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Algeria — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Algeria, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
40.78%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -10.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Algeria was 40.78% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 45.82% in 1991. The lowest was 38.04% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.32% per year.
Algeria ranks 176 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Algeria sits below it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
40.78%
First (1990)
45.62%
Change
-10.6%
Highest
45.82%
in 1991
Lowest
38.04%
in 2020
Average
43.29%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.32%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.78% |
| 2024 | 41.16% |
| 2023 | 41.51% |
| 2022 | 41.8% |
| 2021 | 38.42% |
| 2020 | 38.04% |
| 2019 | 42.2% |
| 2018 | 42.28% |
| 2017 | 42.33% |
| 2016 | 42.33% |
| 2015 | 42.46% |
| 2014 | 42.6% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.