Algeria
Everything Palanor holds about Algeria, in one place: 67 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
AfricaMiddle East & North AfricaMiddle East & Africa
The latest read
- GDP in current U.S. dollars: $287 billion (2025); record high since 1990; 1y +6.6%.
- Household consumption, share of GDP: 41.8% of GDP (2025); 54th percentile since 1990; highest since 2021; 1y +0.49 pts.
- Net exports, share of GDP: -5.31% of GDP (2025); 18th percentile since 1990; lowest since 2020; 1y −4.88 pts.
Country Posture
What Algeria’s economy is doing
Momentum
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | 3.8 |
| Growth against its three-year average | 0.0 |
| Change in unemployment | -0.0 |
| Change in the employment rate | -0.3 |
| Export volume growth | — |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
2025Withheld: 3 of 5 core inputs reported for 2025.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue | — |
| Budget balance | — |
| Reserves, months of imports | 11.6 |
| Current account | -8.8 |
| Governance (WGI mean) | -0.65 |
| External debt (2024) | 2.7 |
Pressure
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | 1.4 |
| Change in inflation | -2.6 |
| Currency move against the dollar | -1.8% |
| Conflict deaths per million | 0.0 |
| Political stability | -0.66 |
| Private credit, three-year change | 1.4 |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
Passport reach
Where a Algeria passport opens doors
The share of world GDP, outside Algeria itself, in the economies whose published rules let a holder of this passport in, as of October 2026. Palanor records the rules of destinations holding 88% of world GDP, from each government’s own list, and weights them by World Bank GDP for 2025. Rank is among 199 passports.
Work
0.0%rank 114 of 199
the right to work (free movement in full; treaty and working-holiday routes at half); 0 destinations in full.
Reach is shown here and not weighted into Country Strength: it rewards membership of a free-movement area or a treaty more than the strength of an economy. Entry is always at the border officer’s discretion, and conditions (length of stay, fees, age limits) vary. Method, sources and the full ranking: Passports and citizenship.
Palanor calculation from each destination government's published rules; GDP weights from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0), one year for the whole line, so it moves only when a list changes.
GDP by expenditure
What Algeria’s economy runs on
In 2025, household spending was 41.8% of GDP, government consumption 18.3%, investment 45.3% and net exports -5.3% (exports 16.8%, imports 22.1%).
World Bank national accounts. The parts can miss 100 by a few points (the statistical discrepancy).
Same World Bank definition for every country, so the shares compare directly: What each economy runs on.
IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF’s outlook for Algeria
The latest year before the October 2026 edition (often still an IMF estimate) and the IMF’s own projections. These are the IMF’s published forecasts, shown as published; Palanor does not project them further. Since the previous edition the IMF raised its growth forecast for this year by 0.0 percentage points (Palanor calculation).
| Measure | 2025 | 2026 IMF f’cast | 2027 IMF f’cast | 2031 IMF f’cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth% | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| Inflation, average consumer prices% | 1.4 | 6.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| GDP, current US dollarsUS$ bn | 284.5 | 331.9 | 338.9 | 343.3 |
| GDP at purchasing-power parityintl $ bn | 882.5 | 947.1 | 1,008 | 1,224 |
| GDP per person, US dollarsUS$ | 5,997 | 6,910 | 6,975 | 6,780 |
| Current account balance% of GDP | -8.9 | -0.8 | -1.8 | -1.9 |
| Government gross debt% of GDP | 52.1 | 51.8 | 59.1 | 78.9 |
| Government net debt% of GDP | 45.1 | 45.9 | 53.6 | 74.2 |
| Government overall balance% of GDP | -10.5 | -9.1 | -10.1 | -8.8 |
| Government primary balance% of GDP | -8.7 | -7.4 | -7.9 | -6.1 |
| Government net interest paid% of GDP · Palanor calc. | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026. Provided by the IMF “as is” and free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor. Net interest paid is a Palanor calculation: the IMF's primary balance minus its overall balance.
Conflict
Organized violence
News
In the news
- Stanislas Hutin freed himself from the trauma of the war in Algeria by writing about it. Memories of his comrades’ barbarity marked him for the rest of his life
The Economist · Bluesky2026-10-03negative · -war
- Also on the daily podcast: cooling with paint and remembering Stanislas Hutin, who exposed France’s crimes in Algeria
The Economist · Bluesky2026-10-02neutral
- The beatings and the torture revolted him. He recorded it all, secretly, in a red notebook. We remember the man who revealed the atrocities committed by French soldiers during the war in Algeria
The Economist · Bluesky2026-10-02negative · -war
Headlines that name Algeria, matched by name with fixed rules (a wrong match is worse than a missing one). Tone is read from each headline’s own words; no model reads or summarizes an article, and other publishers’ stories link out.
Signals
Every series about Algeria
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 67 in the Library.
Growth and output8
- Population, Historical (Maddison): Algeriarecord high since 1; 1y +1.6%44,113,760 people2022
- GDP per Person, Historical (Maddison): Algeria90th percentile since 1820; highest since 2019; 1y +1.3%13,5062022
- GDP, Historical (Maddison): Algeriarecord high since 1820; 1y +2.9%595.82022
- Algeria · GDP · USD bn (current)record high since 1990; 1y +6.6%$287bn2025
- Algeria: Share of World GDP at Market Exchange Rates72nd percentile since 1990; highest since 2015; 1y +0.002 pts0.24% of world GDP2025
- Algeria: Share of World GDP Minus Share of World Population36th percentile since 1990; 1y unchanged-0.332025
- Algeria: Share of World Populationrecord high since 1990; 1y +0.002 pts0.58% of world population2025
- Share of World GDP, Historical (Maddison): Algeria50th percentile since 1820; lowest since 2000; 1y −0.001 pts0.46% of world GDP2022
Trade and capital flows1
- Algeria · Net International Investment Position, % of GDP (IMF)record low since 2011; 1y −6.32 pts12.5% of GDP2025
Energy and resources9
- Crude Oil Production · Algeria61st percentile since Jan 1973; 1y +5.3%1,1902026-06-01
- Algeria · Carbon Intensity of Electricity12th percentile since 2000; lowest since 2020; 1y −0.1%632.8 gCO2e/kWh2024
- Algeria · Electricity Generationrecord high since 2000; 1y +0.5%96.4 TWh2024
- Algeria · Gas Share of Electricity Generation82nd percentile since 2000; lowest since 2020; 1y −0.12 pts98.6% of generation2024
- Algeria · Hydro Share of Electricity Generation10th percentile since 2000; 1y unchanged0.02% of generation2024
- Algeria · Other Fossil Fuels Share of Electricity Generationrecord low since 2000; 1y unchanged0.34% of generation2024
- Algeria · Solar Share of Electricity Generationrecord high since 2000; 1y +0.12 pts1.03% of generation2024
- Algeria · Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generationrecord high since 2000; 1y +0.12 pts1.05% of generation2024
- Algeria · Wind Share of Electricity Generation88th percentile since 2000; 1y unchanged0.02% of generation2024
Conflict and geopolitics2 of 6
- Algeria · Organized-Violence Deaths (UCDP, annual)record low since 1989; 1y −100.0%0 deaths2025
- Algeria · State-Based Conflict Deaths (UCDP, annual)record low since 1989; 1y −100.0%0 deaths2025
Migration1 of 3
- U.S.-Born People Living in Algeria (UN)69th percentile since 1990; highest since 19951,111 people2024
AI stance and technology1
- AI User Share: Algeria (Microsoft AI Diffusion)1y +2.50 pts13.8% of people aged 15-642026-06-30
Climate and the physical world4 of 6
- Algeria CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)99th percentile since 1916; 1y −2.3%198.2 Mt CO₂2024
- Algeria Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)record high since 1916; 1y +3.8%5.48 Gt CO₂2024
- Algeria · Plastic Emitted to the Ocean by Rivers · tonnes per year (2015)5,455.4 t/yr2015
- Algeria · Share of Global River Plastic Emitted to the Ocean · % (2015)0.54% of world2015
More about this country1
- Algeria · Exchange Rate per US Dollar (IMF)94th percentile since Jan 1957; 1y +2.3%132.9 per USD2026-08-01
Peers
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