Algeria

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

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Background: Algeria has known many empires and dynasties, including the ancient Numidians (3rd century B.C.), Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, over a dozen different Arab and Amazigh dynasties, Spaniards, and Ottoman Turks. Under the Turks, the Barbary pirates operated from North Africa and preyed on shipping, from about 1500 until the French captured Algiers in 1830. The French southward conquest of Algeria proceeded throughout the 19th century and was marked by many atrocities. A bloody eight-year struggle culminated in Algerian independence in 1962. Algeria's long-dominant political party, the National Liberation Front (FLN), was established in 1954 as part of the struggle for independence and has since played a large role in politics, though it is falling out of favor with the youth and current President Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE. The Government of Algeria in 1988 instituted a multi-party system in response to public unrest, but the surprising first-round success of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) in the 1991 legislative election led the Algerian military to intervene and postpone the second round of elections to prevent what the secular elite feared would be an extremist-led government from assuming power. An army crackdown on the FIS escalated into an FIS insurgency and intense violence from 1992-98 that resulted in over 100,000 deaths, many of which were attributed to extremist groups massacring villagers. The government gained the upper hand by the late 1990s, and FIS’s armed wing, the Islamic Salvation Army, disbanded in 2000. FIS membership is now illegal. In 1999, Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA won the presidency with the backing of the military, in an election that was boycotted by several candidates protesting alleged fraud. He won subsequent elections in 2004, 2009, and 2014. Widespread protests against his decision to seek a fifth term broke out in early 2019. BOUTEFLIKA resigned in April 2019, and in December 2019, Algerians elected former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE as the country’s new president. A longtime FLN member, TEBBOUNE ran for president as an independent. In 2020, Algeria held a constitutional referendum on governmental reforms, which TEBBOUNE enacted in 2021. Subsequent reforms to the national electoral law introduced open-list voting to curb corruption. The new law also eliminated gender quotas in Parliament, and the 2021 legislative elections saw female representation plummet. The referendum, parliamentary elections, and local elections saw record-low voter turnout.

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia
Geographic coordinates: 28 00 N, 3 00 E
Map references: Africa
Area: total: 2,381,740 sq km
land: 2,381,740 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas
Land boundaries: total: 6,734 km
border countries: Libya 989 km; Mali 1,359 km; Mauritania 460 km; Morocco 1,941 km; Niger 951 km; Tunisia 1,034 km
Coastline: 998 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 nm
Climate: arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
Terrain: mostly high plateau and desert; Atlas Mountains in the far north and Hoggar Mountains in the south; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
Elevation: highest point: Tahat 2,908 m
lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
mean elevation: 800 m
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc
Land use: agricultural land: 17.4% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land: arable land: 3.2% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops: permanent crops: 0.4% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture: permanent pasture: 13.8% (2023 est.)
forest: 0.7% (2023 est.)
other: 81.9% (2023 est.)
Irrigated land: 13,819 sq km (2019)
Major watersheds (area sq km): Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km)
Internal (endorheic basin) drainage: Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)
Major aquifers: Lullemeden-Irhazer Aquifer System, Murzuk-Djado Basin, North Western Sahara Aquifer, Taoudeni-Tanezrouft Basin
Population distribution: the vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coast
Natural hazards: mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season; droughts
Geography - note: largest country in Africa but 80% desert; canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and in the barren Tassili n'Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art -- rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) -- that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 5,000 to 11,000 years ago, when the region was completely vegetated

Population: total: 47,735,685 (2025 est.)
male: 24,219,668
female: 23,516,017
Nationality: noun: Algerian(s)
adjective: Algerian
Ethnic groups: Arab-Amazigh 99%, European less than 1%
Languages: Languages: Arabic (official), French (lingua franca), Tamazight (official) (dialects include Kabyle (Taqbaylit), Shawiya (Tacawit), Mzab, Tuareg (Tamahaq))
major-language sample(s): كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions: Muslim (official; predominantly Sunni) 99%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Ahmadi Muslim, Shia Muslim, Ibadi Muslim) <1% (2012 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 30.8% (male 7,411,337/female 7,062,794)
15-64 years: 62.3% (male 14,846,102/female 14,441,034)
65 years and over: 6.9% (2024 est.) (male 1,597,382/female 1,663,824)
Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio: 60.5 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio: 48.9 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 11.5 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio: 8.7 (2025 est.)
Median age: total: 29.3 years (2025 est.)
male: 28.8 years
female: 29.4 years
Population growth rate: 1.47% (2025 est.)
Birth rate: 19.62 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate: 4.39 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Population distribution: the vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coast
Urbanization: urban population: 75.3% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population: 2.902 million ALGIERS (capital), 936,000 Oran (2022)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio: 62 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 18.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
male: 19.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.9 years (2024 est.)
male: 77.2 years
female: 78.7 years
Total fertility rate: 2.91 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate: 1.42 (2025 est.)
Drinking water source: improved: urban: urban: 96.1% of population (2022 est.)
improved: rural: rural: 90.4% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total: total: 94.7% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban: urban: 3.9% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural: rural: 9.6% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total: total: 5.3% of population (2022 est.)
Health expenditure: Health expenditure (as % of GDP): 5.5% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget): 5.4% of national budget (2022 est.)
Physician density: 1.66 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
Hospital bed density: 1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility access: improved: urban: urban: 98.3% of population (2022 est.)
improved: rural: rural: 91.7% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total: total: 96.6% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban: urban: 1.7% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural: rural: 8.3% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total: total: 3.4% of population (2022 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 27.4% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita: total: 0.59 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0.31 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.2 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.08 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use: total: 21.4% (2025 est.)
male: 41.6% (2025 est.)
female: 0.6% (2025 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 2.7% (2019 est.)
Currently married women (ages 15-49): 55.5% (2019 est.)
Child marriage: women married by age 15: 0% (2019)
women married by age 18: 3.8% (2019)
Education expenditure: Education expenditure (% GDP): 5.6% of GDP (2023 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget): 15.5% national budget (2025 est.)
Literacy: female: 74.2% (2019 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total: 15 years (2023 est.)
male: 15 years (2023 est.)
female: 16 years (2023 est.)

Environmental issues: air pollution in major cities; soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; river and coastal pollution from dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents; pollution in Mediterranean Sea from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate potable water
International environmental agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Nuclear Test Ban
Climate: arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
Land use: agricultural land: 17.4% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land: arable land: 3.2% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops: permanent crops: 0.4% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture: permanent pasture: 13.8% (2023 est.)
forest: 0.7% (2023 est.)
other: 81.9% (2023 est.)
Urbanization: urban population: 75.3% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions: total emissions: 163.661 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from coal and metallurgical coke: 741,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from petroleum and other liquids: 57.795 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from consumed natural gas: 105.125 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions: 22.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Methane emissions: energy: 2,561.1 kt (2022-2024 est.)
agriculture: 256 kt (2019-2021 est.)
waste: 486.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)
other: 7.6 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste and recycling: municipal solid waste generated annually: 12.379 million tons (2024 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 11% (2022 est.)
Total water withdrawal: municipal: 3.389 billion cubic meters (2022)
industrial: 181 million cubic meters (2022)
agricultural: 7.391 billion cubic meters (2022)
Total renewable water resources: 11.667 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)

Country name: conventional long form: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
conventional short form: Algeria
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah
local short form: Al Jaza'ir
etymology: the country name derives from the capital city of Algiers
Government type: presidential republic
Capital: name: Algiers
geographic coordinates: 36 45 N, 3 03 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: name derives from the Arabic al-jazair, meaning "the islands," and refers to the four islands formerly off the coast of the capital but joined to the mainland since 1525
Administrative divisions: 58 provinces (wilayas, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Temouchent, Alger (Algiers), Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Beni Abbes, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djanet, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Meghaier, El Meniaa, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, In Guezzam, In Salah, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Ouled Djellal, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanrasset, Tebessa, Tiaret, Timimoun, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen, Touggourt
Legal system: mixed system of French civil law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials including several Supreme Court justices
Constitution: history: several previous; latest approved by referendum 1 November 2020
amendment process: proposed by the president of the republic or through the president with the support of three fourths of the members of both houses of Parliament in joint session; passage requires approval by both houses, approval by referendum, and promulgation by the president; the president can forego a referendum if the Constitutional Council determines the proposed amendment does not conflict with basic constitutional principles; articles including the republican form of government, the integrity and unity of the country, and fundamental citizens’ liberties and rights cannot be amended
International law organization participation: has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt
Citizenship: citizenship by birth: no
citizenship by descent only: the mother must be a citizen of Algeria
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 7 years
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch: chief of state: President Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE (since 12 December 2019)
head of government: Prime Minister Sifi GHRIEB (since 28 August 2025)
cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president
election/appointment process: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in two rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister nominated by the president after consultation with the majority party in Parliament
most recent election date: 7 September 2024
election results: 2024: Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE (NLF) 94.7%, Abdelaali Hassani CHERIF (MSP) 3.2%, Youcef AOUCHICHE (FFS) 2.2%2019: (FLN) 58.1%, Abdelkader BENGRINA (El-Bina) 17.4%, Ali BENFLIS (Talaie El Hurriyet) 10.6%, Azzedine MIHOUBI (RND) 7.3%, Abdelaziz BELAID (Future Front) 6.7%
expected date of next election: 2029
Legislative branch: legislature name: Parliament (Barlaman)
legislative structure: bicameral
Legislative branch - lower chamber: chamber name: National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Al-Chaabi Al-Watani)
number of seats: 407 (all directly elected)
electoral system: proportional representation
scope of elections: full renewal
term in office: 5 years
most recent election date: 6/12/2021
parties elected and seats per party: National Liberation Front (FLN) (98); Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) (65); National Democratic Rally (RND) (58); El-Moustakbel Front (Future", FM) (48); El Binaa Movement (39); Independents (84); Other (15)
percentage of women in chamber: 7.9%
expected date of next election: June 2026
Legislative branch - upper chamber: chamber name: Council of the Nation (Majlis al-Oumma)
number of seats: 174 (116 indirectly elected; 58 appointed)
electoral system: plurality/majority
scope of elections: partial renewal
term in office: 6 years
most recent election date: 3/9/2025
percentage of women in chamber: 2.5%
expected date of next election: January 2028
Judicial branch: highest court(s): Supreme Court or Le Cour Suprême, (consists of 150 judges organized into 8 chambers: Civil, Commercial and Maritime, Criminal, House of Offenses and Contraventions, House of Petitions, Land, Personal Status, and Social; Constitutional Council (consists of 12 members including the court chairman and deputy chairman)
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the High Council of Magistracy, an administrative body presided over by the president of the republic, and includes the republic vice-president and several members; judges appointed for life; Constitutional Council members - 4 appointed by the president of the republic, 2 each by the 2 houses of Parliament, 2 by the Supreme Court, and 2 by the Council of State; Council president and members appointed for single 6-year terms with half the membership renewed every 3 years
subordinate courts: appellate or wilaya courts; first instance or daira tribunals
Political parties: Algerian National Front or FNAAlgerian Popular Movement or MPAAlgeria's Hope Rally or TAJDignity or El KaramaEl-InfitahEl Mostakbal (Future Front)Ennour El Djazairi Party (Algerian Radiance Party) or PEDEquity and Proclamation Party or PEPIslamic Renaissance Movement or Ennahda MovementJustice and Development Front or FJDMovement for National Reform or El IslahMovement of Society for Peace or MSPNational Construction Movement or El-Bina (Harakat El-Binaa El-Watani)National Democratic Rally (Rassemblement National Democratique) or RNDNational Front for Social Justice or FNJSNational Liberation Front or FLNNational Militancy Front or FMNNational Party for Solidarity and Development or PNSDNational Republican Alliance or ANRNew Dawn Party (El-Fajr El-Jadid)New Generation (Jil Jadid)Oath of 1954 or Ahd 54Party of Justice and Liberty or PLJRally for Culture and Democracy or RCDSocialist Forces Front or FFSUnion for Change and Progress or UCPUnion of Democratic and Social Forces or UFDSVanguard of Liberties (Talaie El Hurriyet)Workers Party or PTYouth Party or PJ
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Sabri BOUKADOUM (since 27 February 2024)
chancery: 2118 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 265-2800
FAX: [1] (202) 986-5906
email address and website: mail@algerianembassy.orghttps://www.algerianembassy.org/
consulate(s) general: New York
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Elizabeth Moore AUBIN (since 9 February 2022)
embassy: 05 Chemin Cheikh Bachir, Ibrahimi, El-Biar 16030, Alger
mailing address: 6030 Algiers Place, Washington DC 20521-6030
telephone: [213] (0) 770-08-2000
FAX: [213] (0) 770-08-2299
email address and website: algierspd@state.govhttps://dz.usembassy.gov/
International organization participation: ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, BIS, CAEU, CD, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, OSCE (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
Independence: 5 July 1962 (from France)
National holiday: Independence Day, 5 July (1962); Revolution Day, 1 November (1954)
Flag: description: two equal vertical bands of green (left) and white; a red, five-pointed star inside a red crescent, centered over the two-color boundary meaning: the colors represent Islam (green), purity and peace (white), and liberty (red); the crescent and star are also Islamic symbols, but the crescent is more closed than those of other Muslim countries because Algerians believe the long crescent horns bring happiness
National symbol(s): five-pointed star between the extended horns of a crescent moon; fennec fox
National color(s): green, white, red
National anthem(s): title: "Kassaman" (We Pledge)
lyrics/music: Mufdi ZAKARIAH/Mohamed FAWZI
history: adopted 1962; ZAKARIAH wrote "Kassaman" as a poem while imprisoned in Algiers by French colonial forces
National heritage: total World Heritage Sites: 7 (6 cultural, 1 mixed)
selected World Heritage Site locales: Beni Hammad Fort (c); Djémila (c); Casbah of Algiers (c); M'zab Valley (c); Tassili n'Ajjer (m); Timgad (c); Tipasa (c)

Economic overview: suffering oil and gas economy; lack of sector and market diversification; political instability chilling domestic consumption; poor credit access and declines in business confidence; COVID-19 austerity policies; delayed promised socio-economic reforms
Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024: $722.912 billion (2024 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023: $699.818 billion (2023 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022: $672.256 billion (2022 est.)
Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2024: 3.3% (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2023: 4.1% (2023 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2022: 3.6% (2022 est.)
Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2024: $15,400 (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2023: $15,200 (2023 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2022: $14,800 (2022 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $263.62 billion (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024: 4% (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023: 9.3% (2023 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022: 9.3% (2022 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 13.1% (2023 est.)
industry: 37.8% (2023 est.)
services: 45.6% (2023 est.)
GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption: 40.8% (2023 est.)
government consumption: 17.9% (2023 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 32.8% (2023 est.)
investment in inventories: 4.9% (2023 est.)
exports of goods and services: 23.6% (2023 est.)
imports of goods and services: -20.1% (2023 est.)
Agricultural products: potatoes, watermelons, wheat, milk, onions, tomatoes, vegetables, oranges, dates, barley (2023)
Industries: petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing
Industrial production growth rate: 3.9% (2023 est.)
Labor force: 13.294 million (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2024: 11.5% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate 2023: 11.8% (2023 est.)
Unemployment rate 2022: 12.4% (2022 est.)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): total: 29.8% (2024 est.)
male: 26.8% (2024 est.)
female: 45.8% (2024 est.)
Average household expenditures: on food: 37.2% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
on alcohol and tobacco: 1% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
Remittances: Remittances 2023: 0.8% of GDP (2023 est.)
Remittances 2022: 0.8% of GDP (2022 est.)
Remittances 2021: 1% of GDP (2021 est.)
Budget: revenues: $55.185 billion (2019 est.)
expenditures: $64.728 billion (2019 est.)
Public debt: Public debt 2017: 27.5% of GDP (2017 est.)
Current account balance: Current account balance 2023: $6.359 billion (2023 est.)
Current account balance 2022: $19.433 billion (2022 est.)
Current account balance 2021: -$4.513 billion (2021 est.)
Exports: Exports 2023: $59.426 billion (2023 est.)
Exports 2022: $69.226 billion (2022 est.)
Exports 2021: $41.846 billion (2021 est.)
Exports - partners: Italy 29%, France 14%, Spain 13%, USA 6%, Netherlands 4% (2023)
Exports - commodities: natural gas, crude petroleum, refined petroleum, fertilizers, iron bars (2023)
Imports: Imports 2023: $51.131 billion (2023 est.)
Imports 2022: $46.613 billion (2022 est.)
Imports 2021: $44.287 billion (2021 est.)
Imports - partners: China 24%, France 12%, Italy 8%, Turkey 7%, Brazil 6% (2023)
Imports - commodities: wheat, plastics, cars, milk, corn (2023)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024: $83.007 billion (2024 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023: $81.217 billion (2023 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022: $71.852 billion (2022 est.)
Debt - external: Debt - external 2023: $4.764 billion (2023 est.)
Exchange rates: Currency: Algerian dinars (DZD) per US dollar -
Exchange rates 2024: 134.053 (2024 est.)
Exchange rates 2023: 135.843 (2023 est.)
Exchange rates 2022: 141.995 (2022 est.)
Exchange rates 2021: 135.064 (2021 est.)
Exchange rates 2020: 126.777 (2020 est.)

Electricity access: electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
electrification - urban areas: 100%
electrification - rural areas: 99.3%
Electricity: installed generating capacity: 22.591 million kW (2023 est.)
consumption: 85.687 billion kWh (2023 est.)
exports: 2.753 billion kWh (2023 est.)
imports: 475.8 million kWh (2023 est.)
transmission/distribution losses: 9.237 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Electricity generation sources: fossil fuels: 98.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
solar: 0.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
hydroelectricity: 0.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Coal: consumption: 3,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
imports: 241,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
proven reserves: 223 million metric tons (2023 est.)
Petroleum: total petroleum production: 1.443 million bbl/day (2023 est.)
refined petroleum consumption: 446,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
crude oil estimated reserves: 12.2 billion barrels (2021 est.)
Natural gas: production: 104.896 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
consumption: 52.831 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
exports: 51.566 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
proven reserves: 4.504 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)
Energy consumption per capita: Total energy consumption per capita 2023: 61.843 million Btu/person (2023 est.)

Telephones - fixed lines: total subscriptions: 6.93 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2024 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular: total subscriptions: 54.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 115 (2024 est.)
Broadcast media: Radio Algérienne is the state-run radio broadcast; the National Company of Television (Entreprise Nationale de Télévision (ENTV)) is the primary state-run public TV station (2024)
Internet country code: .dz
Internet users: percent of population: 77% (2023 est.)
Broadband - fixed subscriptions: total: 5.54 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2023 est.)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: 7T
Airports: 95 (2025)
Heliports: 11 (2025)
Railways: total: 4,020 km (2019)
Merchant marine: total: 119 (2022)
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 4, general cargo 11, oil tanker 14, other 89
Ports: total ports: 17 (2024)
large: 2
medium: 1
small: 6
very small: 8
ports with oil terminals: 3
key ports: Alger, Annaba, Arzew, Arzew El Djedid, Bejaia, Mers El Kebir, Oran, Port Methanier, Skikda

Military and security forces: Algerian People's National Army (ANP): Land Forces, Naval Forces (includes Coast Guard), Air Forces, Territorial Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard, National GendarmerieMinistry of Interior: General Directorate of National Security (national police) (2025)
Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2024: 8% of GDP (2024 est.)
Military Expenditures 2023: 8% of GDP (2023 est.)
Military Expenditures 2022: 4.8% of GDP (2022 est.)
Military Expenditures 2021: 5.6% of GDP (2021 est.)
Military Expenditures 2020: 6.7% of GDP (2020 est.)
Military and security service personnel strengths: information varies; estimated 200,000 active ANP, including the National Gendarmerie (2025)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions: the Algerian military has traditionally been armed mostly with Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems and equipment; over the past decade, it has made investments in acquiring more modern armored vehicles, air defense systems, fighter aircraft, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and warships, largely from Russia, its traditional supplier, but also China and Western European suppliers such as Germany (2025)
Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 19 years of age for mandatory national service for men (all Algerian men must register at age 17); 12 months national service obligation (2025)
Military - note: the ANP is responsible for external defense but also has some internal security responsibilities; key areas of concern include border and maritime security, terrorism, regional instability, and tensions with Morocco; Algeria supports the pro-independence Polisario Front in Western Sahara and accuses Morocco of supporting the Algerian separatist Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK); border security and counterterrorism have received additional focus since the Arab Spring events of 2011 and the rise of terrorist threats emanating from Libya and the Sahel; the Army and Ministry of Defense (MND) paramilitary forces of the Gendarmerie and the border guards have beefed up their presence along the frontiers with Tunisia, Libya, Niger, and Mali to interdict and deter cross-border attacks by Islamist militant groups; the ANP and MND paramilitary forces have also increased counterterrorism cooperation with some neighboring countries, particularly Tunisia, including joint operationsthe ANP has also played a large role in the country’s politics since independence in 1962, including coups in 1965 and 1991; it was a key backer of BOUTEFLIKA’s election in 1999 and remained a center of power during his 20-year rule; the military was instrumental in BOUTEFLIKA’s resignation in 2019, when it withdrew support and called for him to be removed from office (2024)

Space agency/agencies: Algerian Space Agency (Agence Spatiale Algérienne, ASAL; established 2002) (2025)
Space launch site(s): none; note - in 1947, Algeria began hosting a French military rocket test site known as the Centre Interarmées d’Essais d’Engins Spéciaux (CIEES or Interarmy Special Vehicles Test Center); it was the continent of Africa's first rocket launch site and was in service until 1967
Space program overview: has a national space policy and space research program with stated goals of supporting internal development, managing resources, mastering space technology, and reinforcing national sovereignty; builds and operates communications and remote sensing (RS) satellites; researching and developing a range of space-related capabilities, including satellites and satellite payloads, communications, RS, instrumentation, image processing, and geo-spatial information; works with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including Argentina, China, France, Germany, India, Russia, Slovenia, Ukraine, the UK, and other African countries; member of the African Space Agency and the Arab Space Coordination Group (2025)
Key space-program milestones: 2002 - first remote sensing (RS) satellite (Alsat-1A) built jointly with the UK and launched by Russia2006 - announced a national space program2010 and 2016 - first Algerian-designed and -built RS satellites (Alsat-2A and 2B) launched by India2017 - first communications satellite (Alcomsat-1) built jointly with and launched by China; announced a 2040 national space plan2026 - RS satellite (AlSat-3A) launched by China

Terrorist group(s): al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM); Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) – Algeria; al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun)

Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees: 188,206 (2024 est.)
IDPs: 25 (2024 est.)
Trafficking in persons: tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List — Algeria did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Algeria remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/algeria/