Algeria vs Libya
Algeria vs Libya: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 95.5% in Algeria in 2008 and 80.7% in Libya in 1980, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1980 the value was higher in Libya, by 9.7 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Algeria.
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher since 1970, when it overtook Algeria.
- The world as a whole: 75.8% in 1980.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Algeria | Libya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2016 | – | – | 88.3 |
| 2015 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2014 | – | – | 88.3 |
| 2013 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2012 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2011 | – | – | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2009 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 95.5 | – | 87.6 |
| 2007 | 94.3 | – | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 92 | – | 86 |
| 2005 | 91.9 | – | 85.4 |
| 2004 | 91.6 | – | 84.7 |
| 2003 | 91.1 | – | 83.5 |
| 2002 | 90.8 | – | 81.4 |
| 2001 | 89.6 | – | 81 |
| 2000 | 87.7 | – | 80.7 |
| 1999 | 86.6 | – | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 78.9 |
| 1997 | 84.3 | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | 84.4 | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | 84.4 | – | 78 |
| 1994 | 83.8 | – | 78.3 |
| 1993 | 83.3 | – | 78 |
| 1992 | 83.2 | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | 81.6 | – | 77.8 |
| 1990 | 79.5 | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | 78.7 | – | 77.6 |
| 1988 | 77.3 | – | 76.6 |
| 1987 | 75.8 | – | 75.8 |
| 1986 | 74.1 | – | 75.3 |
| 1985 | 72.3 | – | 74 |
| 1980 | 71 | 80.7 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 64 | 75.5 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 49.5 | 70.3 | 69 |
| 1965 | 45.2 | 36.3 | 66 |
| 1960 | 31.6 | 19 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 18.8 | 10.1 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 14.3 | 3.3 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 8.3 | 1.9 | 40 |
| 1935 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 4.7 | 1 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 33 |
| 1920 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 20 |
| 1885 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 19 |
| 1880 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 0.2 | 0 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 0.1 | 0 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 0.1 | 0 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 0.1 | 0 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 0.1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1850 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1825 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
- Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Libya
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Libya: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Libya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Libya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Libya: 3.81% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Libya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Libya: 7.31 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Libya: 1.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Libya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Libya: 87.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Libya: 27.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Libya: 4.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Libya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Libya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Libya: $1.6B in 2023
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Libya: $216 in 2023
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Libya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Libya: 0 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Libya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Libya: 0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Libya: 5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Libya: 0 TIV in 2016