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Government debt in Algeria

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Algeria's government debt is 52.10 % — #57 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

52.10%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.5 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Algeria over time

106.30 %56.40 %6.50 %106.30 % · 19946.50 % · 20131991: 86.10 %1992: 69.30 %1993: 76.80 %1994: 106.30 %1995: 95.90 %1996: 90.70 %1997: 79.60 %1998: 79.90 %1999: 69.70 %2000: 53.40 %2001: 50.00 %2002: 47.30 %2003: 38.20 %2004: 32.70 %2005: 25.40 %2006: 22.50 %2007: 12.80 %2008: 7.60 %2009: 8.90 %2010: 9.50 %2011: 8.50 %2012: 8.60 %2013: 6.50 %2014: 6.90 %2015: 7.70 %2016: 18.10 %2017: 24.00 %2018: 34.50 %2019: 40.90 %2020: 46.00 %2021: 55.10 %2022: 48.10 %2023: 47.70 %2024: 48.10 %2025: 52.10 %19912008202552.10 %
35 official observations, 1991 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#57 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
54 %
68 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 4.00 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
54.20 pp
peak 106.30 % in 1994
Full series
▼ 34.00 pp
since 1991

In Africa: #8 of 21vs median 54.70 %: −2.60 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Algeria: ahead of 54 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtAlgeria 52.10 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Algeria is ahead of 54 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Algeria
55 Australia51.90 %−0.20 pp
56 Myanmar51.90 %−0.20 pp
57 Algeria52.10 %—
58 South Korea52.40 %+0.30 pp
59 Iraq52.80 %+0.70 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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