Algeria Unemployment

Current and historical unemployment data for Algeria, including latest value (11.63), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Algeria
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:31:38+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Algeria · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
71 / 100
Stable economy · limited data
Fiscal stability n/a
Macroeconomic stability 15.5 / 20
External stability 14.6 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 3.2 / 10
Future capacity 6.3 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 68% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1991–2025 19912025
1991 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

Algeria · unemployment rate as a percentage of the total labor force.

1991–2025
11.63 percent
11.66 percent
12.17 percent
4 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1991 1998 2005 2012 2019 2025
unemployment rate reference line

Countries by unemployment

full ranking
Country Rate Class
South Africa 32.39 high
Jordan 16.54 high
Tunisia 15.11 high
Algeria 11.63 high
Spain 10.38 high
Ukraine 9.83 medium
Finland 9.46 medium
Morocco 9 medium

Interpretation

short note

This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
South Africa 32.39
Egypt 6.78
China 4.62

Related indicators

internal links
Employment Rate SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS
Youth Unemployment SL.UEM.1524.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:31:38+02:00

Algeria Snapshot

country profile
Population 46.81 m
GDP 269.32 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 4.05%
Unemployment 11.63%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Lower middle income

Algeria Unemployment: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Unemployment for Algeria. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: algeria unemployment rate, unemployment data algeria, algeria unemployment statistics, algeria percent.