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USD 6.0 billion (2016)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
Intl$ 144.2 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
6.7% | 4.2% | 3% | 3.5% | -1.9% | 4% | 2.9% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
3% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 2% | 2.5% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.11% | 0.11% | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.11% |
*Estimate
(2017 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
4.4% | 3.6% | 5.3% | 7.3% | 6.6% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
15.2% | 15.6% | 15.3% | 15.4% | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
55.4% | 62.3% | 70.6% | 77% | 74.4% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
-5.3% | -6.2% | -5.9% | -4.6% | -4.4% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: B2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 8.5 billion | USD 8.9 billion | USD 8.3 billion |
-11.1 % (2018 estimate)
43.5% (2017)
0.08% (2018)
0.06% (2018)
Clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
Textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, foodstuffs
France 32.1%, Italy 17.3%, Germany 12.4% (2017)
Italy 15.8%, France 15.1%, China 9.2%, Germany 8.1%, Turkey 4.8%, Algeria 4.7%, Spain 4.5% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 885 million | USD 881 million | USD 1,036 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 242 million | USD 57 million | USD 34 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | USD 323.6 million | USD 4.7 million | USD 55.5 million |
N/A
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
78 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 19 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 32 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 63 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 94 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 104 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 61 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 108 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 90 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 88 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 69 out of 190 countries
87 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 125 / Score: 55.4 (Mostly unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Arabic (official, one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce), Berber (Tamazight)
Muslim (official; Sunni) 99.1%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Shia Muslim, and Baha'i) 1%
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
8.23 million | 9.7 million | 10.64 million | 11.27 million | 11.9 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
37.5% | 50.6% | 63.4% | 68.9% |
Total population: 81.8%
Male: 89.6%
Female: 74.2%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
3.2% (last available estimate, 2015)
32.8 (last available estimate, 2015)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 3 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 11.3%
Mobile: 127.7%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)