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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	165 979	145 744	191 913^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.7	-5.1	3.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	4 197.4	3 354.2	4 273.9^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	12.1	14.3	13.3^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	37.3	34.3	38^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	50.6	51.4	48.7^b
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	8.8	10	9.7^b
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	31.2	30.8	30.9^b
Employment in services^f (% employed)	59.9	59.1	59.4^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	11.2	14^f	12.1^f
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	16.2 / 66.3	15.4 / 62.6^f	16.9 / 67.1^f
CPI: Consumer Price Index^g (2010=100)	127	155^h	199^h,e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	112	111^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	34 796	21 925^f	57 360^f,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	51 803	37 412^f	44 564^f,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 17 007	- 15 486^f	12 795^f,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 27 038	- 18 187	5 424^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2	1.6	1.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	70.8	73.2^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.9ⁱ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	3.1	2.9	2.7^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	76.4 / 74.0	74.9 / 71.7	77.9 / 75.1^a
Population age distribution^j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	29.0 / 8.1	30.8 / 9.0	30.3 / 10.0^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	239.5 / 0.6^k	250.4 / 0.6^k	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	100	99.2	103.1^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	25.3	22.8	20.5^a
Health: Current expenditure^l,m (% of GDP)	7	6.1	5.5ⁿ
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	1^d	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.5 / 113.1	108.7 / 111.9	107.7 / 109.8^e
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	130.6 / 140.2^o	... / ...	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	76.8 / 54.3^o	... / ...	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.4	1.5	1.8^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	31.6	25.8^p	7.9^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^f (per 100 inhabitants)	38.2	60.7^q	71.2^q,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	...	0.5^r,s	...
Threatened species (number)	114	155	186^e
Forested area (% of land area)	0.8	0.8	0.8ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	126.1 / 3.2	133.6 / 3.1	146.0 / 3.3ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	5 883	5 458	6 214ⁿ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	56	54	58ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^t (000)	1 710	591	1 398^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	42.4	43.5	43.5^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	81.5 / 65.9	74.5 / 65.8	73.1 / 63.1^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	65.8 / 54.1	64.8 / 55.7	64.6 / 56.0^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.04	0.15	0.13ⁿ

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to the Governorate of Grand Algiers.
d		2019
e		2023
f		Estimate.
g		Algiers
h		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
k		Including refugees.
l		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
m		Estimates should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
n		2021
o		2011
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		Population aged 15 years and over.
r		Break in the time series.
s		2017
t		Including nationals residing abroad.