What is land area in Algeria?

Land area in Algeria was 2.38 million sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

What is the highest land area recorded in Algeria?

The highest recorded value was 2.38 million sq. km in 2015.

What is the lowest land area recorded in Algeria?

The lowest recorded value was 2.38 million sq. km in 1961.

How does Algeria rank for land area?

Algeria ranks 10th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.

Is land area rising or falling in Algeria?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Algeria data come from?

The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Land area in Algeria

Name: Land area in Algeria
Creator: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Algeria: Land area was 2.38 million sq. km in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)

2.38 million sq. km

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

10th

of 216 countries

All-time high

2.38 million sq. km

in 2015

All-time low

2.38 million sq. km

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Land area in Algeria, 1961–2023

Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.

Analysis

Algeria recorded 2.38 million sq. km for land area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, land area in Algeria peaked at 2.38 million sq. km in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2.38 million sq. km, in 1961.

That places Algeria 10th out of 216 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	9
1970s	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	10
1980s	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	10
1990s	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	10
2000s	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	10
2010s	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	10
2020s	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	2.38 million sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Algeria

7 India 2.97 million sq. km compare
8 Argentina 2.74 million sq. km compare
9 Kazakhstan 2.70 million sq. km compare
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.27 million sq. km compare
12 Saudi Arabia 2.15 million sq. km compare
13 Mexico 1.94 million sq. km compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Rural population 24.2% (2025)
Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
Rural population 11.47 million (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.65 billion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 2.68 million hectares (2024)
Cereal yield 1,537 kg per hectare (2024)
Cereal production 4.12 million metric tons (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is land area in Algeria?: Land area in Algeria was 2.38 million sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest land area recorded in Algeria?: The highest recorded value was 2.38 million sq. km in 2015.
What is the lowest land area recorded in Algeria?: The lowest recorded value was 2.38 million sq. km in 1961.
How does Algeria rank for land area?: Algeria ranks 10th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.
Is land area rising or falling in Algeria?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Algeria data come from?: The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Land area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,310 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.