to rely on foreign aid to maintain adequate
    supplies. Available statistics on Albanian economic activity are rudimentary
    and subject to an especially wide margin of error.
GNP:
    purchasing power equivalent - $2.7 billion, per capita $820; real growth
    rate —35% (1991 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
    100% (1991 est.)
Unemployment rate:
    40% (1992 est.)
Budget:
    revenues $1.1 billion; expenditures $1.4 billion, including capital
    expenditures of $70 million (1991 est.)
Exports:
    $80 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)
  commodities:
    asphalt, petroleum products, metals and metallic ores, electricity, crude
    oil, vegetables, fruits, tobacco
  partners:
    Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany, Greece, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania,
    Bulgaria, Hungary
Imports:
    $147 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)
  commodities:
    machinery, machine tools, iron and steel products, textiles, chemicals,
    pharmaceuticals
  partners:
    Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland, Hungary,
    Bulgaria
External debt:
    $500 million (1991 est.)
Industrial production:
    growth rate —55% (1991 est.)
Electricity:
    1,690,000 kW capacity; 5,000 million kWh produced, 1,530 kWh per capita
    (1990)
Industries:
    food processing, textiles and clothing, lumber, oil, cement, chemicals,
    basic metals, hydropower

:Albania Economy

Agriculture:
    arable land per capita among lowest in Europe; over 60% of arable land now
    in private hands; one-half of work force engaged in farming; wide range of
    temperate-zone crops and livestock; severe dislocations suffered in 1991
Economic aid:
    $190 million humanitarian aid, $94 million in loans/guarantees/credits
Currency:
    lek (plural - leke); 1 lek (L) = 100 qintars
Exchange rates:
    leke (L) per US$1 - 50 (January 1992), 25 (September 1991)
Fiscal year:
    calendar year

:Albania Communications

Railroads:
    543 km total; 509 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track and 34 km narrow
    gauge, single track (1990); line connecting Titograd (Serbia and Montenegro)
    and Shkoder (Albania) completed August 1986
Highways:
    16,700 km total; 6,700 km highways, 10,000 km forest and agricultural cart
    roads (1990)
Inland waterways:
    43 km plus Albanian sections of Lake Scutari, Lake Ohrid, and Lake Prespa
    (1990)
Pipelines:
    crude oil 145 km; petroleum products 55 km; natural gas 64 km (1988)
Ports:
    Durres, Sarande, Vlore
Merchant marine:
    11 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 52,886 GRT/76,449 DWT
Airports:
    12 total, 10 usable; more than 5 with permanent-surface runways; more than 5
    with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
    inadequate service; 15,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 13 AM, 1 TV;
    514,000 radios, 255,000 TVs (1987 est.)

:Albania Defense Forces

Branches:
    Army, Coastal Defense Command, Air and Air Defense Forces, Interior Ministry
    Troops, Border Troops
Manpower availability:
    males 15-49, 886,032; 731,072 fit for military service; 33,028 reach
    military age (19) annually
Defense expenditures:
    exchange rate conversion - 1.0 billion leks, NA% of GNP (FY90); note -
    conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current
    exchange rate could produce misleading results

:Algeria Geography

Total area:
    2,381,740 km2
Land area:
    2,381,740 km2
Comparative area:
    slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas
Land boundaries:
    6,343 km total; Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco
    1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km
Coastline:
    998 km
Maritime claims:
  Territorial sea:
    12 nm
Disputes:
    Libya claims about 19,400 km2 in southeastern Algeria; land boundary
    disputes with Tunisia under discussion
Climate:
    arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier
    with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot,
    dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
Terrain:
    mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous
    coastal plain
Natural resources:
    crude oil, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc
Land use:
    arable land 3%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 13%; forest and
    woodland 2%; other 82%; includes irrigated NEGL%
Environment:
    mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; desertification
Note:
    second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)

:Algeria People

Population:
    26,666,921 (July 1992), growth rate 2.5% (1992)
Birth rate:
    31 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
    7 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
    0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
    56 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
    66 years male, 68 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
    4.1 children born/woman (1992)
Nationality:
    noun - Algerian(s); adjective - Algerian
Ethnic divisions:
    Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
Religions:
    Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
Languages:
    Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Literacy:
    50% (male 63%, female 36%) age 15 and over can read and write (1987)
Labor force:
    3,700,000; industry and commerce 40%, agriculture 24%, government 17%,
    services 10% (1984)
Organized labor:
    16-19% of labor force claimed; General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA) is
    the only labor organization and is subordinate to the National Liberation
    Front

:Algeria Government

Long-form name:
    Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Type:
    republic
Capital:
    Algiers
Administrative divisions:
    48 provinces (wilayast, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain
    Temouchent, Alger, Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Bou
    Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued,
    El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara,
    Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi,
    Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanghasset,
    Tebessa, Tiaret, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen
Independence:
    5 July 1962 (from France)
Constitution:
    19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised February 1989
Legal system:
    socialist, based on French and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative
    acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council