The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

5.2% (1989)

      Unemployment rate: 30% (1998 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $14.4 billion

       expenditures: $15.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $4.4

       million (1998 est.)

      Industries: petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining,

       electrical, petrochemical, food processing

      Industrial production growth rate: −4% (1997 est.)

      Electricity—production: 18.4 billion kWh (1996)

      Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: 98.91% hydro: 1.09% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996)

      Electricity—consumption: 18.13 billion kWh (1996)

      Electricity—exports: 490 million kWh (1996)

      Electricity—imports: 220 million kWh (1996)

      Agriculture—products: wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle

      Exports: $14 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)

      Exports—commodities: petroleum and natural gas 97%

      Exports—partners: Italy 18.8%, US 14.8%, France 11.8%, Spain 8%,

       Germany 7.9% (1995 est.)

      Imports: $8.5 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)

      Imports—commodities: capital goods, food and beverages, consumer

       goods

      Imports—partners: France 29%, Spain 10.5%, Italy 8.2%, US 8%,

       Germany 5.6% (1995 est.)

      Debt—external: $31.4 billion (1998 est.)

      Economic aid—recipient: $897.5 million (1994)

      Currency: 1 Algerian dinar (DA) = 100 centimes

      Exchange rates: Algerian dinars (DA) per US$1—61.264 (January 1999), 58.739 (1998), 57.707 (1997), 54.749 (1996), 47.663 (1995), 35.059 (1994)

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      Communications

      Telephones: 1,381,342 (5,200 cellular telephone subscribers)

       (1997)

      Telephone system:

       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

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 23, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1998 est.)

      Radios: 3.5 million (1998 est.)

      Television broadcast stations: 18 (not including low-power stations) (1997)

      Televisions: 2 million (1998 est.)

      Transportation

      Railways:

       total: 4,772 km

       standard gauge: 3,616 km 1.435-m gauge (301 km electrified; 215 km

       double track)

       narrow gauge: 1,156 km 1.055-m gauge

      Highways:

       total: 102,424 km

       paved: 70,570 km (including 608 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 31,854 km (1995 est.)

      Pipelines: crude oil 6,612 km; petroleum products 298 km; natural

       gas 2,948 km

      Ports and harbors: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Beni Saf,

       Dellys, Djendjene, Ghazaouet, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda, Tenes

      Merchant marine:

       total: 78 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 933,672 GRT/1,094,104

       DWT

       ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 27, chemical tanker 7, liquefied gas

       tanker 11, oil tanker 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 13, short-sea

       passenger 5, specialized tanker 1 (1998 est.)

      Airports: 137 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with paved runways: total: 51 over 3,047 m: 8 2,438 to 3,047 m: 24 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with unpaved runways: total: 86 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 24 914 to 1,523 m: 40 under 914 m: 19 (1998 est.)

      Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: National Popular Army, Navy, Air Force,

       Territorial Air Defense, National Gendarmerie

      Military manpower—military age: 19 years of age

      Military manpower—availability:

       males age 15–49: 8,237,682 (1999 est.)

      Military manpower—fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 5,046,931 (1999 est.)

      Military manpower—reaching military age annually:

       males: 359,592 (1999 est.)

      Military expenditures—dollar figure: $1.3 billion (1994)

      Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 2.7% (1994)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes—international: part of southeastern region claimed by

       Libya

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      @American Samoa———————

      Geography

      Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

      Geographic coordinates: 14 20 S, 170 00 W

      Map references: Oceania

      Area:

       total: 199 sq km

       land: 199 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

       note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island

      Area—comparative: slightly larger than Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 116 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages 124 inches; rainy season from November to April, dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperature variation

      Terrain: five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island)

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Lata 966 m

      Natural resources: pumice, pumicite

      Land use:

       arable land: 5%

       permanent crops: 10%

       permanent pastures: 0%

       forests and woodland: 70%

       other: 15% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km