- production:
5.289 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
5.898 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
221 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports:
1.2 billion kWh (2001)
Oil - production:
5,952 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
22,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA (2001)
Oil - imports:
NA (2001)
Oil - proved reserves:
185.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)
Natural gas - production:
30 million cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
30 million cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
3.316 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
Current account balance:
$-407 million (2003)
Exports:
$425 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
textiles and footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores, crude
oil; vegetables, fruits, tobacco
Exports - partners:
Italy 74.9%, Greece 12.8%, Germany 3.4% (2003)
Imports:
$1.76 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Italy 33.6%, Greece 20.2%, Turkey 6.6%, Germany 5.7% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$1.038 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$1.41 billion (2003)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA: $315 million (top donors were Italy, EU, Germany) (2000 est.)
Currency:
lek (ALL)
Currency code:
ALL
Exchange rates:
leke per US dollar - 121.863 (2003), 140.155 (2002), 143.485
(2001), 143.709 (2000), 137.691 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Albania
Telephones - main lines in use:
255,000 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.1 million (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: Despite new investment in fixed lines, the
density of main lines remains the lowest in Europe with roughly 8
lines per 100 people. However, cellular telephone use is widespread
and generally effective.
domestic: offsetting the shortage of fixed line capacity, mobile
phone service has been available since 1996; by 2003 two companies
were providing mobile services at a greater density than some of
Albania's Balkan neighbors
international: country code - 355; inadequate fixed main lines;
adequate cellular connections; international traffic carried by
microwave radio relay from the Tirana exchange to Italy and Greece
(2003)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 13, FM 4, shortwave 2 (2001)
Radios:
1 million (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
3 (plus 58 repeaters) (2001)
Televisions:
700,000 (2001)
Internet country code:
.al
Internet hosts:
455 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
10 (2001)
Internet users:
30,000 (2003)
Transportation Albania
Railways: total: 447 km standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)
Highways: total: 18,000 km paved: 5,400 km unpaved: 12,600 km (2000)
Waterways:
43 km (2004)
Pipelines:
gas 339 km; oil 207 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore
Merchant marine:
total: 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 40,878 GRT/62,676 DWT
registered in other countries: 7 (2004 est.)
by type: bulk 1, cargo 19, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: Denmark 1, Honduras 1, Netherlands 1
Airports:
11 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (2004 est.)
914 to 1,523 m: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
Heliports:
1 (2003 est.)
Military Albania
Military branches:
General Staff Headquarters, Land Forces Command (Army), Naval
Forces Command, Air Forces Command, Doctrine and Exercises Command,
Logistics Support Command
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
19 years of age (2004 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15–49: 956,107 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15–49: 775,422 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 36,584 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$56.5 million (FY02)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: