Algeria Economy:
The hydrocarbons sector is the backbone of the economy, accounting for roughly 60% of budget revenues, 30% of GDP, and over 95% of export earnings. Algeria has the seventh-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and is the second-largest gas exporter; it ranks 14th in oil reserves. Sustained high oil prices in recent years, along with macroeconomic policy reforms supported by the IMF, have helped improve Algeria's financial and macroeconomic indicators. Algeria is running substantial trade surpluses and building up record foreign exchange reserves. Real GDP has risen due to higher oil output and increased government spending. The government's continued efforts to diversify the economy by attracting foreign and domestic investment outside the energy sector, however, has had little success in reducing high unemployment and improving living standards. Structural reform within the economy moves ahead slowly.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$212.3 billion (2004 est.)
GDP — real growth rate:
6.1% (2004 est.)
GDP — per capita:
purchasing power parity: $6,600 (2004 est.)
GDP — composition by sector:
agriculture: 10.3%
industry: 57.4%
services: 32.3%
(2004)
Labor force:
9.91 million (2004 est.)
Labor force — by occupation:
agriculture: 14%, industry: 13.4%, construction and public works: 10%, trade: 14.6%, government: 32%, other: 16% (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate:
25.4% (2004 est.)
Population below poverty line:
23% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 26.8% (1995)
Distribution of family income — Gini index:
35.3 (1995 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.1% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
26.2% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $31.47 billion (2004 est.)
expenditures: $29.3 billion including capital expenditures of $5.8 billion (2004 est.)
Public debt:
37.4% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture — products:
Wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle
Industries:
petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing
Industrial production growth rate:
6% (2004 est.)
Electricity — production:
25.76 billion kWh (2002 est.)
Electricity — consumption:
23.61 billion kWh (2002 est.)
Electricity — exports:
500 million kWh (2002 est.)
Electricity — imports:
150 million kWh (2002 est.)
Oil — production:
1.2 million bbl/day (2004 est.)
Oil — consumption:
209,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil — exports:
NA
Oil — imports:
NA
Oil — proved reserves:
11.87 billion bbl (2004 est.)
Natural gas — production:
80.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas — consumption:
22.32 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas — exports:
57.98 billion cu m (2001 est.)
natural gas — imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas — proved reserves:
4.74 trillion cu m (2004 est.)
Current account balance:
$11.9 billion (2004 est.)
Exports:
$32.16 billion (f.o.b. 2004 est.)
Exports — commodities:
petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products 97%
Exports — partners:
US 22.6%, Italy 17.2%, France 11.4%, Spain 10.1%, Canada 7.5%, Brazil 6.1%, Belgium 4.6% (2004)
Imports:
$15.25 billion (f.o.b. 2004 est.)
Imports — commodities:
capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
Imports — partners:
France 30.3%, Italy 8.2%, Germany 6.5%, Spain 5.5%, US 5.2%, China 5.1%, Turkey 4.3% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$43.55 billion (2004 est.)
Debt — external:
$21.9 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid — recipient:
$122.8 million (2002 est.)
Currency:
Algerian dinar (DZD)
Exchange rates:
Algerian dinars per US$: 72.06 (2004 est.), 77.4 (2003 est.), 79.68 (2002 est.), 77.22 (2001 est.), 75.26 (2000 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
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