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Algeria

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Algiers · pop. 47M · Arabic · Algerian dinar

Trajectories

economic complexity

#116

Slipping in export sophistication, from #77 in 1995.

2024 · −0.98

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1995−0.10
1996−0.24−0.14 pts
1997−0.33−0.08 pts
1998−0.20+0.12 pts
1999high−0.09+0.12 pts
2000−0.42−0.33 pts
2001−0.43−0.01 pts
2002−0.39+0.04 pts
2003−0.73−0.34 pts
2004−0.51+0.22 pts
2005−0.37+0.14 pts
2006−0.57−0.21 pts
2007−0.64−0.06 pts
2008−1.01−0.37 pts
2009−0.97+0.04 pts
2010−1.07−0.10 pts
2011−1.38−0.31 pts
2012−1.27+0.11 pts
2013−1.33−0.06 pts
2014low−1.50−0.17 pts
2015−1.21+0.29 pts
2016−0.94+0.27 pts
2017−0.98−0.04 pts
2018−1.35−0.38 pts
2019−1.05+0.30 pts
2020−1.06−0.01 pts
2021−0.99+0.07 pts
2022−0.73+0.26 pts
2023−1.05−0.32 pts
2024latest−0.98+0.08 pts

economic momentum

$5,753

Tripled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $5,753

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990$2,445
1991$1,759−28.1%
1992$1,803+2.5%
1993$1,831+1.6%
1994$1,526−16.7%
1995low$1,467−3.8%
1996$1,617+10.2%
1997$1,629+0.7%
1998$1,603−1.6%
1999$1,596−0.5%
2000$1,773+11.1%
2001$1,896+7.0%
2002$1,937+2.2%
2003$2,284+17.9%
2004$2,817+23.3%
2005$3,233+14.8%
2006$3,661+13.2%
2007$4,167+13.8%
2008$5,181+24.3%
2009$4,235−18.2%
2010$4,913+16.0%
2011$5,916+20.4%
2012$6,034+2.0%
2013$5,980−0.9%
2014high$6,095+1.9%
2015$4,685−23.1%
2016$4,425−5.6%
2017$4,555+2.9%
2018$4,577+0.5%
2019$4,468−2.4%
2020$3,744−16.2%
2021$4,161+11.1%
2022$4,960+19.2%
2023$5,370+8.3%
2024latest$5,753+7.1%

prices

4.0%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 4.0%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
199016.7%
199125.9%+9.23 pts
1992high31.7%+5.78 pts
199320.5%−11.1 pts
199429.0%+8.51 pts
199529.8%+0.73 pts
199618.7%−11.1 pts
19975.7%−12.9 pts
19985.0%−0.78 pts
19992.6%−2.30 pts
2000low0.3%−2.31 pts
20014.2%+3.89 pts
20021.4%−2.81 pts
20034.3%+2.85 pts
20044.0%−0.31 pts
20051.4%−2.58 pts
20062.3%+0.93 pts
20073.7%+1.37 pts
20084.9%+1.18 pts
20095.7%+0.88 pts
20103.9%−1.83 pts
20114.5%+0.61 pts
20128.9%+4.37 pts
20133.3%−5.64 pts
20142.9%−0.34 pts
20154.8%+1.87 pts
20166.4%+1.61 pts
20175.6%−0.81 pts
20184.3%−1.32 pts
20192.0%−2.32 pts
20202.4%+0.46 pts
20217.2%+4.81 pts
20229.3%+2.04 pts
20239.3%+0.06 pts
2024latest4.0%−5.28 pts

demographic curve

2.7 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 7.0 in 1980.

2024 · 2.7

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19607.5
19617.6+0.8%
19627.6+0.6%
19637.6+0.6%
19647.7+0.3%
19657.7+0.5%
19667.70.0%
1967high7.70.0%
19687.70.0%
19697.70.0%
19707.7−0.1%
19717.7−0.4%
19727.6−0.5%
19737.6−0.6%
19747.5−0.6%
19757.5−0.8%
19767.4−1.1%
19777.3−1.3%
19787.2−1.4%
19797.1−1.3%
19807.0−1.8%
19816.8−2.1%
19826.7−2.5%
19836.5−2.7%
19846.3−3.3%
19856.0−3.9%
19865.6−6.5%
19875.3−6.1%
19885.0−5.2%
19894.8−5.2%
19904.5−5.3%
19914.4−3.2%
19924.3−2.1%
19934.1−4.6%
19943.9−4.0%
19953.5−10.9%
19963.1−10.0%
19972.9−8.1%
19982.7−6.8%
19992.6−2.6%
20002.6−1.1%
20012.5−2.7%
2002low2.4−3.6%
20032.5+0.9%
20042.5+2.0%
20052.6+2.5%
20062.6+2.6%
20072.7+2.9%
20082.8+3.0%
20092.8+1.4%
20102.9+1.8%
20112.9+0.8%
20123.0+3.3%
20133.00.0%
20143.1+2.9%
20153.1+0.2%
20163.10.0%
20173.10.0%
20183.0−2.3%
20193.0−0.7%
20202.9−1.9%
20212.9−2.4%
20222.8−1.8%
20232.8−1.8%
2024latest2.7−1.6%

Metrics

  1. population
    47M
    32 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $248B
    52 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $5,370
    96 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $18B
    21 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    7.4%
    2 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    2.4M km²
    11 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    19.6 /km²
    143 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    76.3 yr
    68 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    77%
    95 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    4.0 t
    58 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    75%
    49 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    2.7
    51 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    0.6%
    140 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    0.7%
    105 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. r&d % of gdp
    0.4%
    61 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. researchers per million
    1,764
    42 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. scientific articles / yr
    7.6K
    50 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  18. high-tech exports %
    1%
    128 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  19. youth unemployment
    29%
    148 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  20. democracy (v-dem)
    0.13
    113 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  21. clean government
    34
    92 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  22. press freedom
    47.3
    131 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  23. human development
    0.763
    79 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  24. refugees hosted
    183K
    37 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  25. refugees produced
    8.8K
    60 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data