| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $196 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
7.4% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $6,000 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 10.2%
industry: 56.5%
services: 33.4% (2003) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
23% (1999 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 26.8% (1995) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
3.5% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
9.6 million (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 14%, industry 13.4%, construction and public works 10%, trade 14.6%, government 32%, other 16% (2003 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $25.49 billion
expenditures: $22.87 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.8 billion (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
6% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
24.69 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 99.7%
hydro: 0.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
22.9 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
340 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
275 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle |
| Exports : |
$24.96 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97% |
| Exports - Partners : |
Italy 19.7%, US 18.7%, France 13.8%, Spain 11.3%, Canada 6.9%, Belgium 5.1%, Turkey 4.4%, Brazil 4.3% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$12.42 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods |
| Imports - Partners : |
France 32.1%, Italy 9.9%, Spain 6.3%, Germany 5.7%, China 4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$22.71 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$182 million (2001 est.) |
| Currency : |
Algerian dinar (DZD) |
| Currency Code : |
DZD |
| Exchange Rates : |
Algerian dinars per US dollar - 77.395 (2003), 79.6819 (2002), 77.215 (2001), 75.2598 (2000), 66.5739 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
