CCBLA - Arab-Belgium-Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce - ABLCC

Country name : People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

Capital : Algiers

Area : 2,381,740 km²

Population : 33,333,216 (July 2007)

Density : 13,9 inhabitants/km²

Population growth rate : 1.216% (2007)

Age structure : 0-14 years : 27.2% - 15-64 years : 67.9% - 65 years and over : 4.8%

Life expectancy at birth : 73.52 years

Labour force : 9.38 million

Gross Domestic Product : US$268.9 billion (2007)

GDP – real growth rate : 4.6% (2007)

GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 8.1% - industry : 61% - services : 30.9%

GDP – per capita : US$8,100 (2007)

Budget : revenues : US$58.5 billion - expenditures : US$41.35 billion (2007)

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

Industrial production growth rate : 5% (2007)

Land use : arable land : 3.17% - permanent crops : 0.28% - other : 96.5%

Agricultural products : wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits, sheep, cattle

Exports : US$63.3 billion (2007)

Exports – commodities : petroleum, natural gas and petroleum products (97%)

Exports – partners : US (27.3%), Italy (17.1%), Spain (9.4%), France (8.8%), Canada (8.2%), Belgium (4.3%) (2006)

Imports : US$26.08 billion (2007)

Imports – commodities : capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods

Imports – partners : France (22.1%), Italy (8.6%), China (8.6%), Germany (5.9%), Spain (5.6%), US (4.8%), Turkey (4.5%) (2006)

Current account balance : US$31.5 billion (2007)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : US$99.33 billion (31 December 2007)

External debt : US$3.358 billion (31 December 2007)