions of 14,900 ALL/month = 178,800 ALL/year. Burden = 178,800 / 5,623,800 = 3.2% — the fixed contributions are the whole burden. A standard SHPK runs ≈21.8% (15% + 8% dividend).
Montenegro
16%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best generally-available registered scheme me-preduzetnik-stvarni at €60,000 revenue with 10% (€6,000) expenses, Podgorica: social contributions (PIO 10% + unemployment 1% on the 150%-of-average-wage notional base = €2,387.88) + PIT 9%/15% on €51,612 profit incl. 15% municipal surtax (€7,205.69) = €9,593.57 → 16.0%. A digital-nomad permit holder pays 0% PIT on foreign-source income (scheme me-digital-nomad-exempt) — the far lower option, but it is a temporary residence-status exemption (foreign income only, programme running to end-2026), so the comparable general-freelancer burden is recorded here.
03Homicide rate
Albania
1,39/100k
World Bank / UNODC — intentional homicides per 100,000 (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, Albania)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- UNODC series via the World Bank: 1.39 in 2023 (latest). Strong downward trend from 4.06 (2010), 5.40 (2012), 2.32 (2021), 1.70 (2022) to 1.39 (2023). Albania is not in the Eurostat EU set, so the UNODC/World Bank series is used. Low-to-moderate by regional standards and falling.
Montenegromejor
0,81/100k
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS0101), rate per hundred thousand, Montenegro
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Eurostat series for Montenegro (EU candidate), updated 2026-04-29: 2024 = 0.81, 2023 = 1.13, 2022 = 2.26, 2021 = 2.57 per 100,000 — a clear multi-year decline. Police-recorded basis.
04Internet speed
Albania
24 Mbps
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Albania
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of the 343 daily country-median download values for AL in 2023 = 24.16 Mbps (32,762 download tests; filed under M-Lab's EU/AL path). M-Lab NDT is single-stream and understates real line speeds — Albanian retail fibre advertises 100–1000 Mbps — comparable only within this criterion. 2023 is the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API.
- Notas
- Single-stream measurement used only for cross-country comparability on one consistent open-data method.
Montenegromejor
85 Mbps
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Official regulator measurement. In 2024, EKIP's NetTest system (measurement server at the Montenegro IXP / MIXP, BEREC-2014-compliant) recorded 3,258 user-initiated tests; the 2,939 tests on FIXED networks gave an average measured download of 85.1 Mb/s (mobile: 319 tests, 59.5 Mb/s). BASIS DIFFERS from Poland's value: this is a MEAN of user-initiated NetTest measurements from the national regulator, NOT an M-Lab NDT daily-median aggregate and NOT a subscribed/advertised speed — so it is only loosely comparable to M-Lab-based figures for other countries (M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads lower; EKIP NetTest is a fuller multi-parameter tool and this is a mean, not a median).
- Notas
- M-Lab was left null earlier: the public M-Lab country files for Montenegro carry only sparse partial-January data (≈16 days, <400 fixed tests/year in 2023), too thin for a trustworthy annual median (Ookla-style figures are a forbidden source for this criterion). Used the official EKIP-measured mean instead. Corroboration (basis = subscribed/contracted speed, EKIP GI2024 §2.11 'Struktura korisnika po brzinama pristupa', end-2024): 0.08% <2 Mb/s, 16.75% 2–<30, 13.20% 30–<100, 33.99% 100–<200, 28.88% 200–<500, 6.95% 500 Mb/s–<1 Gb/s, 0.15% ≥1 Gb/s — the median SUBSCRIPTION falls in the 100–200 Mb/s tier, well above the 85.1 Mb/s measured throughput, as expected. FTTx is ~50% of subscriptions and NGA (≥30 Mb/s) covers 82% of households.
05English proficiency
Albania
Moderate
EF EPI 2025 — Albania (score 532, rank 42/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Albania scores 532, rank 42/123 (global average 488), 'Moderate' band. English is workable in Tirana's tourism, tech and service sectors and among younger Albanians; Italian and Greek are also widely understood. Albanian remains essential for administration and daily life outside the capital.
Montenegro
Moderate
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band. Montenegro is NOT ranked in the EF EPI 2025 edition, so no EF band is available. English is widely used in tourism, coastal towns and among younger people, but government offices and much of daily administration operate in Montenegrin (Cyrillic/Latin). Banded 'moderate' — workable in tourist/service settings, less so in bureaucracy. To upgrade if a MONSTAT census English-knowledge figure or a future EF EPI entry is confirmed.
06Private healthcare cost
Albania
$780/yr
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Albania has a public health system plus a voluntary private market. Individual premiums range ~€30–150/month; a comprehensive local plan (outpatient + inpatient + diagnostics) for a healthy 35-year-old ~€57/month = ~€680/yr → ~$780/yr at 1.1399 USD/EUR.
- Notas
- Indicative point on a sourced €30–150/mo range, not a firm quote (Albanian insurers — Sigal Uniqa, Sigma Interalbanian VIG — quote on request). International/expat plans cost substantially more. Public healthcare exists but is widely seen as under-resourced, driving private demand.
Montenegromejor
$700/yr
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Comprehensive local voluntary health insurance (outpatient + inpatient) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner runs roughly €500–900/year from domestic insurers (Lovćen, Sava, Wiener), with international IPMI plans several times higher. Curated midpoint ≈€650/year ≈ $700 at 1.08 USD/EUR. Premiums are quoted on request (no public engine), so this is a market midpoint, not a published quote; international (worldwide) plans would be far more expensive.
- Notas
- Montenegro's public health fund (Fond za zdravstveno osiguranje) covers residents who contribute; most foreigners without local employment buy private cover. Comprehensive local plans are inexpensive by EU standards. Refine with three named public quotes next cycle.
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Informática remota / autónomo
Contrato o trabajo por cuenta propia en tecnología, facturando a clientes de fuera.
Albania encaja mejor: 2 de 5
01Freelancer tax burden
Albaniamejor
3,2%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 (~5.6M ALL), self-employed (scheme al-freelancer-self-employed): income tax 0% (turnover ≤ ALL 14M, until 2029) + fixed social & health contributions of 14,900 ALL/month = 178,800 ALL/year. Burden = 178,800 / 5,623,800 = 3.2% — the fixed contributions are the whole burden. A standard SHPK runs ≈21.8% (15% + 8% dividend).
Montenegro
16%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best generally-available registered scheme me-preduzetnik-stvarni at €60,000 revenue with 10% (€6,000) expenses, Podgorica: social contributions (PIO 10% + unemployment 1% on the 150%-of-average-wage notional base = €2,387.88) + PIT 9%/15% on €51,612 profit incl. 15% municipal surtax (€7,205.69) = €9,593.57 → 16.0%. A digital-nomad permit holder pays 0% PIT on foreign-source income (scheme me-digital-nomad-exempt) — the far lower option, but it is a temporary residence-status exemption (foreign income only, programme running to end-2026), so the comparable general-freelancer burden is recorded here.
02Internet speed
Albania
24 Mbps
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Albania
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of the 343 daily country-median download values for AL in 2023 = 24.16 Mbps (32,762 download tests; filed under M-Lab's EU/AL path). M-Lab NDT is single-stream and understates real line speeds — Albanian retail fibre advertises 100–1000 Mbps — comparable only within this criterion. 2023 is the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API.
- Notas
- Single-stream measurement used only for cross-country comparability on one consistent open-data method.
Montenegromejor
85 Mbps
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Official regulator measurement. In 2024, EKIP's NetTest system (measurement server at the Montenegro IXP / MIXP, BEREC-2014-compliant) recorded 3,258 user-initiated tests; the 2,939 tests on FIXED networks gave an average measured download of 85.1 Mb/s (mobile: 319 tests, 59.5 Mb/s). BASIS DIFFERS from Poland's value: this is a MEAN of user-initiated NetTest measurements from the national regulator, NOT an M-Lab NDT daily-median aggregate and NOT a subscribed/advertised speed — so it is only loosely comparable to M-Lab-based figures for other countries (M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads lower; EKIP NetTest is a fuller multi-parameter tool and this is a mean, not a median).
- Notas
- M-Lab was left null earlier: the public M-Lab country files for Montenegro carry only sparse partial-January data (≈16 days, <400 fixed tests/year in 2023), too thin for a trustworthy annual median (Ookla-style figures are a forbidden source for this criterion). Used the official EKIP-measured mean instead. Corroboration (basis = subscribed/contracted speed, EKIP GI2024 §2.11 'Struktura korisnika po brzinama pristupa', end-2024): 0.08% <2 Mb/s, 16.75% 2–<30, 13.20% 30–<100, 33.99% 100–<200, 28.88% 200–<500, 6.95% 500 Mb/s–<1 Gb/s, 0.15% ≥1 Gb/s — the median SUBSCRIPTION falls in the 100–200 Mb/s tier, well above the 85.1 Mb/s measured throughput, as expected. FTTx is ~50% of subscriptions and NGA (≥30 Mb/s) covers 82% of households.
03English proficiency
Albania
Moderate
EF EPI 2025 — Albania (score 532, rank 42/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Albania scores 532, rank 42/123 (global average 488), 'Moderate' band. English is workable in Tirana's tourism, tech and service sectors and among younger Albanians; Italian and Greek are also widely understood. Albanian remains essential for administration and daily life outside the capital.
Montenegro
Moderate
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band. Montenegro is NOT ranked in the EF EPI 2025 edition, so no EF band is available. English is widely used in tourism, coastal towns and among younger people, but government offices and much of daily administration operate in Montenegrin (Cyrillic/Latin). Banded 'moderate' — workable in tourist/service settings, less so in bureaucracy. To upgrade if a MONSTAT census English-knowledge figure or a future EF EPI entry is confirmed.
04Cost of living (single, excl. rent)
Albaniamejor
$301/mo
INSTAT — Household Budget Survey 2023
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- INSTAT HBS 2023: average household consumption 91,675 ALL/month over 3.7 persons = 24,777 ALL per capita/month ÷ 82.26 (Bank of Albania USD/ALL) = $301/mo. The HBS imputes no owner-occupier rent (very high homeownership) and the housing group is utilities-dominated, so the figure is effectively rent-light — the same low-reading, per-household-member basis used for the peer set.
- Notas
- Reads lower than Bulgaria ($460) and Czechia ($785), consistent with Albania's income level (GDP per capita ~half of Bulgaria's) — the cheapest country in the set. Not inflated to any prior expectation.
Montenegro
$900/mo
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Anchored on the official comparative price level (Montenegro AIC = 63% of EU-27 in 2024; food & non-alcoholic beverages 84%, energy 46%, restaurants/services lower). A single-person non-rent basket (food, utilities, transport, mobile+internet, modest leisure) at ~63% of the EU-27 average maps to roughly €800–850/month; converted at ≈1.08 USD/EUR ≈ $900/month. Curated estimate from the official price-level index (a household-budget-survey basket line was not separately published by MONSTAT at check time); treat as approximate and refine against a published one-person HBS basket.
05Domestic delivery quality
Albania
Good
Posta Shqiptare (national post) and Albanian Courier (largest private courier)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Posta Shqiptare (national post, 550+ offices) plus a competitive private courier market led by Albanian Courier (100+ offices, UPS/ACS partner), Adex and others. Cash-on-delivery ('contra-payment') is common, often the default for e-commerce; next-day delivery in cities. Reliable, but automated consumer parcel-locker networks are still emerging (not the dense locker duopoly of Bulgaria) → 'good' rather than 'excellent'.
Montenegro
Good
Pošta Crne Gore (national postal operator) — network and parcel services
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Pošta Crne Gore provides nationwide postal and parcel/EMS coverage across a compact country; private couriers (DHL, and regional operators) serve the main cities. 1–3 day domestic delivery is normal; parcel-locker networks are not as dense as in larger EU markets. Classified 'good' rather than 'excellent'. Method: national operator service pages + carrier presence.
Familia
Mudarse con pareja e hijos en edad escolar.
Montenegro encaja mejor: 2 de 3
01Homicide rate
Albania
1,39/100k
World Bank / UNODC — intentional homicides per 100,000 (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, Albania)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- UNODC series via the World Bank: 1.39 in 2023 (latest). Strong downward trend from 4.06 (2010), 5.40 (2012), 2.32 (2021), 1.70 (2022) to 1.39 (2023). Albania is not in the Eurostat EU set, so the UNODC/World Bank series is used. Low-to-moderate by regional standards and falling.
Montenegromejor
0,81/100k
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS0101), rate per hundred thousand, Montenegro
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Eurostat series for Montenegro (EU candidate), updated 2026-04-29: 2024 = 0.81, 2023 = 1.13, 2022 = 2.26, 2021 = 2.57 per 100,000 — a clear multi-year decline. Police-recorded basis.
02Private healthcare cost
Albania
$780/yr
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Albania has a public health system plus a voluntary private market. Individual premiums range ~€30–150/month; a comprehensive local plan (outpatient + inpatient + diagnostics) for a healthy 35-year-old ~€57/month = ~€680/yr → ~$780/yr at 1.1399 USD/EUR.
- Notas
- Indicative point on a sourced €30–150/mo range, not a firm quote (Albanian insurers — Sigal Uniqa, Sigma Interalbanian VIG — quote on request). International/expat plans cost substantially more. Public healthcare exists but is widely seen as under-resourced, driving private demand.
Montenegromejor
$700/yr
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Comprehensive local voluntary health insurance (outpatient + inpatient) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner runs roughly €500–900/year from domestic insurers (Lovćen, Sava, Wiener), with international IPMI plans several times higher. Curated midpoint ≈€650/year ≈ $700 at 1.08 USD/EUR. Premiums are quoted on request (no public engine), so this is a market midpoint, not a published quote; international (worldwide) plans would be far more expensive.
- Notas
- Montenegro's public health fund (Fond za zdravstveno osiguranje) covers residents who contribute; most foreigners without local employment buy private cover. Comprehensive local plans are inexpensive by EU standards. Refine with three named public quotes next cycle.
03English proficiency
Albania
Moderate
EF EPI 2025 — Albania (score 532, rank 42/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Albania scores 532, rank 42/123 (global average 488), 'Moderate' band. English is workable in Tirana's tourism, tech and service sectors and among younger Albanians; Italian and Greek are also widely understood. Albanian remains essential for administration and daily life outside the capital.
Montenegro
Moderate
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band. Montenegro is NOT ranked in the EF EPI 2025 edition, so no EF band is available. English is widely used in tourism, coastal towns and among younger people, but government offices and much of daily administration operate in Montenegrin (Cyrillic/Latin). Banded 'moderate' — workable in tourist/service settings, less so in bureaucracy. To upgrade if a MONSTAT census English-knowledge figure or a future EF EPI entry is confirmed.
Dinero y cripto
Optimizar impuestos, banca y normas sobre cripto.
Muy reñido para este plan
01Crypto regulation
Albania
Legal regulated
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- Crypto is legal and regulated. Law 66/2020 (effective Sept 2020) created a licensing framework for DLT exchanges, custodian wallets and token issuance, supervised by the Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority (AFSA/AMF) with AML obligations. Tax: individual crypto capital gains are taxed as investment income at a flat, final 15%; mining/staking income is taxed as ordinary income.
Montenegro
Legal regulated
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Holding and trading crypto is legal for individuals; it is not legal tender (Central Bank warning). Gains are taxed under the personal income tax as capital income at the flat 15% rate. As an EU candidate, Montenegro is drafting a MiCA-aligned virtual-assets law (public consultation opened 2025; a Directorate for Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain was established), but comprehensive dedicated crypto legislation was not yet adopted as of mid-2026 — classified legal-regulated (standard taxation, licensing framework pending), not legal-friendly.
02Financial control level
Albania
Moderate
Albania Fiscal Package 2026 cash-payment limits + Bank of Albania FX regime (floating lek)
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: the lek is freely convertible with a floating, market-determined rate (Bank of Albania publishes a daily reference fixing, not a peg); residents and non-residents can hold and exchange foreign currency. But Albania is outside the EU, so no guaranteed free movement of capital, the Bank of Albania regulates FX operations, and the 2026 Fiscal Package tightened domestic cash-payment ceilings (B2B 100,000 ALL/transaction; individuals/self-employed 500,000 ALL) as an anti-informality measure. More restrictive than an EU member but far from a controlled regime → 'moderate'.
Montenegromejor
Low
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Composite classification: Montenegro unilaterally uses the euro, so personal funds are held and moved in a fully convertible currency with no exchange restrictions; no capital controls on residents' personal transfers; foreigners can open bank accounts (KYC applies). Not an EU/eurozone member, so no ECB backstop and banking is smaller-scale. No FBAR-style foreign-account reporting for individuals beyond standard AML/CRS. Method inputs: CBCG monetary framework, absence of currency-control regulations, standard AML/KYC. Low = free movement of personal money.
03Freelancer tax burden
Albaniamejor
3,2%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 (~5.6M ALL), self-employed (scheme al-freelancer-self-employed): income tax 0% (turnover ≤ ALL 14M, until 2029) + fixed social & health contributions of 14,900 ALL/month = 178,800 ALL/year. Burden = 178,800 / 5,623,800 = 3.2% — the fixed contributions are the whole burden. A standard SHPK runs ≈21.8% (15% + 8% dividend).
Montenegro
16%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best generally-available registered scheme me-preduzetnik-stvarni at €60,000 revenue with 10% (€6,000) expenses, Podgorica: social contributions (PIO 10% + unemployment 1% on the 150%-of-average-wage notional base = €2,387.88) + PIT 9%/15% on €51,612 profit incl. 15% municipal surtax (€7,205.69) = €9,593.57 → 16.0%. A digital-nomad permit holder pays 0% PIT on foreign-source income (scheme me-digital-nomad-exempt) — the far lower option, but it is a temporary residence-status exemption (foreign income only, programme running to end-2026), so the comparable general-freelancer burden is recorded here.
Vida tranquila
Priorizar la seguridad, el aire y una vida diaria sencilla.
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01Homicide rate
Albania
1,39/100k
World Bank / UNODC — intentional homicides per 100,000 (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, Albania)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- UNODC series via the World Bank: 1.39 in 2023 (latest). Strong downward trend from 4.06 (2010), 5.40 (2012), 2.32 (2021), 1.70 (2022) to 1.39 (2023). Albania is not in the Eurostat EU set, so the UNODC/World Bank series is used. Low-to-moderate by regional standards and falling.
Montenegromejor
0,81/100k
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS0101), rate per hundred thousand, Montenegro
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Eurostat series for Montenegro (EU candidate), updated 2026-04-29: 2024 = 0.81, 2023 = 1.13, 2022 = 2.26, 2021 = 2.57 per 100,000 — a clear multi-year decline. Police-recorded basis.
02Cost of living (single, excl. rent)
Albaniamejor
$301/mo
INSTAT — Household Budget Survey 2023
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- INSTAT HBS 2023: average household consumption 91,675 ALL/month over 3.7 persons = 24,777 ALL per capita/month ÷ 82.26 (Bank of Albania USD/ALL) = $301/mo. The HBS imputes no owner-occupier rent (very high homeownership) and the housing group is utilities-dominated, so the figure is effectively rent-light — the same low-reading, per-household-member basis used for the peer set.
- Notas
- Reads lower than Bulgaria ($460) and Czechia ($785), consistent with Albania's income level (GDP per capita ~half of Bulgaria's) — the cheapest country in the set. Not inflated to any prior expectation.
Montenegro
$900/mo
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Anchored on the official comparative price level (Montenegro AIC = 63% of EU-27 in 2024; food & non-alcoholic beverages 84%, energy 46%, restaurants/services lower). A single-person non-rent basket (food, utilities, transport, mobile+internet, modest leisure) at ~63% of the EU-27 average maps to roughly €800–850/month; converted at ≈1.08 USD/EUR ≈ $900/month. Curated estimate from the official price-level index (a household-budget-survey basket line was not separately published by MONSTAT at check time); treat as approximate and refine against a published one-person HBS basket.
Detalles
Impuestos
CriterioAlbaniaMontenegro
01+−Freelancer tax burden% effective burden at €60k/year self-employed profileAlbaniamejor3,2Montenegro16
Qué mide esto
Effective total burden (income tax + mandatory social and health contributions) for a solo IT freelancer with €60,000/year revenue and 10% deductible expenses, using the most favourable eligible scheme in the country's tax-schemes data. Computed by the SettleMetric tax engine; recorded as a curated value with the winning scheme id in method.
Cuanto más bajo, mejor· % effective burden at €60k/year self-employed profile· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Albania
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 (~5.6M ALL), self-employed (scheme al-freelancer-self-employed): income tax 0% (turnover ≤ ALL 14M, until 2029) + fixed social & health contributions of 14,900 ALL/month = 178,800 ALL/year. Burden = 178,800 / 5,623,800 = 3.2% — the fixed contributions are the whole burden. A standard SHPK runs ≈21.8% (15% + 8% dividend).
Montenegro
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best generally-available registered scheme me-preduzetnik-stvarni at €60,000 revenue with 10% (€6,000) expenses, Podgorica: social contributions (PIO 10% + unemployment 1% on the 150%-of-average-wage notional base = €2,387.88) + PIT 9%/15% on €51,612 profit incl. 15% municipal surtax (€7,205.69) = €9,593.57 → 16.0%. A digital-nomad permit holder pays 0% PIT on foreign-source income (scheme me-digital-nomad-exempt) — the far lower option, but it is a temporary residence-status exemption (foreign income only, programme running to end-2026), so the comparable general-freelancer burden is recorded here.
Legalización
CriterioAlbaniaMontenegro
01+−Remote-work legalization easeAlbaniaDedicated nomad visaMontenegroDedicated nomad visa
Qué mide esto
Best available legalization route for a location-independent earner with a median (non-EU, non-US) passport, classified from this country's legalization-paths data: dedicated digital-nomad visa; general freelance/self-employment permit; realistic long-stay path (e.g. renewable temporary residence); only short visa-free/tourist stays; effectively none.
Valorado por categoría· se vuelve a verificar cada 180 días
Albania
Fragomen / e-Albania — Unique Permit (Leje Unike) available for digital nomads / remote workers
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- Albania has no visa literally called a 'digital nomad visa', but the Unique Permit (Leje Unike) now explicitly covers remote/digital mobile workers, functioning as one — a 1+1+5 progression with a low income bar (~$9,800/yr), foreign clients only. On top, US citizens get a full year visa-free with no paperwork. Combined with the ~3% freelancer tax burden, one of Europe's most accessible nomad setups.
Montenegro
Digital Nomads Montenegro — official Government portal (Ministry of Interior programme)
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Montenegro has a dedicated digital-nomad temporary residence permit for foreigners working remotely for a company not registered in Montenegro. Income requirement is three Montenegrin minimum wages; permit valid up to 2 years, renewable once for up to 2 more; foreign-source income exempt from personal income tax. The programme is scheduled to run until 31 December 2026 with no announced successor — re-verify availability. See legalization path me-digital-nomad-permit.
Coste de vida
CriterioAlbaniaMontenegro
01+−Cost of living (single, excl. rent)USD/month, single person, excluding rentAlbaniamejor301Montenegro900
Qué mide esto
Monthly cost of a defined single-person basket (food, transport, utilities, mobile+internet, modest leisure) excluding rent, curated from national statistics office price data and large local retailers' published prices, converted to USD at the ECB rate recorded in fx-rates. The method field of each value itemizes the basket inputs.
Cuanto más bajo, mejor· USD/month, single person, excluding rent· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Albania
INSTAT — Household Budget Survey 2023
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- INSTAT HBS 2023: average household consumption 91,675 ALL/month over 3.7 persons = 24,777 ALL per capita/month ÷ 82.26 (Bank of Albania USD/ALL) = $301/mo. The HBS imputes no owner-occupier rent (very high homeownership) and the housing group is utilities-dominated, so the figure is effectively rent-light — the same low-reading, per-household-member basis used for the peer set.
- Notas
- Reads lower than Bulgaria ($460) and Czechia ($785), consistent with Albania's income level (GDP per capita ~half of Bulgaria's) — the cheapest country in the set. Not inflated to any prior expectation.
Montenegro
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Anchored on the official comparative price level (Montenegro AIC = 63% of EU-27 in 2024; food & non-alcoholic beverages 84%, energy 46%, restaurants/services lower). A single-person non-rent basket (food, utilities, transport, mobile+internet, modest leisure) at ~63% of the EU-27 average maps to roughly €800–850/month; converted at ≈1.08 USD/EUR ≈ $900/month. Curated estimate from the official price-level index (a household-budget-survey basket line was not separately published by MONSTAT at check time); treat as approximate and refine against a published one-person HBS basket.
Gasto mensual por categoría (sin alquiler)
Albania
Montenegro
INSTAT — Household Budget Survey 2023, Table 1 (consumption structure by COICOP group)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Each 2023 COICOP share (Food 39.6%, Housing 9.7%, Restaurants 7.4%, Furnishing 6.6%, Transport 6.8%, Misc 6.5%, Clothing 5.0%, Health 4.3%, Alcohol/tobacco 4.2%, Communication 3.8%, Education 3.5%, Recreation 2.6%) applied to the per-capita total 24,777 ALL/mo ÷ 82.26 USD/ALL. Items sum to $301, matching the headline. Housing is utilities/fuel (minimal rent).
MONSTAT / Eurostat comparative price levels 2024 (category indices) — derived breakdown
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Category split derived from the official Montenegro price-level indices vs EU-27 (food & non-alcoholic 84%, energy 46%, furniture 76%, etc.) applied to a single-person non-rent basket totalling ~$900/month. Illustrative allocation consistent with the cost-of-living aggregate, NOT a published household-budget-survey table — to be replaced when MONSTAT one-person HBS category data is located.
- Notas
- Derived allocation for display; sums to the ~$900/month aggregate. Utilities/energy are notably cheap in Montenegro (energy price level 46% of EU), while food is relatively higher (84%).
01Food & non-alcoholic drinks
Albania
—
Montenegro
$300
02Restaurants & cafés
Albania
—
Montenegro
$130
03Household & misc.
Albania
—
Montenegro
$125
04Utilities (electricity, water, heating)
Albania
—
Montenegro
$120
05Food & non-alcoholic beverages
Albania
$119
Montenegro
—
06Transport
Albaniamás barato
$20
Montenegro
$90
07Recreation & culture
Albaniamás barato
$8
Montenegro
$90
08Communications (mobile + internet)
Albania
—
Montenegro
$45
09Housing (utilities, fuel, water)
Albania
$29
Montenegro
—
10Restaurants & hotels
Albania
$22
Montenegro
—
11Furnishing & household maintenance
Albania
$20
Montenegro
—
12Miscellaneous goods & services
Albania
$20
Montenegro
—
13Clothing & footwear
Albania
$15
Montenegro
—
14Health
Albania
$13
Montenegro
—
15Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Albania
$13
Montenegro
—
16Communication
Albania
$11
Montenegro
—
17Education
Albania
$11
Montenegro
—
Total (sin alquiler)
Albania$301/mes
Montenegro$900/mes
Vivienda
Alquiler por tipo de vivienda
Alquiler de oferta: precio en el centro, con el de fuera del centro entre paréntesis ($/mes).
Albania
Montenegro
SettleMetric — population-weighted average of covered cities (Sarandë, Tirana)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 15 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Population-weighted mean of the rent-breakdown matrices of Sarandë, Tirana; each cell averages the cities that report it. See each city page for its exact local matrix.
SettleMetric — population-weighted average of covered cities (Budva, Podgorica)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Population-weighted mean of the rent-breakdown matrices of Budva, Podgorica; each cell averages the cities that report it. See each city page for its exact local matrix.
01Estudio
Albania
$507$272 fuera del centro
Montenegromás barato
$372$298 fuera del centro
021 dormitorio
Albania
$676$363 fuera del centro
Montenegromás barato
$593$473 fuera del centro
032 dormitorios
Albania
$1013$545 fuera del centro
Montenegromás barato
$781$625 fuera del centro
043 dormitorios
Albania
$1435$771 fuera del centro
Montenegromás barato
$1186$941 fuera del centro
Seguridad
CriterioAlbaniaMontenegro
01+−Homicide rateintentional homicides per 100,000/yearAlbania1,4Montenegromejor0,8
Qué mide esto
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population, latest available year. Country level: UNODC national series. City level: official municipal/police statistics where published; otherwise null (country value shown as country-level).
Cuanto más bajo, mejor· intentional homicides per 100,000/year· se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Albania
World Bank / UNODC — intentional homicides per 100,000 (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, Albania)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- UNODC series via the World Bank: 1.39 in 2023 (latest). Strong downward trend from 4.06 (2010), 5.40 (2012), 2.32 (2021), 1.70 (2022) to 1.39 (2023). Albania is not in the Eurostat EU set, so the UNODC/World Bank series is used. Low-to-moderate by regional standards and falling.
Montenegro
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS0101), rate per hundred thousand, Montenegro
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Eurostat series for Montenegro (EU candidate), updated 2026-04-29: 2024 = 0.81, 2023 = 1.13, 2022 = 2.26, 2021 = 2.57 per 100,000 — a clear multi-year decline. Police-recorded basis.
Sanidad
CriterioAlbaniaMontenegro
01+−Private healthcare costUSD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-oldAlbania780Montenegromejor700
Qué mide esto
Median of at least three publicly quoted annual premiums for comprehensive private medical insurance (outpatient + inpatient, ~$100k coverage, small deductible) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner, from local and international insurers. Method field lists the insurers quoted.
Cuanto más bajo, mejor· USD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-old· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Albania
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Albania has a public health system plus a voluntary private market. Individual premiums range ~€30–150/month; a comprehensive local plan (outpatient + inpatient + diagnostics) for a healthy 35-year-old ~€57/month = ~€680/yr → ~$780/yr at 1.1399 USD/EUR.
- Notas
- Indicative point on a sourced €30–150/mo range, not a firm quote (Albanian insurers — Sigal Uniqa, Sigma Interalbanian VIG — quote on request). International/expat plans cost substantially more. Public healthcare exists but is widely seen as under-resourced, driving private demand.
Montenegro
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Comprehensive local voluntary health insurance (outpatient + inpatient) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner runs roughly €500–900/year from domestic insurers (Lovćen, Sava, Wiener), with international IPMI plans several times higher. Curated midpoint ≈€650/year ≈ $700 at 1.08 USD/EUR. Premiums are quoted on request (no public engine), so this is a market midpoint, not a published quote; international (worldwide) plans would be far more expensive.
- Notas
- Montenegro's public health fund (Fond za zdravstveno osiguranje) covers residents who contribute; most foreigners without local employment buy private cover. Comprehensive local plans are inexpensive by EU standards. Refine with three named public quotes next cycle.
Dinero y cripto
CriterioAlbaniaMontenegro
01+−Crypto regulationAlbaniaLegal regulatedMontenegroLegal regulated
Qué mide esto
Own classification of the legal status of holding, trading and cashing out cryptocurrency for individuals: legal-friendly (legal with clear, favourable rules or explicit tax exemptions), legal-regulated (legal under standard licensing/AML and taxation), restricted (partial bans: payments or banking access prohibited), banned (holding/trading prohibited). Classified from national regulators' and central banks' official positions.
Valorado por categoría· se vuelve a verificar cada 180 días
Albania
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- Crypto is legal and regulated. Law 66/2020 (effective Sept 2020) created a licensing framework for DLT exchanges, custodian wallets and token issuance, supervised by the Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority (AFSA/AMF) with AML obligations. Tax: individual crypto capital gains are taxed as investment income at a flat, final 15%; mining/staking income is taxed as ordinary income.
Montenegro
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Holding and trading crypto is legal for individuals; it is not legal tender (Central Bank warning). Gains are taxed under the personal income tax as capital income at the flat 15% rate. As an EU candidate, Montenegro is drafting a MiCA-aligned virtual-assets law (public consultation opened 2025; a Directorate for Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain was established), but comprehensive dedicated crypto legislation was not yet adopted as of mid-2026 — classified legal-regulated (standard taxation, licensing framework pending), not legal-friendly.
02+−Financial control levelAlbaniaModerateMontenegromejorLow
Qué mide esto
Own composite of state control over personal money flows: currency/capital controls (IMF AREAER), restrictions on foreign accounts and transfers, mandatory income declaration scope for residents, cash payment limits, banking access for foreigners. Low = free movement of personal funds and easy non-resident banking; very-high = strict capital controls and pervasive reporting. Method field on each value lists the inputs used.
Valorado por categoría· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Albania
Albania Fiscal Package 2026 cash-payment limits + Bank of Albania FX regime (floating lek)
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: the lek is freely convertible with a floating, market-determined rate (Bank of Albania publishes a daily reference fixing, not a peg); residents and non-residents can hold and exchange foreign currency. But Albania is outside the EU, so no guaranteed free movement of capital, the Bank of Albania regulates FX operations, and the 2026 Fiscal Package tightened domestic cash-payment ceilings (B2B 100,000 ALL/transaction; individuals/self-employed 500,000 ALL) as an anti-informality measure. More restrictive than an EU member but far from a controlled regime → 'moderate'.
Montenegro
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Composite classification: Montenegro unilaterally uses the euro, so personal funds are held and moved in a fully convertible currency with no exchange restrictions; no capital controls on residents' personal transfers; foreigners can open bank accounts (KYC applies). Not an EU/eurozone member, so no ECB backstop and banking is smaller-scale. No FBAR-style foreign-account reporting for individuals beyond standard AML/CRS. Method inputs: CBCG monetary framework, absence of currency-control regulations, standard AML/KYC. Low = free movement of personal money.
Infraestructura
CriterioAlbaniaMontenegro
01+−Domestic delivery qualityAlbaniaGoodMontenegroGood
Qué mide esto
Quality of in-country parcel delivery. excellent = nationwide next-day widely available, dense parcel-locker network, real-time tracking standard; good = 1–3 day delivery, lockers in major cities; basic = reliable but slow (3–7 days), mostly to-door or post-office pickup; poor = unreliable delivery, street addresses often unusable, informal workarounds common. Classified from official service/coverage data of the national postal operator and the two largest private carriers; inputs itemized in each value's method field.
Valorado por categoría· se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Albania
Posta Shqiptare (national post) and Albanian Courier (largest private courier)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Posta Shqiptare (national post, 550+ offices) plus a competitive private courier market led by Albanian Courier (100+ offices, UPS/ACS partner), Adex and others. Cash-on-delivery ('contra-payment') is common, often the default for e-commerce; next-day delivery in cities. Reliable, but automated consumer parcel-locker networks are still emerging (not the dense locker duopoly of Bulgaria) → 'good' rather than 'excellent'.
Montenegro
Pošta Crne Gore (national postal operator) — network and parcel services
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Pošta Crne Gore provides nationwide postal and parcel/EMS coverage across a compact country; private couriers (DHL, and regional operators) serve the main cities. 1–3 day domestic delivery is normal; parcel-locker networks are not as dense as in larger EU markets. Classified 'good' rather than 'excellent'. Method: national operator service pages + carrier presence.
02+−International delivery easeAlbaniaSignificant frictionMontenegroSignificant friction
Qué mide esto
Ease of receiving goods from abroad. seamless = major international carriers deliver door-to-door, meaningful duty-free de-minimis threshold, customs clearance predictable in days; minor-friction = carriers present but low de-minimis, extra paperwork or routine delays; significant-friction = frequent customs holds, high brokerage fees, some marketplaces refuse to ship; unreliable = parcels regularly lost or blocked, informal import channels dominate. De-minimis thresholds and clearance rules from the national customs authority (official source, cite the regulation); carrier presence from carriers' official pages.
Valorado por categoría· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Albania
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Qualitative rating from Albania's customs status: DHL, UPS (via Albanian Courier), Posta Shqiptare EMS and DPD all operate, so international shipping is available and reliable, but Albania is outside the EU single market/customs union, so every cross-border parcel clears customs with 20% import VAT + duties above the de minimis and clearance delays — materially more friction than an EU member ('minor-friction'), hence 'significant-friction'.
- Notas
- DHL, UPS (via Albanian Courier), Posta Shqiptare EMS and DPD operate, so international shipping is available and reliable — but Albania is not in the EU single market or customs union, so every inbound/outbound international parcel clears customs, with 20% import VAT + duties above the de minimis and clearance delays.
Montenegro
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Montenegro is NOT in the EU/EU customs union, so cross-border parcels clear Montenegrin customs. Low de-minimis: gifts/goods up to €75 (from a legal entity) or €45 (from a private person) are duty/VAT-free; above that, 21% VAT (and duty above €150) applies with customs clearance. Major carriers (DHL, etc.) deliver but customs processing, brokerage and the low threshold add routine friction. Classified significant-friction. De-minimis rule confirmed via the Customs Administration; re-verify the exact current thresholds against the Carinski zakon.
03+−Internet speedMbps, median fixed downloadAlbania24,2Montenegromejor85,1
Qué mide esto
Median fixed-broadband download speed over the trailing 6 months from M-Lab NDT open data (CC0), aggregated at country or city level. Not comparable with Ookla figures (different test methodology) — do not mix sources within this criterion.
Cuanto más alto, mejor· Mbps, median fixed download· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Albania
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Albania
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of the 343 daily country-median download values for AL in 2023 = 24.16 Mbps (32,762 download tests; filed under M-Lab's EU/AL path). M-Lab NDT is single-stream and understates real line speeds — Albanian retail fibre advertises 100–1000 Mbps — comparable only within this criterion. 2023 is the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API.
- Notas
- Single-stream measurement used only for cross-country comparability on one consistent open-data method.
Montenegro
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Official regulator measurement. In 2024, EKIP's NetTest system (measurement server at the Montenegro IXP / MIXP, BEREC-2014-compliant) recorded 3,258 user-initiated tests; the 2,939 tests on FIXED networks gave an average measured download of 85.1 Mb/s (mobile: 319 tests, 59.5 Mb/s). BASIS DIFFERS from Poland's value: this is a MEAN of user-initiated NetTest measurements from the national regulator, NOT an M-Lab NDT daily-median aggregate and NOT a subscribed/advertised speed — so it is only loosely comparable to M-Lab-based figures for other countries (M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads lower; EKIP NetTest is a fuller multi-parameter tool and this is a mean, not a median).
- Notas
- M-Lab was left null earlier: the public M-Lab country files for Montenegro carry only sparse partial-January data (≈16 days, <400 fixed tests/year in 2023), too thin for a trustworthy annual median (Ookla-style figures are a forbidden source for this criterion). Used the official EKIP-measured mean instead. Corroboration (basis = subscribed/contracted speed, EKIP GI2024 §2.11 'Struktura korisnika po brzinama pristupa', end-2024): 0.08% <2 Mb/s, 16.75% 2–<30, 13.20% 30–<100, 33.99% 100–<200, 28.88% 200–<500, 6.95% 500 Mb/s–<1 Gb/s, 0.15% ≥1 Gb/s — the median SUBSCRIPTION falls in the 100–200 Mb/s tier, well above the 85.1 Mb/s measured throughput, as expected. FTTx is ~50% of subscriptions and NGA (≥30 Mb/s) covers 82% of households.
Idioma
CriterioAlbaniaMontenegro
01+−English proficiencyAlbaniaModerateMontenegroModerate
Qué mide esto
Own banding of how far English gets a resident in daily life (government offices, healthcare, housing, services). Informed by EF EPI band (research source, cited with attribution, not republished) plus official language status and service-sector realities. Values are our bands, not EF scores.
Valorado por categoría· se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Albania
EF EPI 2025 — Albania (score 532, rank 42/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Albania scores 532, rank 42/123 (global average 488), 'Moderate' band. English is workable in Tirana's tourism, tech and service sectors and among younger Albanians; Italian and Greek are also widely understood. Albanian remains essential for administration and daily life outside the capital.
Montenegro
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band. Montenegro is NOT ranked in the EF EPI 2025 edition, so no EF band is available. English is widely used in tourism, coastal towns and among younger people, but government offices and much of daily administration operate in Montenegrin (Cyrillic/Latin). Banded 'moderate' — workable in tourist/service settings, less so in bureaucracy. To upgrade if a MONSTAT census English-knowledge figure or a future EF EPI entry is confirmed.
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