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

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

      Industries:

      petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing

      Industrial production growth rate:

      5% (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      33.12 billion kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      26.91 billion kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      300 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      382 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 99.7% hydro: 0.3% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      2.173 million bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      279,800 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      1.844 million bbl/day (2005 est.)

      Oil - imports:

      13,110 bbl/day (2005 est.)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      12.2 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      85.7 billion cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      26.3 billion cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      59.4 billion cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      4.502 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

      Current account balance:

      $32.05 billion (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $60.51 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%

      Exports - partners:

      US 29.4%, Italy 13.8%, Spain 9.6%, Canada 8.4%, France 7.4%,

       Netherlands 5% (2007)

      Imports:

      $26.25 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods

      Imports - partners:

      France 18.7%, China 9%, Italy 8.5%, Spain 6%, US 5.5%, Germany 5.3%,

       Russia 4.6%, Turkey 4.1% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $370.6 million (2005 est.)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $110.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $3.957 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $12.04 billion (2007 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $851 million (2007 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $NA

      Currency (code):

      Algerian dinar (DZD)

      Currency code:

      DZD

      Exchange rates:

      Algerian dinars (DZD) per US dollar - 69.9 (2007), 72.647 (2006), 73.276 (2005), 72.061 (2004), 77.395 (2003)

      Communications

       Algeria

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      3.068 million (2007)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      27.563 million (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: a weak network of fixed-main lines, which remains low at less than 10 telephones per 100 persons, is partially offset by the rapid increase in mobile cellular subscribership; in 2007, combined fixed-line and mobile telephone density surpassed 90 telephones per 100 persons domestic: privatization of Algeria's telecommunications sector began in 2000; three mobile cellular licenses have been issued and, in 2005, a consortium led by Egypt's Orascom Telecom won a 15-year license to build and operate a fixed-line network in Algeria; the license will allow Orascom to develop high-speed data and other specialized services and contribute to meeting the large unfulfilled demand for basic residential telephony; Internet broadband services began in 2003 with approximately 200,000 subscribers in 2006 international: country code - 213; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-4 fiber-optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite earth stations - 51 (Intelsat, Intersputnik, and Arabsat) (2007)

      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 hosts:

      477 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      2 (2000)

      Internet users:

      3.5 million (2007)

      Transportation

       Algeria

      Airports:

      150 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 52 over 3,047 m: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 27 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 1 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 98 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 26 914 to 1,523 m: 44 under 914 m: 25 (2007)

      Heliports:

      2 (2007)

      Pipelines:

      condensate 1,532 km; gas 13,861 km; liquid petroleum gas 2,408 km; oil 6,878 km (2007)

      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 (2006)

      Roadways:

      total: 108,302 km paved: 76,028 km (includes 645 km of expressways) unpaved: 32,274 km (2004)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 33 by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 8, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 9, passenger/cargo