International Rankings of Algeria 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Algeria, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Algeria, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	111	8.47	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	41	3.583 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	113	59.58 %	2018
Internet users - total	32	24.820 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	127	10.96	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	32	4.635 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	101	111.29	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	33	47.081 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	44	70.200 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	51	54.150 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	101	9.6 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	84	54.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	126	48.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	97	78	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	138	38.4	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	58	169.912 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	136	23.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	47	20.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	168	42.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	63	35.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	13	38.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	11	11.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	66	13.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	29	39.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	149	47.4 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	76	26.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	1995
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	23	2.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	80	0.6 %	2017
Labor force	49	10.859 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	91	10.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	17	30.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	82	58.4 %	2011
Population below poverty line	144	5.5	2011
Public debt	50	27.5 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	42	495.564 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	112	11511 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	59	32.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	35	135.900 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	16	756400	2015
Crude oil - imports	75	5340	2015
Crude oil - production	19	1.259 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	16	12.200 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	47	55.960 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	64	641.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	5	96	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	68	1	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	39	2	2017
Electricity - imports	90	257.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	46	19.270 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	42	66.890 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	26	41.280 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	8	53.880 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	11	93.500 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	10	4.504 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	38	405000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	16	578800 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	62	82930 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	30	627900 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	32	150.01 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	34	49.94 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	41	35.17 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	149	17.4	2018
Land use - arable land	131	3.1	2018
Land use - forest	175	0.8	2018
Land use - other	16	81.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	81	0.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	96	13.8	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	85	0.1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	133	11.667 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	48	6.671 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	86	191.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	25	3.600 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	67	1.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	62	74.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	27	12.379 million tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	38	990299 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	63	8 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	13	2.382 million sq km	0
Area - total	13	2.382 million sq km	0
Area - water	210	011 sq km	0
Coastline	83	998 km	0
Elevation - highest point	60	2908 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	45	40 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	40	800 meters	0
Irrigated land	40	13600 sq km	2014
Land boundaries - total	18	6734 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	149	17.4	2018
Land use - arable land	131	3.1	2018
Land use - forest	175	0.8	2018
Land use - other	16	81.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	81	0.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	96	13.8	2018
Total renewable water resources	132	11.667 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	121	13.93 %	2368
Age structure - 25-54 years	54	42.91 %	1558
Age structure - 55-64 years	129	7.41 %	5233
Birth rate	71	19.24 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	57	57.1 %	1213
Current Health Expenditure	49	6.2 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	180	4.32 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	81	10.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	73	9.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	61	60.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	61	49.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	7	99.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	95	2.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	91	1.1 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	63	0.8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	65	18000	2020
Hospital bed density	50	1.9 beds/1,000 population	2015
Infant mortality rate - female	79	17.98 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	84	22.36 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	80	20.23 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	79	79.33 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	53	76.32 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	65	77.79 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	62	112	2017
Median age - female	99	29.3 years	2020
Median age - male	90	28.6 years	0
Median age - total	93	28.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	104	0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	33	27.4 %	2016
Physicians density	86	1.72 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	34	43.577 million	2021
Population growth rate	66	1.41 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	26	96.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	97	6.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	88	4 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	81	3.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2011
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	21	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.89 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	59	2.55 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	1	82	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	15	33.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	9	39.3	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	67	1.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	62	74.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	36	149	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	18	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	15	27	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	6	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	13	14	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	33	67	2020
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	33	2	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	17	16	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	27	36	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	36	82	2020
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	42	28	0
Heliports	23	3	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	71	28.280 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	56	6.442 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	50	87	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - total	49	3973 km	2014
Roadways - paved	33	71656 km	2015
Roadways - total	38	104000 km	2015
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Algeria on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Algeria 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Algeria 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.