GDP - real growth rate:
6.1% (2004 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $6,600 (2004 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 10.3% industry: 57.4% services: 32.3% (2004 est.)
Labor force: 9.91 million (2004 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 14%, industry 13.4%, construction and public works 10%, trade 14.6%, government 32%, other 16% (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate:
25.4% (2004 est.)
Population below poverty line:
23% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 26.8% (1995)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
35.3 (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.1% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
26.2% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $31.47 billion
expenditures: $29.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.8
billion (2004 est.)
Public debt:
37.4% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle
Industries:
petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical,
petrochemical, food processing
Industrial production growth rate:
6% (2004 est.)
Electricity - production:
25.76 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 99.7% hydro: 0.3% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
23.61 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:
500 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:
150 million kWh (2002)
Oil - production:
1.2 million bbl/day (2004 est.)
Oil - consumption:
209,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA
Oil - imports:
NA
Oil - proved reserves:
11.87 billion bbl (2004 est.)
Natural gas - production:
80.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
22.32 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
57.98 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
4.739 trillion cu m (2004)
Current account balance:
$11.9 billion (2004 est.)
Exports:
$32.16 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%
Exports - partners:
US 22.6%, Italy 17.2%, France 11.4%, Spain 10.1%, Canada 7.5%,
Brazil 6.1%, Belgium 4.6% (2004)
Imports:
$15.25 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
Imports - partners:
France 30.3%, Italy 8.2%, Germany 6.5%, Spain 5.5%, US 5.2%, China
5.1%, Turkey 4.3% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$43.55 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$21.9 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$122.8 million (2002 est.)
Currency (code):
Algerian dinar (DZD)
Currency code:
DZD
Exchange rates:
Algerian dinars per US dollar - 72.061 (2004), 77.395 (2003),
79.682 (2002), 77.215 (2001), 75.26 (2000)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Algeria
Telephones - main lines in use:
2,199,600 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,447,310 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: telephone density in Algeria is very low, not
exceeding five telephones per 100 persons; the number of fixed main
lines increased in the last few years to a little more than
