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Algeria — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Algeria, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
11.63%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -43.5% since 1991
Unemployment for Algeria was 11.63% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 31.84% in 1995. The lowest was 9.82% in 2013 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.67% per year.
Algeria ranks 29 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 16%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 9.00%, so Algeria sits above it. It peaked in 1995 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
11.63%
First (1991)
20.60%
Change
-43.5%
Highest
31.84%
in 1995
Lowest
9.82%
in 2013
Average
17.45%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.67%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.63% |
| 2024 | 11.66% |
| 2023 | 11.65% |
| 2022 | 12.38% |
| 2021 | 13.66% |
| 2020 | 14.08% |
| 2019 | 12.3% |
| 2018 | 12.11% |
| 2017 | 12% |
| 2016 | 10.2% |
| 2015 | 11.21% |
| 2014 | 10.21% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.