North Africa
Algeria
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Algeria's #1 import source (world lens). Algeria is the EU's #39 goods supplier.
Algeria on the world stage
Total imports
$47.4bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$51.9bn
170 partners
#1 import source
China
22.3%
#1 export dest.
Italy
24.0%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Algeria and the EU
EU imports from
€26.6bn
1.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€16.9bn
0.6% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #39 supplier
EU trade balance
import-tilted
coverage 0.64
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
32
EUR/MWh
Consumer
38
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
634
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
1%
of generation
Wholesale 20 EUR/MWh · regulated market
Power market
● Subsidised fuel monocultureMarket model
State monopoly (Sonelgaz)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
CREG (Commission de Regulation de l'Electricite et du Gaz)
Near-total gas monoculture (95%) subsidised domestically at well below export prices. Massive opportunity cost of burning gas for domestic electricity instead of exporting via pipeline or LNG. Slow RE uptake despite…
Tracked infrastructure
100 gas plants
22.3 GW · 7 building
1 wind farms
10 MW
12 solar farms
329 MW · 1 building
1 hydro plants
100 MW
1 steel plants
2,150 ktpa
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
5
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
1
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Iron, Zinc
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
28.4
→ 34.5 by 2050
Fertility
2.72
above replacement
Working-age
63.1%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
10.4
→ 25.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 46.8M · peaks 2090
By 2050: +27% (59.6M)