Editing Demographics of Albania (section)

== Health ==
{{Main|Health in Albania}}
[[File:Life expectancy in Albania.svg|thumb|Life expectancy in Albania]]
Albania has a [[universal health care]] system. In 2000, Albania had the world's 55th [[World Health Organization ranking of health systems in 2000|best healthcare performance]].

According to the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), Albania ranks around the 40th in the world in terms of [[life expectancy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Albania|url=https://www.who.int/countries/alb/en/|website=who.int|language=en|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=8 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908231118/https://www.who.int/countries/alb/en/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html?countryName=Albania&countryCode=al&regionCode=eu&rank=51#al|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809212333/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html?countryName=Albania&countryCode=al&regionCode=eu&rank=51#al|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 August 2009|title=LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH|publisher=CIA&nbsp;– The World Factbook}}</ref> Compared to other Western countries, Albania has a low rate of [[obesity]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The World Is Getting Fatter and No One Knows How to Stop It|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-global-obesity/|website=bloomberg.com|language=en|date=6 April 2016|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418021056/https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-global-obesity/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy<br>in years
!Period
!Life expectancy<br>in years
|-
|1938<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Arjan|first=Gjonça|date=1998|title=Mortality Transition in Albania|url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2870/1/U615819.pdf|journal=ProQuest LLC|pages=221|access-date=2 January 2020|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102192836/http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2870/1/U615819.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|38.0
|1980–1985
|70.7
|-
|1950–1955
|55.3
|1985–1990
|71.9
|-
|1955–1960
|59.3
|1990–1995
|71.7
|-
|1960–1965
|64.9
|1995–2000
|73.0
|-
|1965–1970
|66.2
|2000–2005
|74.8
|-
|1970–1975
|67.7
|2005–2010
|75.7
|-
|1975–1980
|69.7
|2010–2015
|77.7
|}
Source: ''UN World Population Prospects''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|access-date=2017-07-15|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919061238/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|url-status=live}}</ref>