Algeria's gross national expenditure (% of GDP) was 105.31% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 6.84 percentage points from 112.15% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 105.31% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 109.32% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 112.15% | 2015 |
| Highest | 124.92% | 1960 |
| Lowest | 74.39% | 2006 |
| Average since 2016 | 103.4% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 124.92% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Algeria's gross national expenditure (% of GDP) rose 4.88 percentage points on 2024 (from 100.43% to 105.31%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 19.38 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.67 percentage points in 1962. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.41 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 38% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Algeria had the 47th highest value of the 130 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Algeria in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
All 66 values
| Year | Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 105.31 |
| 2024 | 100.43 |
| 2023 | 96.16 |
| 2022 | 89.61 |
| 2021 | 99.95 |
| 2020 | 109.32 |
| 2019 | 105.69 |
| 2018 | 105.59 |
| 2017 | 109.15 |
| 2016 | 112.79 |
| 2015 |
Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Algeria
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$76.83 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$52.45 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$52.47 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 6.91 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$46.72 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 1.59 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 18.28% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$119.87 billion (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Algeria's gross national expenditure (% of GDP)?
- 105.31% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 19.61 percentage points from 124.92% in 1960. The highest value was 124.92% in 1960 and the lowest 74.39% in 2006.
- How does Algeria rank?
- 47th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross national expenditure (% of GDP) unusual for Algeria?
- In 2025, Algeria's gross national expenditure (% of GDP) rose 4.88 percentage points on 2024 (from 100.43% to 105.31%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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