Algeria vs Iran
Algeria vs Iran: Government debt
Government debt: 52.1% of GDP in Algeria in 2025 and 31.2% of GDP in Iran in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 16.8 percentage points, or 1.54 times that in Iran.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Iran.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Algeria at 78.9% of GDP and Iran at 43.4% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Algeria | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.1 | 35.6 |
| 2024 | 48.1 | 31.2 |
| 2023 | 47.7 | 29.6 |
| 2022 | 48.1 | 34.5 |
| 2021 | 55.2 | 39.9 |
| 2020 | 46 | 47.1 |
| 2019 | 40.9 | 44.6 |
| 2018 | 34.5 | 41.6 |
| 2017 | 24 | 43.2 |
| 2016 | 18.1 | 46 |
| 2015 | 7.7 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 6.9 | 10.9 |
| 2013 | 6.5 | 10.2 |
| 2012 | 8.6 | 11.8 |
| 2011 | 8.5 | 10.6 |
| 2010 | 9.5 | 12.8 |
| 2009 | 8.9 | 11.5 |
| 2008 | 7.6 | 10.6 |
| 2007 | 12.8 | 13.5 |
| 2006 | 22.5 | 15.2 |
| 2005 | 25.4 | 18.3 |
| 2004 | 32.7 | 21.1 |
| 2003 | 38.2 | 22 |
| 2002 | 47.3 | 23.4 |
| 2001 | 50 | 21 |
| 2000 | 53.4 | 18.2 |
| 1999 | 69.7 | 22.2 |
| 1998 | 79.9 | 29.6 |
| 1997 | 79.6 | 30.9 |
| 1996 | 90.7 | 29.3 |
| 1995 | 95.9 | – |
| 1994 | 106.3 | – |
| 1993 | 76.8 | – |
| 1992 | 69.3 | – |
| 1991 | 86.1 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Algeria | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51.8 | 39.1 |
| 2027 | 59.1 | 40.2 |
| 2028 | 66.1 | 40.8 |
| 2029 | 71 | 41.7 |
| 2030 | 75.3 | 42.7 |
| 2031 | 78.9 | 43.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025