Algeria — Country Profile

Algeria is in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia. It covers 2,381,740 sq km. Terrain: mostly high plateau and desert; Atlas Mountains in the far north and Hoggar Mountains in the south; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain. Climate: arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer.

Algeria’s GDP is $722.912 billion (2024 est.) in purchasing-power-parity terms. At official exchange rates it stands at $263.62 billion (2024 est.). Real GDP grew 3.3% (2024 est.). See where Algeria ranks among all 195 countries by GDP.

POWER --/100 — The Magna Power score is our 0–100 composite of structural national power — nine components, 135 indicators. It is the Bureau's own assessment, not a mirror of World Bank or CIA figures.

Momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

The quarter's signal was silence: no major domestic development, no external shock, no diplomatic breakthrough.

The country's course remains what it was in June — set by structural realities that no single quarter rewrites.

• What our model rewards: public debt under 28% of GDP — room to maneuver; a current-account surplus of $6 billion — the world pays it more than it pays out
• What drags it down: only 1% of electricity from low-carbon sources; unemployment at 11.5%

Oil, Natural gas, Iron ore, Phosphates, Uranium, Lead, Zinc.

Energy is the physical base of economic power — what a country can generate, move and burn decides what it can build, sell and defend.

Sources: CIA World Factbook, Energy section; Our World in Data (IEA/Ember), 2024.

Trade shows what the world buys from a country and what the country must buy from the world — the balance between the two is a direct measure of economic leverage.

Source: CIA World Factbook, Economy section.

Abdelmadjid Tebboune — President. President Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE (since 12 December 2019)

Algeria maintains 95 embassies and 37 consulates abroad, hosts 94 foreign diplomatic missions, holds permanent missions to UN New York, AU Addis Ababa. The breadth of a diplomatic network is a direct measure of diplomatic power — it shows how far a country’s influence, alliances and interests reach.

Source: Consular Affairs Center, Diplomatic and Consular Networks Database and Rankings, March 2026 (Zenodo, CC BY 4.0). https://zenodo.org/records/18917562

Transport networks are economic power made physical — ports, runways, railways and pipelines decide what a country can move, sell and defend.

Major airports

Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR) — Tamanrasset; Annaba Rabah Bitat Airport (AAE) — Annaba; Batna Mostefa Ben Boulaid Airport (BLJ) — Batna; Biskra - Mohamed Khider Airport (BSK) — Biskra; Chlef Aboubakr Belkaid International Airport (CFK) — Chlef; Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) — Algiers; Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport (GJL) — Tahir; Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport (CZL) — Constantine; Oran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International Airport (ORN) — Es-Sénia; Soummam–Abane Ramdane Airport (BJA) — Béjaïa.

Showing 10 of 15 major airports.

Terminals

Sources: OurAirports public-domain extract (2026-10-02); per-entry Wikipedia links included; CIA World Factbook via cia_factbook snapshot (2026-09-28); theodora.com CIA mirror (CIA World Factbook Transportation section), scraped 2026-10-02

POWER --/100 Ranked #-- of 195 countries in the Magna Country Rankings. Full ranking breakdown for Algeria.

Historical timeline of Algeria

This profile covers the population, economy, natural resources, leaders, and history of Algeria — with the Bureau’s live national-power score of --/100, ranking #-- of 195 countries.