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Algeria

Capital: AlgiersRegion: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanIncome: Upper middle income
GDP
$284.98B
2026
Population
46.8M
2024
GDP per Capita
$6K
2026
Life Expectancy
76.3 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$284.98B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)2.9%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$6K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$915.79B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$19K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.42%2026
GNI (Current USD)$264.23B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$5K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$17K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)36.2%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)46.8%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)14.0%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)18.1%2024
Household Consumption (% of GDP)41.3%2024
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)41.1%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)39.4%2024
GDP Deflator (%)3.4%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$61K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)9.5%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)2.7%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$3K2021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)15.4%2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-0.4%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)14.46%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)8.00%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)22.6%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.13%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$97.48B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)3.9%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)62.2%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-12.2%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-3.8%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)4.0%2024
Lending Interest Rate (%)8.0%2024
Deposit Interest Rate (%)1.8%2024
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$83.01B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)16.52024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)134.052024
Broad Money (% of GDP)73.5%2024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)40.1%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)20.3%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$53.47B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$54.62B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$49.18B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$45.60B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)0.5%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)0.0%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$1.23B2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$1.80B2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.7%2024
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-1.0%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$-2.75B2024

External Debt

IndicatorValueYear
External Debt (% of GNI)2.7%2024
External Debt Stocks (USD)$6.90B2024
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)0.2%2024
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$558.6M2024
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$4.01B2024
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.1%2023

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)19.0%2024
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)8.4%2022
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)20.3%2022
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)35.3%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)18.1%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)51.9%2024

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population46.8M2024
Population Growth (%)1.4%2024
Population Density (per km²)192023
Surface Area (sq km)2.4M2023
Land Area (sq km)2.4M2023
Urban Population (%)75.3%2024
Urban Population (total)35.2M2024
Rural Population (%)24.7%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth76.3 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male74.9 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female77.7 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)2.82023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)19.62023
Death Rate (per 1,000)4.62023
Net Migration-27,5312025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)30.3%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)63.1%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)6.6%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)58.5%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)80.52023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)64.72023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force13.6M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)40.8%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)14.1%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)66.4%2025
Unemployment (%)11.6%2025
Female Unemployment (%)20.6%2025
Male Unemployment (%)9.8%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)29.4%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)9.5%2025
Employment in Industry (%)32.3%2025
Employment in Services (%)58.3%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)25.6%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)69.8%2025
Employers (% of total employment)4.6%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)17.0%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)5.6%2023
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)15.5%2025
Primary School Enrollment (%)105.5%2025
Secondary School Enrollment (%)105.2%2024
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)54.4%2024
Primary Completion Rate (%)98.2%2025
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)79.0%2025
Out-of-School Children, Primary78,6832025
Out-of-School Girls, Primary36,4962022
Primary School Teachers247,7482025
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary242018

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)4.4%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$2332023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)2.3%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)45.0%2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)1.72022
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)2.52022
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)22.02023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)20.12023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)23.82023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)13.0%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)79.4%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)7.7%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)94.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)92.0%2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.102024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)542024
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)41.8%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)0.7%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)2.22021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)0.52020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)1,5032023
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)1,8282023
Renewable Electricity Output (%)0.9%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)0.1%2021
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)99.7%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)25.62020
Forest Area (%)0.8%2023
Forest Area (sq km)19,7762023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)4.4%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)0.1%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)92.4%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)85.9%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)17.4%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)1,2352023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)111.22022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)118.22022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)98.12022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)2.9M2023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)20.72023
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)3.3%2019
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)91.5%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)76.9%2023
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)12.02023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)119.32024
Patent Applications, Residents2682021
Patent Applications, Non-Residents5812021
Scientific Journal Articles7,6072022
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)1.7%2024
Industrial Design Applications, Resident8792021

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried7.2M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)8.62023
Container Port Traffic (TEU)1.5M2020
Rail Lines (total km)4,0012021
Railways, Passengers (million km)3482020
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)9082019
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)2.502022
Electricity from Oil (%)0.3%2023
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)7.9%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)76.6%2025
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)101.5%2018
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)8.72023

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption-0.592023
Government Effectiveness-0.672023
Regulatory Quality-0.952023
Voice & Accountability-0.982023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)30.2%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)27.4%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)26.4%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)23.2%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)8.0%2024
Armed Forces (% of labor force)2.8%2020
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)1.22023

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.532020
Human Capital Index, Female0.562020
Human Capital Index, Male0.522020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School7.1 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals591,0002020
International Tourism, Departures1.4M2020
Tourism Receipts (USD)$50.0M2020
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$272.0M2020
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)0.2%2020
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$7.0M2020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Largest City3.0M2025
Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total)6.3%2025
Population in Slums (% of urban)13.2%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)-0.8%2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)62.5%2024