How much coast is there?

Spain’s coastline is 5 times as long as Algeria’s.

Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Spain’s highest peak towers 810 m above Algeria’s.

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Spain has 4% more people than Algeria.

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Spain: 49.4 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Spain is 5 times as densely populated as Algeria.

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Spain: 99 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Spain is 17 years older than in Algeria.

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Spain: 44.9 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Algeria have 1.6 more children on average than in Spain.

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

22% of people in Spain are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria.

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Spain: 21.6% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Spain has produced 1.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4.

Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Spain: 1.4 (2025)

How many official languages?

Algeria and Spain are practically level.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Spain: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Spain’s economy is 6.6 times the size of Algeria’s.

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Spain produces 3.2 times as much per person as Algeria.

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Spain: Int$59,868 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Algeria: no data · Spain: 33.4 (2023)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 10% in Spain.

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Spain: 10.4% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Spain 1.4%.

Algeria: 8% (2024) · Spain: 1.4% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Spain’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Algeria’s.

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Spain: 65% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Spain spends 13 times as much on health per person as Algeria.

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Spain: $3,107 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Algeria is 7.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Spain.

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Spain has 2.6 times as many doctors per person as Algeria.

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 19% in Spain.

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Spain: 18.9% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Spain smoke, versus 22% in Algeria.

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Spain: 27.6% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Spain rate their lives 0.83 points higher than in Algeria.

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Spain: 6.54 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Spain drink 29 times as much alcohol as in Algeria.

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Spain: 12.1 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Spain has 4.5 times as much meat per person as Algeria.

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Spain: 100.8 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Algeria has 19 kcal more food per person per day than Spain.

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Algeria put in 594 more hours a year than in Spain.

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Spain: 1,638 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Spain went to school 3.3 years longer than in Algeria.

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Spain: 10.8 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Algeria: no data · Spain: 1.92 (2024)

How many people are online?

96% of people in Spain are online, versus 77% in Algeria.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Spain: 96% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

Algeria and Spain are practically level.

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Spain: 100% (2024)

How many live in cities?

81% of people in Spain live in cities, versus 76% in Algeria.

Algeria: 76% (2025) · Spain: 81% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Spain has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115.

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Spain: 130 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Spain’s railway network is 4 times as long as Algeria’s.

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Spain: 15,963 km (2021)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Spain fly 13 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria.

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Spain: 1.91 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 37% of Spain, but only 0.8% of Algeria.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Spain: 37.2% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Spain emits 9% more CO₂ than someone in Algeria.

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Spain: 4.6 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

56% of Spain’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Spain: 55.9% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Algeria carries 44% more fine dust than in Spain.

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 68% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Spain.

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Algeria are 5.2 times as deadly as in Spain.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Spain: 3.5 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Algeria is on average 9.8 °C warmer than Spain.

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Spain gets 11 times as much rain as Algeria.

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg)