The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      25% (2004 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 24.4% (2004)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

      26.7 (2005)

      Investment (gross fixed):

      23.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

      Budget:

      revenues: $2.782 billion expenditures: $3.155 billion (2007 est.)

      Fiscal year:

      calendar year

      Public debt:

      51.4% of GDP (2007 est.)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      2.9% (2007 est.)

      Central bank discount rate:

      6.25% (31 December 2007)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      14.1% (31 December 2007)

      Stock of money:

      $2.707 billion (31 December 2007)

      Stock of quasi money:

      $6.433 billion (31 December 2007)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $7.341 billion (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, sugar beets, grapes; meat, dairy products

      Industries:

      food processing, textiles and clothing; lumber, oil, cement, chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower

      Industrial production growth rate:

      4% (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      2.892 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      3.607 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      2.8 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 2.9% hydro: 97.1% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      6,425 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      30,900 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      748.9 bbl/day (2005 est.)

      Oil - imports:

      24,860 bbl/day (2005 est.)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      199.1 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      30 million cu m (2006 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      30 million cu m (2006 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      849.5 million cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$1.202 billion (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $1.076 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      textiles and footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores, crude oil; vegetables, fruits, tobacco

      Exports - partners:

      Italy 72%, Greece 8.8%, China 2.7% (2007)

      Imports:

      $3.999 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

      Italy 27.6%, Greece 14.8%, Turkey 7.4%, China 6.8%, Germany 5.6%,

       Switzerland 5%, Russia 4.2% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      ODA: $318.7 million note: top donors were Italy, EU, Germany (2005 est.)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $2.162 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $1.55 billion (2004)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $NA

      Currency (code):

      lek (ALL) note: the plural of lek is leke

      Currency code:

      ALL

      Exchange rates:

      leke (ALL) per US dollar - 92.668 (2007), 98.384 (2006), 102.649 (2005), 102.78 (2004), 121.863 (2003)

      Communications

       Albania

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      353,600 (2005)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      2.3 million (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: despite new investment in fixed lines, the density of main lines remains low with roughly 10 lines per 100 people; cellular telephone use is widespread and generally effective; combined fixed line and mobile telephone density is approximately 75 telephones per 100 persons domestic: offsetting the shortage of fixed line capacity, mobile phone service has been available since 1996; by 2003, two companies were providing mobile services at a greater density than some of Albania's neighbors; Internet broadband services initiated in 2005; Internet cafes are popular in Tirana and have started to spread outside the capital international: country code - 355; submarine cable provides connectivity to Italy, Croatia, and Greece; the Trans-Balkan Line, a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system, provides additional connectivity to Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Turkey; international traffic carried by fiber-optic cable and, when necessary, by microwave radio relay from the Tirana exchange to Italy and Greece (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 13, FM 46, shortwave 1 (2005)

      Radios:

      1 million (2001)

      Television broadcast stations:

      65 (3 national, 62 local); 2 cable networks (2005)

      Televisions:

      700,000 (2001)

      Internet country code:

      .al

      Internet hosts:

      10,162 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      10 (2001)

      Internet users:

      471,200 (2006)

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