Algeria
Region Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanIncome Upper middle incomeCapital AlgiersISO3 DZA
Human development
0.763
HDI, 0–1 scale
GDP per capita
15,882.7PPP $
2021 international $
Life expectancy
76.5yrs
At birth
Governance
43.8/100
Avg. of six WGI
Governance
Control of Corruption
- Control of Corruption35.8Ranked 138th▼ 7· 2024
- Government Effectiveness46.5Ranked 122nd▼ 9· 2024
- Political Stability & Absence of Violence54Ranked 158th▼ 4· 2024
- Rule of Law45Ranked 146th▼ 2· 2024
- Regulatory Quality43Ranked 155th▼ 2· 2024
- Voice & Accountability38.5Ranked 158th▼ 1· 2024
- Military spending8%Ranked 3rd▲ 1· 2024
- Women in parliament7.9%Ranked 157th—· 2025
- V-Dem electoral democracy0.27Ranked 107th▼ 12· 2025
- V-Dem liberal democracy0.13Ranked 121st▼ 3· 2025
- Human rights index (V-Dem)0.42Ranked 111th—· 2025
- Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0.42Ranked 111th—· 2025
- Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0.37Ranked 116th▲ 1· 2025
- Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0.1Ranked 131st▼ 6· 2025
- Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0.18Ranked 111th▼ 5· 2025
- Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0.21Ranked 107th▲ 16· 2025
- Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0.63Ranked 107th▲ 6· 2025
- Rule of law index (V-Dem)0.25Ranked 118th▼ 5· 2025
Economy
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2027Our World in DataCC BY 4.0updated 2027UNDP (HDRO)CC BY 3.0 IGOupdated 2027
GDP
- GDP287.03BRanked 50th▼ 1· 2025
- GDP per capita, PPP15,882.7Ranked 101st▼ 8· 2025
- GDP growth3.8%Ranked 75th▼ 10· 2025
- Inflation1.4%Ranked 42nd▼ 72· 2025
- Unemployment11.6%Ranked 155th—· 2025
- Trade openness39%Ranked 120th▼ 35· 2025
- FDI net inflows0.46%Ranked 157th▲ 3· 2024
- Current account balance-1%Ranked 81st▲ 36· 2024
- Gross savings39.4%Ranked 8th▲ 1· 2024
- Gross capital formation45.3%Ranked 1st▼ 3· 2025
- External debt stocks2.7%Ranked 2nd—· 2024
- Personal remittances received0.67%Ranked 114th▼ 7· 2024
- R&D expenditure0.44%Ranked 9th▼ 47· 2024
- Researchers in R&D1,764Ranked 7th▼ 33· 2024
- High-technology exports0.96%Ranked 143rd▼ 5· 2017
- Youth unemployment29.4%Ranked 162nd▼ 2· 2025
- Agricultural employment9.5%Ranked 107th▼ 1· 2025
- Vulnerable employment25.6%Ranked 85th—· 2025
- Agriculture value added14.5%Ranked 42nd▼ 11· 2025
- Industry value added34.8%Ranked 28th▲ 2· 2025
- GDP per capita (nominal)6,051Ranked 108th▼ 14· 2025
- Annual working hours per worker2,232.4Ranked 26th▲ 2· 2023
- GNI per capita (PPP)15,114.2Ranked 99th—· 2023
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)11.9%Ranked 155th—· 2027
- Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)29.6%Ranked 160th▼ 2· 2027
- Labour force participation rate40%Ranked 173rd—· 2027
- Employment-to-population ratio35.3%Ranked 172nd▲ 1· 2027
- Human capital index2.4Ranked 99th—· 2019
- Capital stock per worker203,170.9Ranked 68th—· 2019
Life expectancy
- Life expectancy76.5Ranked 93rd▲ 1· 2024
- Infant mortality19.5Ranked 85th▼ 5· 2024
- Maternal mortality62Ranked 45th▼ 3· 2023
- Health spending4.4%Ranked 144th▼ 22· 2023
- Physicians1.7Ranked 68th▼ 20· 2022
- Basic sanitation access85.9%Ranked 114th▲ 1· 2024
- Basic drinking water access92.4%Ranked 107th▼ 3· 2024
- Undernourishment2.5%Ranked 1st—· 2023
- Measles immunization94%Ranked 6th▲ 5· 2024
- Tuberculosis incidence54Ranked 75th▼ 5· 2024
- Road traffic deaths20.9Ranked 85th▼ 3· 2019
- Suicide mortality rate2.2Ranked 20th▲ 5· 2021
- Smoking prevalence22.4%Ranked 80th▲ 1· 2024
- PM2.5 air pollution exposure16.5Ranked 95th▼ 11· 2023
- Child mortality2.2Ranked 90th▲ 1· 2024
- Daily caloric supply per capita3,396Ranked 37th▲ 3· 2023
- Stunting prevalence (under 5)9.8%Ranked 18th▲ 4· 2019
- Wasting prevalence (under 5)2.7%Ranked 15th▼ 4· 2019
- Overweight prevalence (under 5)12.8%Ranked 40th▲ 6· 2019
- DTP3 immunization coverage92%Ranked 8th—· 2024
- Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage94%Ranked 6th▲ 5· 2024
- Under-5 mortality rate21.6Ranked 126th▲ 1· 2024
Education
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Secondary enrollment
- Secondary enrollment105.2%Ranked 24th▼ 26· 2024
- Education spending9%Ranked 2nd▼ 16· 2024
- Adult literacy75.1%Ranked 25th▲ 7· 2008
- Primary enrollment105.5%Ranked 4th▼ 27· 2025
- Tertiary enrollment54.4%Ranked 44th▼ 14· 2024
- Primary completion rate98.2%Ranked 3rd▼ 15· 2025
- Expected years of schooling15.5Ranked 57th▲ 1· 2023
- Mean years of schooling7.4Ranked 132nd—· 2023
Demography
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2050
Population
- Population47.44MRanked 33rd—· 2025
- Population growth1.3%Ranked 78th▲ 1· 2025
- Urban population75.8%Ranked 60th—· 2025
- Fertility rate2.7Ranked 63rd▲ 4· 2024
- Crude birth rate18.8Ranked 81st▲ 2· 2024
- Median age of population28.2Ranked 128th▲ 4· 2023
- Total age dependency ratio58.8Ranked 78th—· 2023
- Net migration rate-0.56Ranked 126th▲ 2· 2023
- Projected population in 2050 (medium)59,565.6Ranked 33rd· 2050
- Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)81.3Ranked 85th· 2050
Electricity access
- Electricity access100%Ranked 1st—· 2024
- Renewable energy share0.1%Ranked 170th▼ 4· 2021
- Forest area0.83%Ranked 197th▼ 1· 2023
- Electric power consumption1,828Ranked 89th—· 2023
- CO₂ per capita4.2Ranked 76th▲ 2· 2024
- CO₂ emissions198.2MRanked 30th—· 2024
- Renewable electricity1.1%Ranked 172nd▼ 2· 2024
- Electricity from coal0%Ranked 1st—· 2024
- Electricity from solar1%Ranked 126th▲ 10· 2024
- Electricity from wind0.02%Ranked 103rd▼ 1· 2024
- Electricity from hydro0.02%Ranked 142nd▼ 4· 2024
- Power-sector CO2 intensity632.9Ranked 151st▲ 3· 2024
- Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCF303.3Ranked 161st▲ 2· 2023
- GHG emissions per capita6.6Ranked 128th▲ 1· 2023
Deaths in armed conflicts
- Deaths in armed conflicts0Ranked 1st—· 2025
- INFORM risk score4.3Ranked 32nd· 2026
- Hazard & exposure5.7Ranked 50th· 2026
- Vulnerability3.4Ranked 23rd· 2026
- Lack of coping capacity4.2Ranked 34th· 2026
- Natural hazard & exposure3.4Ranked 21st· 2026
- Human hazard & exposure7.3Ranked 54th· 2026
- Socio-economic vulnerability3Ranked 31st· 2026
- Vulnerable groups3.8Ranked 33rd· 2026
- Lack of institutional coping capacity4.8Ranked 27th· 2026
- Lack of infrastructure coping capacity3.6Ranked 32nd· 2026
- Battle-related deaths (state-based)3Ranked 3rd▲ 1· 2024
- Organized-violence deaths (total)3Ranked 3rd▲ 1· 2024
Society
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Gini index
- Gini index27.6Ranked 9th▼ 10· 2011
- Extreme poverty0%Ranked 1st▼ 21· 2011
- Internet users77.4%Ranked 101st▼ 6· 2024
- Homicide rate1.2Ranked 33rd▼ 16· 2023
- Female labor participation14.1%Ranked 177th—· 2025
- Fixed broadband subscriptions13.3Ranked 88th▼ 6· 2024
- Life satisfaction5.7Ranked 80th▼ 2· 2025
- Human Development Index0.76Ranked 75th▼ 4· 2023
- Gender Inequality Index0.44Ranked 103rd▲ 9· 2023
- Gender Development Index0.89Ranked 90th▼ 3· 2023
- Inequality-adjusted HDI0.6Ranked 76th—· 2023
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0.71Ranked 46th▲ 3· 2023
- Youth NEET rate19.8%Ranked 103rd▲ 1· 2027
- Poverty headcount at $2.15/day0Ranked 1st—· 2026
- Poverty headcount at $3.65/day0Ranked 1st—· 2026
- Poverty headcount at $6.85/day0.18Ranked 113th▼ 5· 2026
- Poverty gap at $2.15/day0Ranked 1st—· 2026
- Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)180,575Ranked 37th▲ 2· 2025
- Refugees originating (by country of origin)9,174Ranked 112th—· 2025
- Asylum seekers12,949Ranked 124th▼ 5· 2025