Living costs have increased compared to 2022. According to INSTAT data, a family with 4 members must spend nearly 92,000 ALL per month in advance, most of which goes to food and non-alcoholic beverages. Compared to 2022, we have an increase of 3.7%.

The food products that cost the most were meat and its by-products, bread and vegetables. On the other hand, in order to pay water bills, electricity bills and monthly rent, a family spent on average 8,904 ALL in the country.

“4 thousand lek, I buy a kilo of cottage cheese, 120 pension, I took 4, it became 124. From all, we save just a little. Let them be finished, it is not enough. To eat dry bread, no, some egg,” says a pensioner.

Three are the counties where a family with 4 members spends more. The list is headed by Tirana, where the expenses go to an average of 108,000 ALL per month, followed by Korça and Durrës.