
Trade Finance In Wartime
The huge drop-off in trade involving Russia and Ukraine has hit trade finance hard.
Time Zone |
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Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghan, Afghans |
Total Area |
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2,381,741 (2006) km² |
Capital |
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Algiers (2009) |
Currency |
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Algerian dinars (DZD) (2009) |
Government type |
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republic (2009) |
Languages |
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Albania, Albanian, Tirana, Albanians |
Religions |
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Africa |
Total population |
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35.44 million(2009 forecast) |
Urban Population as % of total population |
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64% (2006) |
Population median age |
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24.0 years (2006) |
Population growth rate |
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1.50% (2006) |
Life expectancy |
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72 years (2007) |
Adult litteracy |
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75% (2000/2007) |
% of population living on less than $2 a day |
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23.60% (2008) |
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini Index) |
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35.3 (1995) (0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality) |
Freedom house Rating |
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Political Rights: 6
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating) |
Total telephone subscribers as % of population |
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90.47% (2007) (sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers) |
Internet users as % of total population |
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10.34% (2007) |
Cost of living - Mercer Index
( ranking by city on a basis of 143; the 1st is the most expensive and the 143rd is the least expensive; New York is the base city ) |
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New York - Index: 100 (Base) Algiers: 57th - Index: 86.8 (2008) |
CO2 emissions |
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5.994 (2009) (metric tons of CO2 per capita) |
Central Bank |
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Bank of Algeria (2009) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold |
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$150.5 billion (31 December 2008 est.) |
GDP |