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Consumer prices (CPI) during each head of government's tenure

Every head of government since 1991, ranked by how consumer prices (CPI) changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#Head of governmentIn officeTotalPer yearChart
1 Sali Berisha 9 Apr 1992 – 13 Mar 1997 +387% Mar 1992 → Feb 1997+38.0%/yr
2 Edi Rama 15 Sep 2013 – now +39.7% Aug 2013 → Aug 2026+2.6%/yr
3 Sali Berisha 11 Sep 2005 – 15 Sep 2013 +24.5% Aug 2005 → Aug 2013+2.8%/yr
4 Fatos Nano 25 Jul 1997 – 2 Oct 1998 +17.6% Jun 1997 → Sep 1998+13.9%/yr
5 Ilir Meta 29 Oct 1999 – 22 Feb 2002 +13.3% Sep 1999 → Jan 2002+5.5%/yr
6 Fatos Nano 31 Jul 2002 – 11 Sep 2005 +7.5% Jun 2002 → Aug 2005+2.3%/yr
7 Pandeli Majko 2 Oct 1998 – 29 Oct 1999 −1.9% Sep 1998 → Sep 1999−1.9%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, 2010 = 100 · Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) consumer price index via the IMF (CPI, all items, base years spliced into one index by the IMF, 2010 = 100), from 1991 · Albania data · as of Sep 2026.

Sources: INSTAT, Institute of Statistics (labour force survey; national accounts and the county of Tirana's GDP via Eurostat; consumer prices via the IMF; the survey before 2023 via ILOSTAT), Bank of Albania (exchange rate, via the IMF), IMF (World Economic Outlook: government debt), World Bank (GDP before 1995, population), Eurostat (regional accounts), ILO (ILOSTAT), GISCO, Natural Earth, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; heads of government checked against the official lists, mayors of Tirana against the municipal election results and the municipality's acts. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy