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Algeria vs United Arab Emirates
How Algeria and United Arab Emirates compare on 38 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, United Arab Emirates was higher: 82.9 years against 76.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2024, United Arab Emirates was higher: $41,610 against $4,766
- Population · In 2023, Algeria was higher: 46.2 million people against 10.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2014, United Arab Emirates was higher: 5.64% of GDP against 4.97% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, United Arab Emirates was higher: 18.26 tonnes against 3.98 tonnes
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- GDP per personAlgeria: $4,883 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- TemperatureAlgeria: 24.8 °C in 2025United Arab Emirates: 28.9 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personAlgeria: $4,883 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthAlgeria: 3.7% a year in 2024United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationAlgeria: 1.4% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtAlgeria: 52.1% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025
Climate
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, 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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