3rd highest military spending8% · #3 of 158 · 2024
6th lowest rainfall58 mm · #6 of 187 · 2016–2025 avg
10th highest total area2,381,740 km² · #10 of 205 · 2023
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Surprising facts about Algeria
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Algeria’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Algeria among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Algeria sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Algeria across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Algeria
vs Tunisia 
vs Libya 
vs Niger 
vs Mauritania 
vs Mali 
vs Morocco