Algeria External Debt: % of GDP

Key information about Algeria External Debt: % of GDP

• Algeria External Debt accounted for 1.1 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2024, compared with the ratio of 1.3 % in the previous year.
• Algeria External Debt: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1970 to Dec 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 21.9 % in Aug 1988 and a record low of -13.1 % in Nov 1998.

CEIC calculates External Debt as % of Nominal GDP from annual External Debt and annual Nominal GDP. The Bank of Algeria provides External Debt in USD. The National Office of Statistics provides Nominal GDP in local currency based on SNA 2008. The International Monetary Fund average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Seasonally adjusted Nominal GDP is used due to unavailability of unadjusted GDP in annual frequency. Nominal GDP prior to 2001 is based on SNA 1993. External Debt prior to 1994 is sourced from the World Bank.


Related information about Algeria External Debt: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Algeria, Current Account recorded a deficit of 3.0 USD bn in Dec 2019.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 460.0 USD mn in Dec 2024.
• Algeria Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 0.3 USD mn in Dec 2024.
• The country's External Debt reached 3,838.0 in Dec 2019.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 71.3 USD bn in Jun 2025.

View Algeria's External Debt: % of GDP from 1970 to 2024 in the chart:

What was Algeria's External Debt: % of GDP in 2024?

Algeria External Debt accounted for 1.1 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2024, compared with the ratio of 1.3 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
1.1 2024	1.3 2023	-13.1 1998	21.9 1988	%	yearly	1970 - 2024

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