Poverty & Inequality in Algeria

23 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Algeria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys 2025 down 100.0% 147th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 100.0% 146th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 100.0% 147th
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.77 live births per woman 2023 down 7.7% 64th
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,537 kg per hectare 2024 up 12.2% 144th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 0.4% 155th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 13.7 % change on previous year 2024 up 155.9% 22nd
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -100 % change on previous year 2021 144th
Gender Inequality Index 0.443 2023 up 9.9% 57th
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 24.6% 2023 down 17.5% 45th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1001 2023 down 9.4% 128th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1001 2023 down 9.4% 128th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1073 2023 down 11.2% 158th
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1681 2023 unchanged 139th
Population living in slums 13.2% 2022 down 54.1% 92nd
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.601 2023 up 6.2% 87th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.601 2023 up 6.2% 87th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.601 2023 up 6.2% 87th
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 105.03 2023 up 6.3% 103rd
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0012 2024 down 65.4% 147th
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 129th
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 14,267 2017 up 43.1% 67th
Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 2.7% 2019 down 20.6% 80th