Algeria
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 47.4M (2025). World rank 33 of 216; in Africa, 10 of 54. Area: 2,381,741 km². World rank 11 of 249; in Africa, 1 of 59. GDP: $287B (2025). World rank 51 of 210; in Africa, 4 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 40M → 47.4M, GDP $187.5B → $287B, and GDP per person $4,685 → $6,051.
State
- Official name
- People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
- Local name
- الجزائر
- Capital
- Algiers
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Abdelmadjid Tebboune
- Head of government
- Sifi Ghrieb
- Independence
- July 5, 1962
- Women in parliament
- 7.9% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 47,435,312 2025
- Area
- 2,381,741 km²
- GDP
- $287B 2025
- GDP per person
- $6,051 2025
- Life expectancy
- 76.5 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Algerian Dinar (DZD)
- Time zones
- UTC+1
- Calling code
- +213
- Emergency numbers
- 14, 17, 1055, 1548
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E, F
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 998
- Neighbours
- Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Morocco
- Agricultural land
- 17.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Tahat, 2,908 m
- Lowest point
- Chott Melrhir, -40 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 800
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 19
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 26°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- February, 13°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 89 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 19.9 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.3% 2025
- Living in cities
- 75.8% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -27.5K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.6% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 29.9% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 63.3% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 6.8% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 77.9 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 75.1 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.7 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 18.8 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 4.6 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 99% (2012)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 47.9 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 37.3 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 48.4 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 41.9 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 37.8 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $18,586 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.8% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $5,850 2025
- Inflation
- +1.4% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 32 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 14.5% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 34.8% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 45.7% 2025
- Unemployment
- 11.6% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 29.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 14.1% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 16.8% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 22.1% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -8.8% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.5% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.6% 2025
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 27.6 2011
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0% 2011
Education
- Adult literacy
- 75.1% 2008
- Primary school enrolment
- 105% 2025
- Secondary school enrolment
- 105% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 54.4% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 9% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.4% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $233 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 45% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 1.7 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 2.5 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.6 2017
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 94% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 19.5 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 21.6 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 62 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 17.5% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 57.6% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 22.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 92.4% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 85.9% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.2 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.9 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 2.2 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 54 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, floods, droughts, and landslides
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 16.5 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 4 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5.4 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 0.7% 2024
- Protected areas
- 4.4% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 247 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 145% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 77.4% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 115 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 13.3 2024
- Internet domain
- .dz الجزائر.
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 1,918 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 0.1% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 0.9% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 99.3% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 7,160,662 2023
- Airports
- 95 2025
- Railways, km
- 4,020 2019
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 1,764 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 7,677 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1,084 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 1% 2017