The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

purchasing power parity - $5,400 (2002 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8% industry: 60% services: 32% (2002 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% (2002 est.)

      Labor force:

       9.4 million (2001 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       government 29%, agriculture 25%, construction and public works 15%,

       industry 11%, other 20% (1996 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

       31% (2002 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $20.3 billion

       expenditures: $18.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.8

       billion (2001 est.)

      Industries:

       petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical,

       petrochemical, food processing

      Industrial production growth rate:

       6% (2001 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       24.69 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 99.7% hydro: 0.3% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption:

       22.9 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       340 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       275 million kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       1.52 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       209,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       13.1 billion bbl (37257)

      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 (37257)

      Agriculture - products:

       wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle

      Exports:

       $19.5 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%

      Exports - partners:

       Italy 18.9%, Spain 13.1%, France 13%, US 12.1%, Netherlands 6%,

       Brazil 5.9%, Canada 5.7%, Turkey 5.3%, Belgium 5.1% (2002)

      Imports:

       $10.6 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods

      Imports - partners:

       France 31%, Italy 10%, US 8.3%, Germany 6.6%, Spain 5.9%, Turkey

       4.2% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $21.6 billion (2002 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $162 million (2000 est.)

      Currency:

       Algerian dinar (DZD)

      Currency code:

       DZD

      Exchange rates:

       Algerian dinars per US dollar - 79.68 (2002), 77.22 (2001), 75.26

       (2000), 66.57 (1999), 58.74 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Algeria

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       2.3 million (1998)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       33,500 (1999)

      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

       2,000,000, but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much

       of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient

       domestic: good service in north but sparse in south; domestic

       satellite system with 12 earth stations (20 additional domestic

       earth stations are planned)

       international: 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy,

       France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and

       Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite earth stations - 2

       Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik, and

       1 Arabsat (1998)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999)

      Radios:

       7.1 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)

      Televisions:

       3.1 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .dz

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       2 (2000)

      Internet users:

       180,000 (2001)

      Transportation Algeria

      Railways:

       total: 3,973 km

       standard gauge: 2,888 km 1.435-m gauge (283 km electrified)

       narrow gauge: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2002)

      Highways:

       total: 104,000 km

       paved: 71,656 km (including 640 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 32,344 km (1999)

      Waterways:

       none

      Pipelines:

       condensate 1,344 km; gas 87,347 km; liquid petroleum gas 2,213 km;

       oil 6,496 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Beni Saf, Dellys, Djendjene,

       Ghazaouet, Jijel, Mostaganem,