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<title>
Algeria: Economy
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Algeria
Economy</hdr><body>
<p>Overview: The oil and natural gas sector forms the backbone of
the economy, hydrocarbons accounting for nearly all export
receipts, about 30% of government revenues, and nearly 25% of
GDP. In 1973-74 the sharp increase in oil prices led to a
booming economy and helped to finance an ambitious program of
industrialization. Plunging oil and gas prices, combined with
the mismanagement of Algeria's highly centralized economy, has
brought the nation to its most serious social and economic
crisis since full independence in 1988. The current government
has put reform, including privatization of some public sector
companies and an overhaul of the banking and financial system,
on hold, but has continued efforts to admit private enterprise
to the hydrocarbon industry.
</p>
<p>National product: GDP - exchange rate conversion - $42 billion
(1992 est.)
</p>
<p>National product real growth rate: 2.8% (1992 est.)
</p>
<p>National product per capita: $1,570 (1992 est.)
</p>
<p>Inflation rate (consumer prices): 55% (1992 est.)
</p>
<p>Unemployment rate: 35% (1992 est.)
</p>
<p>Budget: revenues $14.4 billion; expenditures $14.6 billion,
including capital expenditures of $3.5 billion (1992 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Exports: $11.6 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)</l>
<l> commodities: petroleum and natural gas 97%</l>
<l> partners: Italy, France, US, Germany, Spain</l>
<l>Imports: $8.2 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)</l>
<l> commodities: capital goods 39.7%, food and beverages 21.7%,
consumer goods 11.8% (1990)</l>
<l> partners: France, Italy, Germany, US, Spain</l>
</list>
<p>External debt: $26 billion (1992 est.)
</p>
<p>Industrial production: growth rate NA%
</p>
<p>Electricity: 6,380,000 kW capacity; 16,834 million kWh
produced, 630 kWh per capita (1992)
</p>
<p>Industries: petroleum, light industries, natural gas, mining,
electrical, petrochemical, food processing
</p>
<p>Agriculture: accounts for 10.8% of GDP (1991) and employs 22%
of labor force; products - wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives,
citrus, fruits, sheep, cattle; net importer of food - grain,
vegetable oil, sugar
</p>
<p>Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-85), $1.4
billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-89), $925 million; OPEC bilateral aid
(1979-89), $1.8 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $2.7
billion; net official disbursements (1985-89), -$375 million
</p>
<p>Currency: 1 Algerian dinar (DA)=100 centimes
</p>
<p>Exchange rates: Algerian dinars (DA) per US$1 - 22.787
(January 1993), 21.836 (1992), 18.473 (1991), 8.958 (1990),
7.6086 (1989), 5.9148 (1988)
</p>
<p>Fiscal year: calendar year
</p></body></article></text>