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Algeria

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  • Algeria has a population of about 47.4M; its total GDP of $287B ranks #49 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 2,322,018 km² is about 12× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Renewable energy consumption stands out most against the median: 0.1% — rank #163 of 169 countries with data.

Algeria: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 47.4M (2025) #33 / 169 median 11.5M · 4.1×
Population growth 1.3% (2025) #71 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.2×
Urban population share 75.8% (2025) #48 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.2×
Population aged 65+ 6.8% (2025) #89 / 169 median 7.4% · 92%
Fertility rate 2.7 (2024) #53 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.3×
Birth rate 18.8‰ (2024) #72 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.2×
Death rate 4.6‰ (2024) #159 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 65%
Net migration -27.5K (2025) #134 / 169 N/A
Surface area 2,322,018 km² #12 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 12×
Population density derived 20.4/km² (2025) #137 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 28%
Economy
GDP (total) $287B (2025) #49 / 168 median $80.7B · 3.6×
GDP per capita $6,051 (2025) #91 / 168 median $6,834 · 89%
GNI per capita $5,850 (2025) #91 / 168 median $6,350 · 92%
GDP growth (annual) 3.8% (2025) #65 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.2×
Inflation rate 1.4% (2025) #126 / 162 median 3.3% · 43%
Unemployment rate 11.6% (2025) #26 / 168 median 5.1% · 2.3×
Gini index 27.6 (2011) #136 / 153 median 35.3 · 78%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.0% (2011) #140 / 153 N/A
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 16.8% (2025) #138 / 163 median 35.0% · 48%
Imports share of GDP 22.1% (2025) #140 / 163 median 40.2% · 55%
Agriculture share of GDP 14.5% (2025) #50 / 168 median 7.2% · 2.0×
Manufacturing share of GDP 9.5% (2024) #101 / 165 median 11.2% · 85%
International tourist arrivals 591K (2020) #107 / 162 median 1.1M · 52%
Tourism receipts $50M (2020) #143 / 165 median $705M · 7%
Health & education
Life expectancy 76.5 years (2024) #65 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.0×
Infant mortality 19.5‰ (2024) #65 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 1.5×
Under-five mortality 21.6‰ (2024) #66 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 1.4×
DPT immunization 92.0% (2024) #66 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) #100 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 80%
Health spending share of GDP 4.4% (2023) #120 / 165 median 6.5% · 67%
Secondary school enrollment 105.2% (2024) #32 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.2×
Education spending share of GDP 9.0% (2024) #2 / 165 median 4.1% · 2.2×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.763 (2023) #79 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 77.4% (2024) #92 / 169 median 81.5% · 95%
Mobile subscriptions 115.5 per 100 (2024) #87 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 99%
Fixed broadband 13.3 per 100 (2024) #79 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 1.1×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #2 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 4.0 t (2024) #62 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.5×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 186 Mt (2024) #30 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 8.7×
Renewable electricity share 0.9% (2021) #157 / 169 median 34.1% · 3%
Renewable energy consumption 0.1% (2021) #163 / 169 median 26.9% · <1%
Forest area 0.8% (2023) #158 / 169 median 32.4% · 3%
Agricultural land 17.4% (2023) #134 / 169 median 41.7% · 42%
Arable land 3.2% (2023) #131 / 168 median 11.0% · 29%
PM2.5 exposure 16.5 µg/m³ (2023) #104 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 84%
Military spending 8.0% (2024) #4 / 157 median 1.8% · 4.4×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Algeria's true-shape outline

Algeria's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 2,322,018 km².

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Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).