| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $16.13 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $4,500 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 47.5%
industry: 24.6%
services: 27.8% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
30% (2001 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.4% (2003) |
| Labor Force : |
1.35 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 57%, non-agricultural private sector 20%, public sector 23% (2003 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $1.36 billion
expenditures: $1.627 billion, including capital expenditures of $406 million (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
food processing, textiles and clothing; lumber, oil, cement, chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
2.7% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
5.289 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 2.9%
hydro: 97.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
5.898 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
221 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
1.2 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, sugar beets, grapes; meat, dairy products |
| Exports : |
$425 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
textiles and footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores, crude oil; vegetables, fruits, tobacco |
| Exports - Partners : |
Italy 73.2%, Germany 5%, Greece 4.3% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$1.76 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals |
| Imports - Partners : |
Italy 37.9%, Greece 21.3%, Turkey 5.9%, Germany 5.4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$1.41 billion (2003) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
ODA: $315 million (top donors were Italy, EU, Germany) (2000 est.) |
| Currency : |
lek (ALL) |
| Currency Code : |
ALL |
| Exchange Rates : |
leke per US dollar - 121.863 (2003), 140.155 (2002), 143.485 (2001), 143.709 (2000), 137.691 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
