Algeria vs Egypt
Algeria vs Egypt: National power
National power in 2022: 0.51% of world capability in Algeria and 1.18% of world capability in Egypt, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Egypt, by 0.67 percentage points, or 2.33 times that in Algeria.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
- In 2022, Algeria ranked 37 and Egypt ranked 16 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Algeria | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.51 | 1.18 |
| 2021 | 0.51 | 1.21 |
| 2020 | 0.5 | 1.18 |
| 2019 | 0.5 | 1.16 |
| 2018 | 0.5 | 1.16 |
| 2017 | 0.49 | 1.15 |
| 2016 | 0.45 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0.46 | 1.01 |
| 2014 | 0.46 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0.42 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0.42 | 0.99 |
| 2011 | 0.42 | 1.01 |
| 2010 | 0.39 | 1.01 |
| 2009 | 0.39 | 1.02 |
| 2008 | 0.39 | 1.03 |
| 2007 | 0.39 | 1.05 |
| 2006 | 0.38 | 1.05 |
| 2005 | 0.38 | 1.04 |
| 2004 | 0.37 | 1.01 |
| 2003 | 0.37 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0.38 | 1.01 |
| 2001 | 0.43 | 0.98 |
| 2000 | 0.42 | 0.96 |
| 1999 | 0.43 | 0.92 |
| 1998 | 0.44 | 0.93 |
| 1997 | 0.4 | 0.89 |
| 1996 | 0.4 | 0.89 |
| 1995 | 0.39 | 0.88 |
| 1994 | 0.39 | 0.88 |
| 1993 | 0.39 | 0.87 |
| 1992 | 0.4 | 0.88 |
| 1991 | 0.37 | 0.85 |
| 1990 | 0.36 | 0.8 |
| 1989 | 0.36 | 0.86 |
| 1988 | 0.37 | 0.87 |
| 1987 | 0.41 | 0.84 |
| 1986 | 0.4 | 0.82 |
| 1985 | 0.39 | 0.8 |
| 1984 | 0.39 | 0.8 |
| 1983 | 0.34 | 0.79 |
| 1982 | 0.32 | 0.76 |
| 1981 | 0.29 | 0.76 |
| 1980 | 0.29 | 0.75 |
| 1979 | 0.25 | 0.76 |
| 1978 | 0.25 | 0.82 |
| 1977 | 0.22 | 0.82 |
| 1976 | 0.22 | 0.85 |
| 1975 | 0.21 | 0.87 |
| 1974 | 0.21 | 0.89 |
| 1973 | 0.2 | 0.87 |
| 1972 | 0.2 | 0.81 |
| 1971 | 0.19 | 0.75 |
| 1970 | 0.19 | 0.69 |
| 1969 | 0.2 | 0.67 |
| 1968 | 0.19 | 0.64 |
| 1967 | 0.19 | 0.65 |
| 1966 | 0.19 | 0.65 |
| 1965 | 0.18 | 0.66 |
| 1964 | 0.18 | 0.6 |
| 1963 | 0.17 | 0.57 |
| 1962 | 0.15 | 0.64 |
| 1961 | – | 0.64 |
| 1960 | – | 0.63 |
| 1959 | – | 0.63 |
| 1958 | – | 0.53 |
| 1957 | – | 0.52 |
| 1956 | – | 0.52 |
| 1955 | – | 0.52 |
| 1954 | – | 0.52 |
| 1953 | – | 0.51 |
| 1952 | – | 0.51 |
| 1951 | – | 0.54 |
| 1950 | – | 0.55 |
| 1949 | – | 0.56 |
| 1948 | – | 0.54 |
| 1947 | – | 0.53 |
| 1946 | – | 0.58 |
| 1945 | – | 0.53 |
| 1944 | – | 0.54 |
| 1943 | – | 0.54 |
| 1942 | – | 0.52 |
| 1941 | – | 0.51 |
| 1940 | – | 0.43 |
| 1939 | – | 0.41 |
| 1938 | – | 0.43 |
| 1937 | – | 0.41 |
| 1882 | – | 0.41 |
| 1881 | – | 0.48 |
| 1880 | – | 0.49 |
| 1879 | – | 0.55 |
| 1878 | – | 0.57 |
| 1877 | – | 0.61 |
| 1876 | – | 0.62 |
| 1875 | – | 0.53 |
| 1874 | – | 0.53 |
| 1873 | – | 0.53 |
| 1872 | – | 0.64 |
| 1871 | – | 0.51 |
| 1870 | – | 0.54 |
| 1869 | – | 0.79 |
| 1868 | – | 0.64 |
| 1867 | – | 0.63 |
| 1866 | – | 0.64 |
| 1865 | – | 0.62 |
| 1864 | – | 0.63 |
| 1863 | – | 0.65 |
| 1862 | – | 0.66 |
| 1861 | – | 0.64 |
| 1860 | – | 0.66 |
| 1859 | – | 0.88 |
| 1858 | – | 0.89 |
| 1857 | – | 0.88 |
| 1856 | – | 0.9 |
| 1855 | – | 0.91 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Egypt
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Egypt: 71.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Egypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Egypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Egypt: 3.24% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Egypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Egypt: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Egypt: 1.82% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Egypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Egypt: 42.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Egypt: 24 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Egypt: 5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Egypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Egypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Egypt: $2.26B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Egypt: $21 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Egypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Egypt: 836,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Egypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Egypt: 697 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Egypt: 2 million TIV in 2024