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Silent Crisis/IMF: Albania is graduating students no one needs, last in the region for science students
2026-09-27 13:24:00 / EKONOMI&SOCIALE
Albania is facing a silent crisis with long-term consequences for its economic future: the significant lack of students graduating in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields. The alarm is sounded by the Monetary Fund.
Comparative data shows that Albania registers the lowest level in the region in terms of graduation rates in these technical branches, lagging significantly behind countries such as Serbia or North Macedonia, and far from the European Union average.
This human capital crisis is not just an academic statistic, but a direct obstacle to the sustainable development and modernization of the country. According to FM, the roots of this problem begin in the pre-university education system, where the performance of Albanian students remains deeply mediocre.
The results of the international PISA assessment in mathematics rank Albania at the bottom of the region, which proves that young people are not being equipped with the basic analytical skills to pursue higher scientific studies.
Future Minimum
This educational gap translates into an extremely limited number of engineers, programmers, and scientists entering the job market each year.
The consequences of this phenomenon for Albania's development are multifaceted and affect the main pillars of the economy. First, the country is experiencing a deep structural mismatch in the labor market (skill mismatch).
As the world moves towards automation and the digital economy, Albania produces few professionals who can respond to these demands.
This situation fuels the high rate of young people not in employment, education or training and increases the pressure for emigration, as young people without technical skills find it difficult to integrate into high-paying jobs.
Second, the lack of STEM specialists is blocking innovation and attracting quality foreign investment. Research and Development (R&D) activities in the country are almost non-existent in the private sector and remain isolated only in public institutions.
Without a skilled workforce in technology and engineering, Albania risks remaining trapped in a low-productivity economic model, which is based mainly on cheap labor and basic services, losing the opportunity to produce high-value-added goods and services.
This large gap undermines the country's ability to fully benefit from EU membership. To break this negative cycle, the IMF underlines that Albania must undertake urgent reforms to modernize educational curricula, strengthen vocational education, and create bridges between universities and private enterprise.
Only by investing in the formation of the new generation in science and technology can the country ensure economic growth that guarantees rapid convergence with European standards./Kaptal
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