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Algeria

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In brief

Access to electricity: 100% (2024). World rank 1 of 214 (1 = best); in Africa, 1 of 54. Renewable share of energy use: 0.1% (2021). World rank 202 of 212 (1 = best); in Africa, 54 of 54. Electricity from fossil fuels: 99.3% (2024). World rank 198 of 209 (1 = best); in Africa, 52 of 54. From 2014 to 2024: using the internet 29.5% → 77.4%, mobile subscriptions per 100 people 110 → 115, and home broadband per 100 people 4.1 → 13.3. Worse than all its neighbours (Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, and Morocco): renewable share of energy use.

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
Mains voltage
230 V
Plug types
C, E, F

Transport

Driving side
Right
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