Algeria vs Syria
Algeria vs Syria: GDP per person
GDP per person: $4,883 in Algeria in 2025 and $717 in Syria in 2022, by World Bank estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Algeria, by $3,827, or 6.34 times that in Syria.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- The world as a whole: $11,450 in 2022.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Algeria | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,883 | – | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $4,766 | – | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $4,660 | – | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $4,544 | $717 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $4,457 | $746 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $4,364 | $753 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $4,673 | $772 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $4,717 | $792 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $4,743 | $796 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $4,769 | $803 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $4,685 | $848 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $4,634 | $848 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $4,543 | $884 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $4,518 | $1,142 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $4,501 | $1,543 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $4,457 | $1,526 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $4,336 | $1,484 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $4,368 | $1,424 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $4,339 | $1,412 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $4,280 | $1,421 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $4,224 | $1,412 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $4,066 | $1,364 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $3,946 | $1,307 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $3,755 | $1,331 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $3,610 | $1,264 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $3,553 | $1,248 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $3,471 | $1,271 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $3,411 | $1,352 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $3,297 | $1,299 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $3,323 | $1,270 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $3,255 | $1,188 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $3,202 | $1,142 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $3,303 | $1,097 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $3,456 | $1,065 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $3,479 | $972 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $3,606 | $932 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $3,667 | $928 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $3,606 | $1,111 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $3,746 | $974 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $3,888 | $991 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $4,003 | $1,115 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $3,993 | $1,056 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $3,913 | $1,184 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $3,841 | $1,197 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $3,732 | $1,204 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $3,743 | $1,155 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $3,831 | $1,043 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $3,672 | $1,070 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $3,459 | $1,007 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $3,408 | $1,061 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $3,291 | $978 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $3,246 | $870 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $3,093 | $715 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $3,051 | $826 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $2,450 | $680 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $2,826 | $646 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $2,655 | $679 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $2,505 | $591 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $2,313 | $588 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $2,161 | $561 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $2,312 | $627 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $2,210 | $632 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $2,122 | $596 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $1,604 | $673 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $2,027 | $556 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $2,388 | $517 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- 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 Syria
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010