AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Algeria: 50th largest economy, 21st in military spending
Population47.4M#33 of 194 in the world · 2025
GDP$287B#50 of 193 in the world · 2025
GDP per person$6.1k#110 of 193 in the world · 2025
Fossil fuel output1.6k TWh#17 of 186 in the world · 2024
Military spending$21.8B#21 of 167 in the world · 2024
Bars show the share of states this actor is ahead of. Rank is among states, each at its latest year.
Attacks reported
attack log →≥ 14 events in or near Algeria, last 30 days reported by the sources; the strongest are listed. No source sees every attack.
- 2026-10-29 · Armed clash · Alger, Alger, Algeria · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-29 · Armed clash · Alger, Alger, Algeria · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-28 · Armed clash · Algiers, Alger, Algeria · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-27 · Assault or killing · Tindouf, Tindouf, Algeria · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
Algeria is involved in 1 theater, 1 escalating
Arrows show where each situation is heading. Open one for its living file.
47.4M people, 76% in cities
- Population47.4M2025
- Population growth1.3%2025
- Urban population75.8%2025
- Land area2.4M km²2023
A $287B economy, $6.1k per person
- GDP$287B2025
- GDP (purchasing power)$882B2025
- GDP per person$6.1k2025
- GDP per person (purchasing power)$18.6k2025
- GDP growth3.8%2025
Fuels are 96% of goods exports
- Exports, share of GDP16.8%2025
- Imports, share of GDP22.1%2025
- Fuels, share of goods exports96.1%2017
- Exports of goods and services$48.3B2025
- Imports of goods and services$63.6B2025
Fossil fuel output of 1.6k TWh, more than it uses in oil and gas
Oilmade 689 TWhused 251 TWh
Gasmade 947 TWhused 505 TWh
Coalmade 0.0 TWhused 1.7 TWh
- Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)1.6k TWh2024
- Primary energy consumption760 TWh2024
- Energy use per person16.2 MWh2024
- Electricity generation96 TWh2024
- Electricity from fossil fuels98.9%2024
Spends $21.8B on its military, 8.0% of GDP
- Military spending$21.8B2024
- Military spending, share of GDP8.0%2024
- Armed forces personnel326k2020
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$128M2024
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$0.02016
What Algeria's leaders said lately
3 statements on record, newest first
Pulses involving Algeria
Who Algeria shares a situation with
States named alongside it in the same situation, with the situations in common.
Niger · Algeria's Break with Non-Intervention in the Sahel
Where these numbers come from
- World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2025
- Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2024
- IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) ↗ · IMF open data, attribution · 2026
- Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
Leaders as of 2026-10-05. Figures fetched 2026-10-05; each shows its own year.