OFID Member Countries
Official country name: Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
National capital: Algiers
Location: In northern Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the North, Mali and Niger to the south, Tunisia and Libya to the east, and Morocco and Mauritania to the west.
Area: 2.38 million km2 (second largest country in Africa)
| Natural resources: | petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc |
| National currency: | Algerian dinar (AD) |
| Principal exports: | petroleum & products, gas (natural and manufactured) |
| Principal imports: | machinery and transport equipment, food and live animals, consumer goods |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Population: | 33.9 million (2008) |
| Average annual population growth rate 2007-15: | 1.5% |
| Adult literacy rate: | 75.4% (2007) |
| Life expectancy at birth (total years, 2007): | 72.2 |
| GDP growth (annual %): | 2.4% (2009) |
| GDP current: | US$159.7 billion (2008) |
| GDP per capita: | US$4,712 (2008) |
| Structure of Output (in % total GDP) 2008 |
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| Agriculture, value added (% of GDP): |
7% |
| Industry, value added (% of GDP): |
62% |
| Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP): |
5% |
| Services, value added (% of GDP): |
31% |
| Exports of goods & services (annual % growth): | -3 (2009) |
| Exports of goods & services: | US$43.69 billion (2009) |
| Imports of goods & services: | US$26.4 billion (2009) |
| Imports of goods & services (annual % growth): | 38.8% (2009) |
| Current account balance (% of GDP): |
2.7% (2009) |
| Inflation (annual %): | 5.7% (2009) |
| Official exchange rate: Dinars to US$, 2009: | 72.647 |
| OFID Ministerial Council Member: | HE Karim Djoudi, Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance |
| OFID Governing Board Representative: | HE Mr. Omar Bougara, Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Finance |
| OFID Alternate Governing Board Representative: | Mr. Abdelmalek Zoubeidi, Director-General of Studies and Projections, Ministry of Finance |