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Tier 1 · Markets

The Market Now

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Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

1.23.255.320142017202020232025

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

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Inflation

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Yield curve

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Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

14 of 20 indicators improving improving

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

7.5M · 2025

6.5M7M7.5M201520172019202120232025

↑ 1M since 2014

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GDP per capita (PPP)

$16,521 · 2025

$10,000$14,500$19,000201520172019202120232025

↓ $988.13 since 2014

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GDP per capita growth

12.2% · 2025

-31%0%31%201520172019202120232025

↑ 36.7 pts since 2014

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Life expectancy

71.1 years · 2024

6971.574201420162018202020222024

↓ 0.2 years since 2014

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Child mortality

9.8 per 1,000 · 2024

9.820.932201420162018202020222024

↓ 4 since 2014

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Internet users

82% · 2024

17%49.5%82%201420162018202020222024

↑ 64.2 pts since 2014

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Manufacturing share of GDP

2.8% · 2017

2.8%3.7%4.6%2014201520162017

↓ 1.8 pts since 2014

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Electricity access

77.4% · 2024

67%72%77%201420162018202020222024

↑ 1.9 pts since 2014

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Poverty ($3/day)

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National poverty line

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Adult literacy

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Debt service / exports

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Exports of goods and services

$37.8B · 2023

$6.8B$23.4B$40B2014201820202023

↑ $18.4B since 2014

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GDP growth

13.4% · 2025

-30%0%33%201520172019202120232025

↑ 36.4 pts since 2014

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GDP

$48.1B · 2025

$35B$56B$77B201520172019202120232025

↓ $9.3B since 2014

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Unemployment

18.8% · 2025

18%19%20%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.5 pts since 2014

ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ

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FDI inflows

$794.7M · 2023

$600M$695M$790M202120222023

↑ $191.7M since 2021

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Remittances

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External debt

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Agriculture share of GDP

1.5% · 2025

1.5%3%4.6%201520172019202120232025

↓ 2 pts since 2014

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Services share of GDP

26.9% · 2025

23%55.5%88%201520172019202120232025

↓ 40.9 pts since 2014

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Investment rate

14.3% · 2025

9.4%14.2%19%201520172019202120232025

↓ 8.9 pts since 2014

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Terms of trade

119.30 · 2024

74.00112.00150.00201420162018202020222024

↓ 31.20 since 2014

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FX reserves

$104.7B · 2025

$70B$85B$100B201520172019202120232025

↑ $11B since 2014

includes gold

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Gini index

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Health expenditure

7.8% · 2023

4.6%6.2%7.8%2014201820202023

↑ 2.6 pts since 2014

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Physicians

2 per 1,000 · 2017

1.81.922014201520162017

↑ 0 since 2014

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Tertiary enrollment

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Tourist arrivals

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Account ownership

33.1% · 2024

33%49.5%66%201720212024

↓ 32.5 pts since 2017

Findex · every 3–4 years

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Exports per capita derived

$5,168 · 2023

$1,000$3,250$5,5002014201820202023

↑ $2,152 since 2014

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Median age

27.2 years · 2023

2526272014201820202023

↑ 2 years since 2014

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Government revenue / GDP

67.9% · 2026

12%49%86%201620182020202220242026

↑ 38.4 pts since 2014

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Debt to GDP

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Gross debt (national currency)

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Current account / GDP

4.2% · 2026

-34%0%23%20142017202020232026

↑ 37.3 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Budget balance / GDP

-20.9% · 2026

-32%0%24%20142017202020232026

↑ 9.6 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Electoral democracy

0.19 · 2025

0.190.230.28201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.09 since 2014

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Crude production

1.36 million b/d · 2025

400 kb/d900 kb/d1.4 million b/d2015201920212025

↑ 833.2 kb/d since 2014

EIA · thousand barrels/day

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Trade profile

Exports

$37.8B · 2023

$6.8B$23.4B$40B2014201820202023

↑ $18.4B since 2014

Imports

$33.3B · 2023

$11B$24.5B$38B2014201820202023

↓ $4.6B since 2014

Balance derived

$4.5B · 2023

$-18.5B$0$12B2014201820202023

↑ $23B since 2014

Top exports · 2019

Products

  1. Mineral fuels $27.6B · 94.4%
  2. Pearls, precious stones and metals $1.2B · 4.1%
  3. Iron and steel $202.4M · 0.7%
  4. Copper $62.2M · 0.2%
  5. Organic chemicals $33.9M · 0.1%
  6. Aluminium $29.5M · 0.1%
  7. Fish and crustaceans $21.3M · 0.1%
  8. Salt, earths, stone, cement $13.9M · 0.0%
  9. Electrical machinery and equipment $13.6M · 0.0%
  10. Commodities not specified $12.9M · 0.0%

Partners

  1. Italy $9.7B · 33.2%
  2. China $6.6B · 22.5%
  3. Spain $3.4B · 11.6%
  4. France $1.5B · 5.0%
  5. United Arab Emirates $1.2B · 4.1%
  6. United States $776.6M · 2.7%
  7. Denmark $739.4M · 2.5%
  8. Greece $693.6M · 2.4%
  9. Netherlands $661.6M · 2.3%
  10. Australia $570.6M · 1.9%

Top imports · 2019

Products

  1. Mineral fuels $2.1B · 13.1%
  2. Electrical machinery and equipment $1.5B · 9.6%
  3. Vehicles other than railway $1.5B · 9.4%
  4. Machinery and mechanical appliances $1.1B · 7.0%
  5. Cereals $595.4M · 3.8%
  6. Tobacco $463M · 3.0%
  7. Plastics $460.2M · 2.9%
  8. Furniture, bedding, lamps $426.2M · 2.7%
  9. Pharmaceutical products $390.7M · 2.5%
  10. Apparel, knitted $353.7M · 2.3%

Partners

  1. China $2.5B · 15.7%
  2. Türkiye $2.1B · 13.2%
  3. Italy $1.4B · 8.9%
  4. United Arab Emirates $1.4B · 8.6%
  5. Egypt $830.7M · 5.3%
  6. South Korea $631.9M · 4.0%
  7. Netherlands $595.3M · 3.8%
  8. Tunisia $538.1M · 3.4%
  9. Germany $503.1M · 3.2%
  10. Spain $468.3M · 3.0%

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