Algeria — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Algeria, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Algeria was 6,051 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6,095 in 2014. The lowest was 170 in 1962 (about 35.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.10% per year.
Algeria ranks 129 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 61%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so Algeria sits above it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 29%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 10 of 23 economies; Iraq (5,410) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 48% in 1974. That is 26% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 1984. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 59th of 111 in 1960 → 80th of 146 in 1970 → 63rd of 163 in 1980 → 83rd of 192 in 1990 → 107th of 204 in 2000 → 114th of 212 in 2010 → 138th of 210 in 2020 → 108th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,051 | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 5,752.99 | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 5,370.48 | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 4,960.3 | +19.2% |
| 2021 | 4,160.56 | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 3,743.54 | -16.2% |
| 2019 | 4,468.45 | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 4,577.21 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 4,554.67 | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 4,424.99 | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 4,685.06 | -23.1% |
| 2014 | 6,094.69 | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 5,979.6 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 6,033.65 | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 5,916.31 | +20.4% |
| 2010 | 4,912.79 | +16.0% |
| 2009 | 4,235.43 | -18.2% |
| 2008 | 5,180.92 | +24.3% |
| 2007 | 4,167.45 | +13.8% |
| 2006 | 3,660.66 | +13.2% |
| 2005 | 3,233.13 | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 2,816.99 | +23.3% |
| 2003 | 2,283.77 | +17.9% |
| 2002 | 1,937.46 | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 1,896.3 | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 1,772.93 | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 1,596.12 | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 1,603.37 | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 1,628.76 | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,616.83 | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 1,466.95 | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 1,525.54 | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 1,831.05 | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 1,802.69 | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 1,759.11 | -28.1% |
| 1990 | 2,445.18 | +8.8% |
| 1989 | 2,247.46 | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 2,450.87 | -13.9% |
| 1987 | 2,847.08 | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 2,800.2 | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 2,632.52 | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 2,524.38 | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 2,373.83 | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 2,274.88 | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 2,307.33 | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 2,275.78 | +23.5% |
| 1979 | 1,843.12 | +22.4% |
| 1978 | 1,505.94 | +22.2% |
| 1977 | 1,232.49 | +14.1% |
| 1976 | 1,080.39 | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 992.3 | +13.7% |
| 1974 | 872.89 | +48.1% |
| 1973 | 589.52 | +25.7% |
| 1972 | 469.03 | +30.2% |
| 1971 | 360.11 | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 352.85 | +11.7% |
| 1969 | 315.91 | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 292.44 | +11.7% |
| 1967 | 261.79 | +8.4% |
| 1966 | 241.45 | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 253.62 | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 238.86 | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 225.58 | +33.0% |
| 1962 | 169.6 | -19.0% |
| 1961 | 209.37 | -12.2% |
| 1960 | 238.39 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Algeria’s GDP per capita in 1961?
209.37 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Algeria’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Algeria’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2438.3% in total — about 5.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 6,051; 2024: 5,752.99; 2023: 5,370.48; 2022: 4,960.3; 2021: 4,160.56. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.