Algeria vs Egypt

Algeria vs Egypt: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2024: 3.7% a year in Algeria and 2.4% a year in Egypt, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 1.3 percentage points, or 1.54 times that in Egypt.

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% a year · IMF

Algeria vs Egypt: GDP growthGDP growth in 2024: 3.7% a year in Algeria and 2.4% a year in Egypt, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 1.3 percentage points, or 1.54 times that in Egypt.
AlgeriaEgyptIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Algeria has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Egypt.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Algeria at 3% a year and Egypt at 4.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAlgeriaEgypt
20243.72.4
20234.13.8
20223.66.7
20213.83.3
2020-53.6
20190.95.5
20181.45.3
20171.54.2
20163.94.3
20153.24.4
20144.12.9
20132.63.3
20122.42.2
201131.8
20104.85.1
20091.24.7
20082.57.2
20073.17.1
20062.96.8
20055.44.5
20044.54.1
20036.53.2
20025.43.2
200133.5
20003.85.4
19993.26.1
19985.17.5
19971.15.9
19963.84.9
19953.84.5
1994-0.94.2
1993-2.12.9
19921.60.3
1991-1.22.1
19900.82.4
19894.83
1988-1.94
1987-0.74.3
1986-0.24.8
19855.67.4
19845.68
19835.48.9
19826.47.3
198132.2
1980-5.43.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearAlgeriaEgypt
20253.94.4
20263.85.1
20273.24.7
20283.15
20293.15.5
203034.8
203134.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.

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