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General Information

Region		Northern Africa
Population (000, 2020)		43 851
Pop. density (per km2, 2020)		18.4
Capital city		Algiers
Capital city pop. (000, 2020)		2 729.3^b,c
UN membership date		08-Oct-62
Surface area (km2)		2 381 741^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		102.1
National currency		Algerian Dinar (DZD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		119.2^c

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	161 207	165 979	173 757^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.6	3.7	1.4^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	4 480.8	4 177.9	4 114.7^d
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	8.6	12.1	12.4^d
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	51.4	37.3	41^d
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	40	50.6	46.6^d
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	11.9	10.3	9.7
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	30.1	31	30.7
Employment in services^e (% employed)	58	58.7	59.6
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	10	11.2	11.5
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	14.4 / 70.0	15.2 / 67.4	14.6 / 67.0
CPI: Consumer Price Index^f (2010=100)	100	127	151^g,c
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	130	151	151^h
International trade: exports (million current US$)	57 051	34 796	34 571^e,c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	41 000	51 803	45 140^e,c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	16 051	- 17 007	- 10 569^e,c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	12 220	- 27 038	- 22 059^a

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	1.6	2	2
Urban population (% of total population)	67.5	70.8	73.2^c
Urban population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	2.8	2.9	...
Fertility rate, totalⁱ (live births per woman)	2.7	3	3
Life expectancy at birthⁱ (females/males, years)	75.4 / 73.0	76.7 / 74.4	77.8 / 75.4
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	27.3 / 7.8	28.7 / 8.9	30.8 / 9.9
International migrant stock^j (000/% of total pop.)	217.0 / 0.6	239.5 / 0.6	249.1 / 0.6^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	94.4^k	100	99.5^c
Infant mortality rateⁱ (per 1 000 live births)	29.4	24.9	21.2
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	5.1	7	6.4^a
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.2^l	...	1.7^d
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.3^m	...	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	111.5 / 119.0	113.0 / 118.7	107.3 / 112.4^d
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.7 / 95.2	101.5 / 97.8ⁿ	... / ...
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	35.4 / 24.5	45.0 / 28.8	64.4 / 38.8^d
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.7	1.4	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	7.7	31.6	25.8^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	12.5	38.2^e	49^d
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.1^p,q	...	0.5^r,a
Threatened species (number)	105	114	155
Forested area (% of land area)	0.8	0.8	0.8^e,a
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	95.5 / 2.6	130.4 / 3.3	130.5 / 3.2^a
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	6 200	5 883	6 285^a
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	45	56	55^a
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	2 070	1 710	2 657^d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	16.6	16.6	16.6^c
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	17.0 / 20.3	16.5 / 20.8	16.5 / 20.8^a
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.13	0.04	0.08^d

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Refers to the Governorate of Grand Algiers.
c		2019
d		2018
e		Estimate.
f		Algiers
g		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
h		2016
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Including refugees.
k		Data as at the end of December.
l		2007
m		2008
n		2011
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		Partial data.
q		2005
r		Break in the time series.
s		Including nationals residing abroad.