Consumer Price Index Consumer Price Index (CPI) is defined as the measure of the average change of prices of a fixed basket of goods and services, which is purchased by households, and which aims to satisfy the households' needs. This index is the official index to measure inflation in Albania. Data Source Data sources are from Consumer Price Survey and administrative data.

Producer Price Index (PPI) measures price differences of products at the first selling point following production. INSTAT collect, process and provide the Producer Price Index conform European regulation for short term statistics, no Nr1165/98 data 19.05.1998, amended by 1503/2006. There are two sub-indices for the industrial producer price index: Producer price index on the domestic market; Producer price index on the non-domestic market. When combined, the sub-indices give the change in the PPI for a given indust…

The Construction Cost Index (for Dwellings) (CCI) measures the price development of: construction materials, labour cost, machinery, transport, energy and other costs that are used in the construction of a typical dwelling (8-10 floors). Base period of the index is Q.4.2020=100. The Material costs index measures the price development of the main construction materials. This group consists of three subgroups: Construction materials, Electric and communication materials, Hydro-sanitary materials. The Labour costs ind…

Harmonized indices of consumer prices (HICPs) comprise all products and services purchased in monetary transactions by households within the territory of a country; those by both resident and nonresident households (i.e. 'domestic concept'). HICPs cover the prices paid for goods and services in monetary transactions. HICP is the bases for comparative measurement of inflation in European countries and as official inflation of European Central Bank with aim of stability of price in Monetary and Economic Union. Data S…

Import Price Index (IPI) measures the performance of transaction prices of imported industrial products to be sold to the domestic market. INSTAT collect, process and provide the Import Price Index conform European regulation for short term statistics, no Nr1165/98 data 19.05.1998, amended by 1503/2006. The classification used for these statistics is the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities NACE Rev.2. Import prices are collected and processed and are published on the basis of the Classification of Pro…

Purchasing power parities (PPPs) are indicators of price level differences across countries.They indicate how many currency units a particular quantity of goods and services costs in different countries. PPPs can be used as currency conversion rates to convert expenditures expressed in national currencies into an artificial common currency (the Purchasing Power Standard, PPS), thus eliminating the effect of price level differences across countries. In particular, PPPs can be used to compare the Gross Domestic Produ…

The Index of producer prices for agricultural products is important to measure price developments of agricultural products at country level and enable their comparison with other states. In particular, the indices provide information on the price development for crop products, animals and animal products over a given period of time. Producer price indices for agricultural products are calculated using 'producer prices' received by farmers at farm level excluding taxes. The data source is the Survey on Producer Pric…