Algeria vs Mauritania
Algeria vs Mauritania: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 8.83% of GDP in Algeria and 2.75% of GDP in Mauritania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by 6.08 percentage points, or 3.21 times that in Mauritania.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Mauritania.
- In 2025, Algeria ranked 2 and Mauritania ranked 33 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Mauritania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.83 | 2.75 |
| 2024 | 7.97 | 2.55 |
| 2023 | 7.39 | 2.59 |
| 2022 | 4.06 | 2.36 |
| 2021 | 4.89 | 2.49 |
| 2020 | 5.89 | 2.43 |
| 2019 | 5.33 | 2.04 |
| 2018 | 4.93 | 2.13 |
| 2017 | 5.31 | 2.12 |
| 2016 | 5.65 | 2.15 |
| 2015 | 5.55 | 2.16 |
| 2014 | 4.97 | 2.2 |
| 2013 | 4.42 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4.11 | 2.12 |
| 2011 | 3.96 | – |
| 2010 | 3.19 | – |
| 2009 | 3.51 | 3.14 |
| 2008 | 2.87 | 3.06 |
| 2007 | 2.77 | – |
| 2006 | 2.51 | 2.69 |
| 2005 | 2.73 | 3.05 |
| 2004 | 3.05 | 3.84 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 3.42 | 2.74 |
| 2001 | 3.52 | 4 |
| 2000 | 3.43 | 2.93 |
| 1999 | 3.76 | 2.27 |
| 1998 | 3.97 | 1.86 |
| 1997 | 3.64 | 2.97 |
| 1996 | 3.09 | 2.63 |
| 1995 | 2.94 | 2.26 |
| 1994 | 3.15 | 2.24 |
| 1993 | 2.51 | 2.41 |
| 1992 | 2.14 | 2.69 |
| 1991 | 1.21 | 3.6 |
| 1990 | 1.46 | 3.83 |
| 1989 | 1.54 | 3.96 |
| 1988 | 1.75 | 4.49 |
| 1987 | 1.86 | 4.67 |
| 1986 | 1.79 | 5.04 |
| 1985 | 1.64 | 5.95 |
| 1984 | 1.76 | – |
| 1983 | 1.95 | – |
| 1982 | 2.06 | – |
| 1981 | 1.82 | – |
| 1980 | 2.1 | – |
| 1979 | 2.14 | – |
| 1978 | 2.38 | – |
| 1977 | 2.24 | – |
| 1976 | 2.7 | – |
| 1975 | 2.13 | – |
| 1974 | 1.96 | – |
| 1973 | 1.69 | – |
| 1972 | 1.8 | – |
| 1971 | 2.09 | – |
| 1970 | 2.13 | – |
| 1969 | 2.39 | – |
| 1968 | 2.62 | – |
| 1967 | 3.02 | – |
| 1966 | 3.51 | – |
| 1965 | 3.42 | – |
| 1964 | 3.5 | – |
| 1963 | 2.51 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 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 Mauritania
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Mauritania: 68.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Mauritania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mauritania: 30.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Mauritania: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Mauritania: 6.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Mauritania: 5.02 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Mauritania: 2.95% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Mauritania: 4.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Mauritania: 61.5% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Mauritania: 17.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Mauritania: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Mauritania: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Mauritania: $315M in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Mauritania: $61 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Mauritania: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Mauritania: 21,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Mauritania: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Mauritania: 2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Mauritania: 126 million TIV in 2024