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Government debt in Algeria

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Algeria's government debt is 54.10 % — #61 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

54.10%

Checked 8 Sept 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: 54.10 %19912008202554.10 %
35 official observations, 1991 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#61 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
51 %
63 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 6.00 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
52.20 pp
peak 106.30 % in 1994
Full series
▼ 32.00 pp
since 1991

In Africa: #9 of 20vs median 54.55 %: −0.45 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Algeria: ahead of 51 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtAlgeria 54.10 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Algeria is ahead of 51 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Algeria
59 South Korea52.30 %−1.80 pp
60 Iraq53.90 %−0.20 pp
61 Algeria54.10 %—
62 Ecuador54.40 %+0.30 pp
63 New Zealand54.70 %+0.60 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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