National name: Al Jumhuriyah al Jazairiyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah

Current government officials

Ethnicity/race: Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%

Religion: Muslim (official; predominantly Sunni) 99%, other (includes Christian and Jewish) <1%

National Holiday: Revolution Day, November 1

Literacy rate: 79%

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2013 est.): $284.7 billion; per capita $7,500. Real growth rate: 3.1%. Inflation: 3.9%. Unemployment: 10.3%. Arable land: 3.15%. Agriculture: wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle. Labor force: 11.15 million; agriculture 14%, industry 13.4%, construction and public works 10%, trade 14.6%, government 32%, other 16% (2003 est.). Industries: petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing. Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc. Exports: $68.2 billion f.o.b. (2013 est.): petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%. Imports: $55.02 billion f.o.b. (2013 est.): capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods. Major trading partners: France, Italy, China, Germany, Spain, U.S., Netherlands, Canada, UK, Brazil (2012)

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 3.2 million (2012); mobile cellular: 37.692 million (2012). Internet hosts: 676 (2012). Internet users: 4.7 million (2012).

Transportation: Railways: total: 3,973 km (2011). Highways: total: 113,655 km; (2011). Ports and harbors: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djendjene, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda. Airports: 157 (2013).

International disputes: Algeria and many other states reject Moroccan administration of Western Sahara; the Polisario Front, exiled in Algeria, represents the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic; Algerias border with Morocco remains an irritant to bilateral relations, each nation accusing the other of harboring militants and arms smuggling; dormant disputes include Libyan claims of about 32,000 sq km still reflected on its maps of southeastern Algeria and the National Liberation

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