Algeria
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
- Capital
- Algiers
- Region
- Northern Africa
- Population, 2025
- 47 million
- Currency
- DZD
- Area
- 2,381,741 km²
Across Algeria's 38 priced cities, one person needs about $479 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $316.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
59out of 100
- Purchasing power25%49
- Safety20%47
- Health care15%55
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%91
- Connectivity10%46
- Cost10%97
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #68
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
21.0
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
3.9
New York = 100
Purchasing power
80.6
New York = 100
One person
$479
A month, rent included
Net salary
$316
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$168
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$6,051
2025
Growth
+3.8%
2025
Unemployment
11.6%
2025
Inflation
1.4%
2025
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2024
Internet users
77%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 35%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 26%
- SourceTrading Economics
- VAT or sales tax
- 19%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Capital gains, individuals
- 15%
- SourceWikipedia
- Social security, employee
- 9%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 26%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 47.2
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 52.8
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 1.2
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #81 worldwide
- 92
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #59 worldwide
- 77
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +145%
Cities in Algeria
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Chlef | 69 | 16.1 | $88.46 | $454 | 157.5 | 178.6K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 2Tebessa | 67 | 20.0 | — | — | — | 194.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 3Saida | 67 | 21.7 | — | — | — | 142.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 4Mascara | 67 | 21.7 | — | — | — | 108.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 5Bordj Bou Arreridj | 66 | 16.1 | $119 | $352 | 111.5 | 158.8K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 6Setif | 65 | 17.2 | $68.21 | $301 | 105.4 | 252.1K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 7M'Sila | 65 | 17.1 | $31.39 | $251 | 99.4 | 133K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 8Laghouat | 65 | 20.2 | $97.83 | $359 | 102.0 | 134.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 9Ghardaia | 64 | 21.9 | $75.19 | $376 | 106.3 | 142.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 10Medea | 64 | 17.4 | $121 | $329 | 98.3 | 145.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 11Khenchela | 64 | — | — | — | — | 114.5K | Low confidence |
| 12Bou Saâda | 63 | — | — | — | — | 111.8K | Low confidence |
| 13Aïn Beïda | 63 | — | — | — | — | 116.1K | Low confidence |
| 14Constantine | 63 | 22.2 | $148 | $396 | 94.3 | 448K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 15El Achir | 63 | — | — | — | — | 158.3K | Low confidence |
| 16Bechar | 63 | — | — | — | — | 165.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 17El Eulma | 63 | — | — | — | — | 145.4K | Low confidence |
| 18Sidi Bel Abbes | 63 | 19.2 | $176 | $356 | 87.8 | 210.1K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 19Souk Ahras | 63 | 17.4 | $159 | $300 | 81.5 | 153.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 20Touggourt | 62 | — | — | — | — | 143.3K | Low confidence |
| 21Relizane | 62 | 20.4 | — | $318 | 81.2 | 123.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 22Djelfa | 62 | 18.6 | $135 | $268 | 73.9 | 265.8K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 23Batna | 62 | 22.2 | $105 | $271 | 70.8 | 289.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 24Algiers | 62 | 21.0 | $168 | $341 | 80.6 | 2.4M | High confidence, 40 contributors |
| 25Rouiba | 61 | — | — | — | — | 117.6K | Low confidence |
| 26Tlemcen | 61 | 18.7 | — | $250 | 67.9 | 173.5K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 27Guelma | 61 | 24.3 | $141 | $314 | 70.8 | 120K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 28El Oued | 61 | 19.6 | $118 | $263 | 73.0 | 186.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 29Bejaia | 61 | 17.5 | $98.78 | $219 | 69.0 | 176.1K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 30Bab Ezzouar | 61 | — | — | — | — | 275.6K | Low confidence |
| 31Ouargla (Warqla) | 61 | — | — | — | — | 169.9K | Low confidence |
| 32Bordj el Kiffan | 61 | — | — | — | — | 123.2K | Low confidence |
| 33Baraki | 61 | — | — | — | — | 105.4K | Low confidence |
| 34Annaba | 60 | 22.7 | $171 | $316 | 70.5 | 342.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 35Biskra | 60 | 19.3 | $142 | $232 | 61.3 | 204.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 36Blida | 60 | 18.0 | $190 | $264 | 65.6 | 331.8K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 37Skikda | 60 | 19.8 | $183 | $278 | 66.3 | 182.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 38Jijel | 60 | 18.6 | $203 | $261 | 61.7 | 131.5K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 39Mostaganem | 58 | 20.2 | $200 | $234 | 53.3 | 162.9K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 40Oran | 58 | 22.1 | $207 | $302 | 64.2 | 803.3K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 41Tizi Ouzou (Thizi Wezzu) | 58 | 21.3 | — | $200 | 49.7 | 104.3K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 42Tiaret | 57 | 20.1 | — | $150 | 38.7 | 178.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 43Bouira | 57 | 19.4 | $71.14 | $395 | 124.8 | 68.5K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 44Ain Defla | 57 | 18.6 | — | $437 | 118.8 | 55.3K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 45Tipasa | 56 | 19.0 | $69.65 | $348 | 111.9 | 15.2K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 46Sougueur | 54 | 20.4 | — | — | — | 71K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 47Djemila | 54 | 20.4 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 48Sig | 54 | 21.7 | — | — | — | 61.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 49Boumerdes | 54 | 18.7 | $198 | — | — | — | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 50El Bayadh | 47 | — | — | — | — | 85.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 51Tamanrasset | 47 | — | — | — | — | 81.8K | Low confidence |
| 52Adrar | 47 | — | — | — | — | 68.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 53Tindouf | 47 | — | — | — | — | 45.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 54Hassi Messaoud | 47 | — | $210 | $420 | — | 44.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 55Collo | 47 | — | — | — | — | 29.4K | Low confidence |
| 56Tazmalt | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 57Abalessa | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 58Azazga | 45 | 18.4 | $484 | $242 | 36.4 | 26.5K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |