Algeria

Official title:

People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

General information:

Capital: Algiers

Population: 45.5 milion people (as of 2021)

Total area: 2,3 million km²

Currency: Algerian dinar (DZD)

National holiday: Independence Day 5^th July (1962), Revolution Day, 1^st November (1954)

Official language: Arabic

Other languages: Berber dialects (constitutionally national), French (lingua franca)

Ethnic groups: Arab-Berber (99%), European (1%)[1]

Type of government:

Unitary semi-presidential republic

Diplomatic and consular representative: Mr Kader YAHIA, Second Counsellor, Chargé d' Affaires a.i. (Budapest) 

Economy:

GDP (nominal): $175.9 billion (2021 est.)

GDP (nominal) per capital: $3.885 (2021 est.)

GDP (PPP): $698.7 billion (2021 est.)

GDP (PPP) per capita: $15.411 (2021 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate): $155.3 billion (2021 est.)

GDP (real growth rate): 3.9% (2021 est.)

GDP per sector:

• Agriculture 12,2%
• Industry 38,6%
• Services 49,2% (2021 est.)

Agriculture products: wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, figs, dates meat, dairy products.

Main industries: petroleum, natural gas, light industries (such as food processing, textiles and leather goods), cement, fertilizers, metals and metal processing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, constructuion materials.

Trade - Export

Exported commodities: petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, fertilizers, iron and steel, non-ferric metals, phosphates, textiless, vegetables.

Main export partners:

• Italy (17,7% of total exports)
• Spain (14,4%)
• France(11,8%)
• Turkey (7,4%)
• Netherlands 4,8%
• United Kingdom 4,4%
• United States 4,3%
• China 3,3%
• Germany 3,2%
• Brazil 2.4% (2020 est.)

Trade - Import

Imported commodities: capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, industrial goods, semi-finished goods, fuel and lubricants.

Main import partners:

• China 17,5% of total imports
• France 11,7%
• Italy 10,2%
• Spain 7,5%
• Turkey 5,5%
• Germany 5,1%
• United States 4,9%
• Russia 4,4%
• Brazil 3,4%
• South Korea 3,3%(2020 est.)

Sources:

Central Intelligence Agency. 2023. The World Factbook: Algeria. Available at: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ag.html (February 10th 2023).

[1] Although almost all Algerians are Berber in origin (not Arab), only a minority identify themselves as Berber, about 15% of the total population; these people live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers; the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has offered to begin sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools.