Algeria

Military share of state spending in Algeria

Military share of state spending in Algeria: 5.8% of government spending in 1990 and 24.6% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
24.6% of government spending
Since 1990
+18.8 percentage points
Rank, 2025
2 of 150
counting from the highest

% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in AlgeriaMilitary share of state spending in Algeria: 5.8% of government spending in 1990 and 24.6% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 24.6% of government spending in 2025, the lowest 4% of government spending in 1991.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 24.6% of government spending in 2025, the lowest 4% of government spending in 1991.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearAlgeria
202524.6
202422
202319.7
202212.4
202115
202015.7
201914.4
201813.6
201714.6
201615.2
201513.6
201413.4
201313.2
201210.3
201110.5
20109.1
20098.8
20087.7
20078.4
20069
20059.8
200411.3
200311.1
200210.5
200112.1
200012
199911.7
199812.7
199711.8
199610.6
19959.4
19949.4
19937.1
19927
19914
19905.8
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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