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Algeria

Capital: AlgiersRegion: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanIncome: Upper middle income
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Algeria's GDP is $284.98B (2026), with a population of 46.8M, and GDP per capita of $5,956. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 2.9%, inflation at 3.9%, government debt at 62.2% of GDP, life expectancy of 76.3 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators. Explore Algeria's full economic profile with 440+ indicators, interactive charts, and historical data below.

GDP
$284.98B
2026
Population
46.8M
2024
GDP per Capita
$5,956
2026
Life Expectancy
76.3 years
2023
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$284.98B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)2.9%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$5,9562026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$915.79B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$19,1392026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.42%2026
GNI (Current USD)$264.23B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$5,3702024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$17,2902024
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)$61,1892024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)9.5%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)2.7%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$2,8102021
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
Real Interest Rate (%)4.5%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
PPP Conversion Factor43.772024
Broad Money (% of GDP)73.5%2024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)40.1%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)19.9%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
Net ODA Received (USD)$202.3M2023

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
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)10.4%2024
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)48.1%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
Employment to Population Ratio (%)36.0%2025
Self-Employed (% of total)30.2%2025
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)20.9%2017

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
Pupil-Teacher Ratio (Primary)92.72021
Education Spending, Tertiary (% of govt)27.0%2008

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)222023
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)15.32023
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)622023
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)0.12024
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
Maternal Deaths5662023
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100K)542024
People Living with HIV30,0002024
Malaria Deaths (estimated)02024
Malaria Incidence (per 1K at risk)02024
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (%)92%2024
Measles Immunization Coverage (%)94%2024
Hepatitis B Immunization Coverage (%)92%2024
Physicians (total)172022
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel252022
Dentists (total)104,7762022
Pharmacists (total)9,2792022
Child Wasting (<5 years, %)2.7%2019
Child Underweight (<5 years, %)2.7%2019
Universal Health Coverage Index702023
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)8,1062021
Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, USD)$2332023

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
CO₂ Emissions (tonnes per capita)42024
CO₂ Emissions (total kilotonnes)1862024
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 Electricity (%)100.0%2023
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
Arable Land (%)3.2%2023
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
Total Fisheries Production (metric tonnes)77,1102023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)20.72023
Prevalence of Undernourishment (%)2.5%2023
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)3.3%2019
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)91.5%2022
Cereal Production (metric tons)3.6M2023

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)76.9%2023
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)1122023
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)122023
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
ICT Service Exports (USD)$72.8M2024
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
Gender Parity Index, Primary101.882018
Gender Parity Index, Secondary1.042011
Gender Parity in Primary Education0.972020

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption-0.592023
Government Effectiveness-0.672023
Political Stability-0.582023
Regulatory Quality-0.952023
Rule of Law-0.682023
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
Military Expenditure (USD)$21.81B2024
Armed Forces Personnel326,0002020
Armed Forces (% of labor force)2.8%2020
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)21.4%2024
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
Urban Population Growth (%)2.1%2024
Population in Largest City3.0M2025
Population in Largest City (% of urban)8.4%2025
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 Drinking Water (%)69.0%2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)62.5%2024

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