Arab Country Profiles

Algeria

Country name : People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
Capital : Algiers
Area : 2,381,741 km²
Population : 41,854,028 (2018)
Population growth rate : 1.75% (2017)
Life expectancy at birth : 77 years old (2017)
Age structure : 0-14 years : 29.31% - 15-64 years : 65.04% - 65 years and over : 5.65%
Urbanisation : 71.9% (2017)
Labour force : 11.82 million (2017)
Gross Domestic Product : $156.08 billion (2016)
GDP – real growth rate : 1.6% (2017)
GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 13.2% - industry : 36.1% - services : 50.7%
GDP – per capita : $15,100 (2017)
Natural resources : petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphate, uranium, lead, zinc
Industries : petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, petrochemical products, food processing
Industrial production growth rate : 0.9% (2017)
Land use : arable land : 3.1% - permanent crops : 0.4% - other : 96.5%
Agricultural products : wheat, barley, oats, grapes, citrus, olives, fruits, sheep, cattle
Exports in general : $29.9 billion (2016).
Exports to Belgium : $1.09 billion (2017)
Exports – commodities : petroleum, natural gas and petroleum products (97%)
Exports – partners : Italy (17%), Spain (13), USA (13), France (11), Brazil (5.4) (2016)
Imports in general : $47 billion (2016)
Imports from Belgium: $1.03 billion (2017)
Imports – commodities : capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
Imports – partners : France (10%), China (18), Italy (9.9), Spain (7.6), Germany (6.4) (2016)
Current account balance : $-22.9 billion (2017)
Budget : revenues : $59.53 billion - expenditures : $79.21 billion (2017)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : $96.67 billion (31 December 2017)

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