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Algeria vs Israel
How Algeria and Israel compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Israel was higher: 82.4 years against 76.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Israel was higher: $42,600 against $4,883
- Population · In 2023, Algeria was higher: 46.2 million people against 9.26 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Algeria was higher: 8.83% of GDP against 7.81% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Israel was higher: 5.77 tonnes against 3.98 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Israel: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Israel: 537 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Israel: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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