The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
2.475 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
5,400 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 92
Oil - consumption:
36,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 108
Oil - exports:
749 bbl/day (2005 est.) country comparison to the world: 122
Oil - imports:
24,080 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 106
Oil - proved reserves:
199.1 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 58
Natural gas - production:
30 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 86
Natural gas - consumption:
30 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 109
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 205
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 71
Natural gas - proved reserves:
849.5 million cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 100
Current account balance:
-$1.245 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 143 -$1.845 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$1.339 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 144 $1.048 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
textiles and footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores, crude oil; vegetables, fruits, tobacco
Exports - partners:
Italy 58.75%, Greece 9.69%, Austria 6.73%, China 5.68% (2009)
Imports:
$4.337 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 126 $4.264 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Italy 29.94%, Greece 14.05%, Turkey 7.1%, Germany 6.9%, China 5.39% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.992 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 98 $2.37 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.55 billion (2004) country comparison to the world: 143
Exchange rates:
leke (ALL) per US dollar - 106.5 (2010), 94.979 (2009), 79.546 (2008), 92.668 (2007), 98.384 (2006)
Communications ::Albania
Telephones - main lines in use:
363,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 107
Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.162 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 102
Telephone system:
general assessment: despite new investment in fixed lines teledensity remains low with roughly 10 fixed lines per 100 people; mobile-cellular telephone use is widespread and generally effective; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is now exceeds 100 per 100 persons
domestic: offsetting the shortage of fixed line capacity, mobile-cellular phone service has been available since 1996; by 2003, two companies were providing mobile services at a greater teledensity than some of Albania's neighbors; Internet broadband services initiated in 2005; Internet cafes are popular in Tirana and have started to spread outside the capital
international: country code - 355; submarine cable provides connectivity to Italy, Croatia, and Greece; the Trans-Balkan Line, a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system, provides additional connectivity to Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Turkey; international traffic carried by fiber-optic cable and, when necessary, by microwave radio relay from the Tirana exchange to Italy and Greece (2009)
Broadcast media:
2 public television networks, one of which transmits by satellite to Albanian-language communities in neighboring countries; more than 60 private television stations operating; many viewers can pick up Italian and Greek TV broadcasts via terrestrial reception; cable TV service is available; 2 public radio networks and roughly 50 private radio stations; several international broadcasters are available (2008)
Internet country code:
.al
Internet hosts:
15,098 (2010) country comparison to the world: 117
Internet users:
1.3 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 90
Transportation ::Albania
Airports:
5 (2010) country comparison to the world: 177
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2010)
Heliports:
1 (2010)
Pipelines:
gas 339 km; oil 207 km (2009)
Railways:
total: 896 km country comparison to the world: 96 standard gauge: 896 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Roadways:
total: 18,000 km country comparison to the world: 117 paved: 7,020 km
unpaved: 10,980 km (2002)
Waterways:
43 km (on the Bojana River) (2010) country comparison to the world: 105
Merchant marine:
total: 25 country comparison to the world: 92 by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 23, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Turkey 1)
registered in other countries: 4 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Panama 3) (2010)
Ports and terminals:
Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore
Military ::Albania
Military branches:
Joint Force Command (includes Land, Naval, and Aviation Brigade
Commands), Joint Support Command (includes Logistic Command),
Training and Doctrine Command (2010)
Military service age and obligation:
19 years of age (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16–49: 947,446
females age 16–49: 910,145 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16–49: 802,097
females