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Algeria vs Libya

99 shared metrics.

AlgeriaLeads in 56

vs99 shared

LibyaLeads in 43

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Algeria

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Algeria's Tassili n'Ajjer has 15,000+ prehistoric drawings, turning the Sahara into a climate-history wall.

UNESCO

Libya

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: State of Libya.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the name probably derives from the Libu, a North African tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Algeria leads in 56 of 99 shared metrics, while Libya leads in 43.

Algeria's Beer Consumption is 417.3x that of Libya (0.25 L/person/yr vs 0.00 L/person/yr).

Algeria's Protected Land (%) is 46.0x that of Libya (4.7% vs 0.10%).

Algeria's Alcohol Consumption is 44.0x that of Libya (0.54 L/adult/yr vs 0.01 L/adult/yr).

Algeria's Solar Electricity Share is 33.3x that of Libya (1.0% vs 0.03%).

Algeria's Spirits Consumption is 23.5x that of Libya (0.07 L/person/yr vs 0.00 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Beer ConsumptionAlgeria leads

Algeria

0.25 L/person/yr

Libya

0.00 L/person/yr

Protected Land (%)Algeria leads

Algeria

4.7%

Libya

0.10%

Alcohol ConsumptionAlgeria leads

Algeria

0.54 L/adult/yr

Libya

0.01 L/adult/yr

Solar Electricity ShareAlgeria leads

Algeria

1.0%

Libya

0.03%

Spirits ConsumptionAlgeria leads

Algeria

0.07 L/person/yr

Libya

0.00 L/person/yr

Scientific PublicationsAlgeria leads

Algeria

7.6K

Libya

407.95

All Metrics

Beer Consumption

Algeria

0.25 L/person/yr

Libya

0.00 L/person/yr

41733% higher

Protected Land (%)

Algeria

4.7%

Libya

0.10%

4600% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Algeria

0.54 L/adult/yr

Libya

0.01 L/adult/yr

4400% higher

Solar Electricity Share

Algeria

1.0%

Libya

0.03%

3333% higher

Spirits Consumption

Algeria

0.07 L/person/yr

Libya

0.00 L/person/yr

2352% higher

Scientific Publications

Algeria

7.6K

Libya

407.95

1765% higher

Forest Area

Algeria

19.8K km²

Libya

2.2K km²

811% higher

Forest Coverage (%)

Algeria

0.83%

Libya

0.12%

573% higher

Air Passengers

Algeria

7.16M

Libya

1.09M

554% higher

Population

Algeria

47.74M

Libya

7.36M

548% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Algeria

$269,322,281,664.77

Libya

$48,487,151,215.35

455% higher

Population Density

Algeria

19.38 /km²

Libya

4.2 /km²

367% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Algeria

27.5% of GDP

Libya

7.5% of GDP

267% higher

Irrigated Land

Algeria

13.8K km²

Libya

4.7K km²

194% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Algeria

186.36 Mt CO2e

Libya

63.95 Mt CO2e

191% higher

Electricity Generation

Algeria

101.11 TWh

Libya

35.11 TWh

188% higher

Corruption Perceptions Index

Algeria

34 pts

Libya

13 pts

162% higher

Broadband Access (%)

Algeria

12 per 100 people

Libya

5.0 per 100 people

140% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Algeria

22.59M kW

Libya

10.52M kW

115% higher

Official Languages Count

Algeria

2.0

Libya

1.0

100% higher

Comparison of Algeria and Libya across 99 metrics
				Winner
Beer Consumption	0.25 L/person/yr	0.00 L/person/yr	41733% higher	Algeria
Protected Land (%)	4.7%	0.10%	4600% higher	Algeria
Alcohol Consumption	0.54 L/adult/yr	0.01 L/adult/yr	4400% higher	Algeria
Solar Electricity Share	1.0%	0.03%	3333% higher	Algeria
Spirits Consumption	0.07 L/person/yr	0.00 L/person/yr	2352% higher	Algeria
Scientific Publications	7.6K	407.95	1765% higher	Algeria
Forest Area	19.8K km²	2.2K km²	811% higher	Algeria
Forest Coverage (%)	0.83%	0.12%	573% higher	Algeria
Air Passengers	7.16M	1.09M	554% higher	Algeria
Population	47.74M	7.36M	548% higher	Algeria
GDP (Nominal)	$269,322,281,664.77	$48,487,151,215.35	455% higher	Algeria
Population Density	19.38 /km²	4.2 /km²	367% higher	Algeria
Government Debt (% GDP)	27.5% of GDP	7.5% of GDP	267% higher	Algeria
Irrigated Land	13.8K km²	4.7K km²	194% higher	Algeria
Total CO2 Emissions	186.36 Mt CO2e	63.95 Mt CO2e	191% higher	Algeria
Electricity Generation	101.11 TWh	35.11 TWh	188% higher	Algeria
Corruption Perceptions Index	34 pts	13 pts	162% higher	Algeria
Broadband Access (%)	12 per 100 people	5.0 per 100 people	140% higher	Algeria
Electric Generating Capacity	22.59M kW	10.52M kW	115% higher	Algeria
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Algeria
Agricultural Land (%)	17.36%	8.7%	99% higher	Algeria
Renewable Energy (%)	0.10%	3.1%	97% lower	Libya
GDP Growth Rate	3.7%	1.9%	95% higher	Algeria
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.03 per 100k people	0.30 per 100k people	92% lower	Libya
Inflation Rate	4.0%	2.1%	90% higher	Algeria
Milk Consumption per Person	141.53 kg/person/yr	75 kg/person/yr	89% higher	Algeria
Water Stress (%)	91.51%	817.14%	89% lower	Libya
Water Withdrawal	10.29 B m³	5.7 B m³	80% higher	Algeria
Seafood Consumption per Person	3.8 kg/person/yr	14.73 kg/person/yr	74% lower	Libya
Exports (% GDP)	19.85% of GDP	71.97% of GDP	72% lower	Libya
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	67% lower	Libya
Imports (% GDP)	20.28% of GDP	56.85% of GDP	64% lower	Libya
Suicide Rate	2.2 per 100k	5.0 per 100k	56% lower	Libya
Land Border Length	6.7K km	4.3K km	55% higher	Algeria
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.8K kWh/person	4.0K kWh/person	54% lower	Libya
Women's Political Empowerment	0.63	0.41	52% higher	Algeria
Women in Parliament (%)	7.9%	16.47%	52% lower	Libya
CO2 Per Capita	4.2 t/person/yr	8.8 t/person/yr	52% lower	Libya
Military Spending	8.0% of GDP	5.3% of GDP	51% higher	Algeria
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.6 per 1k	3.2 per 1k	50% lower	Libya
Teen Birth Rate	8.7 per 1k	5.9 per 1k	47% higher	Algeria
Credit Card Ownership	5.2% of adults	9.9% of adults	47% lower	Libya
Road Traffic Death Rate	18.3 per 100k	34 per 100k	46% lower	Libya
Coastline Length	998 km	1.8K km	44% lower	Libya
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	115 per 100 people	205 per 100 people	44% lower	Libya
Digital Payments Used	13.09% of adults	23.47% of adults	44% lower	Libya
Youth Unemployment Rate	29.44% of youth labor force	50.06% of youth labor force	41% lower	Libya
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.5K kg oil eq/person	2.5K kg oil eq/person	41% lower	Libya
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	7.0 sites	5.0 sites	40% higher	Algeria
Unemployment Rate	11.43%	18.61%	39% lower	Libya
Electricity Access (%)	100%	73.2%	37% higher	Algeria
Electoral Democracy Index	0.27	0.19	37% higher	Algeria
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	30 days/yr	22 days/yr	36% higher	Algeria
Insufficient Physical Activity	29.04% of adults	45.56% of adults	36% lower	Libya
Land Area	2.38M km²	1.76M km²	35% higher	Algeria
Health Spending Per Capita	$179.7	$278.38	35% lower	Libya
Obesity Rate	24.25%	36.15%	33% lower	Libya
Freedom of Expression Index	0.37	0.54	32% lower	Libya
Airports	98	75	31% higher	Algeria
Elderly Population (%)	6.6%	5.0%	31% higher	Algeria
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	11.96 per 100k	17.03 per 100k	30% lower	Libya
Child Mortality	22 per 1k births	30.8 per 1k births	29% lower	Libya
Liberal Democracy Index	0.13	0.10	29% higher	Algeria
Highest Elevation	2.9K m	2.3K m	28% higher	Algeria
Death Rate	4.4 per 1k	3.5 per 1k	26% higher	Algeria
Merchant Fleet Size	119	96	24% higher	Algeria
Infant Mortality	19.7 per 1k births	15.9 per 1k births	24% higher	Algeria
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$17,620.74	$14,303.81	23% higher	Algeria
Electricity Carbon Intensity	632.94 gCO2/kWh	826.83 gCO2/kWh	23% lower	Libya
Dependency Ratio	58.51% of working-age pop.	48% of working-age pop.	22% higher	Algeria
GNI Per Capita	$5,370	$6,890	22% lower	Libya
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	25.55 µg/m³	32.97 µg/m³	22% lower	Libya
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.6% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	22% lower	Libya
Hypertension Prevalence	36.2% of adults	44.5% of adults	19% lower	Libya
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.7 per 1k	2.0 per 1k	19% lower	Libya
Political Corruption Index	0.66	0.81	18% lower	Libya
Border Neighbors	7.0	6.0	17% higher	Algeria
Urban Population (%)	75.28%	87.89%	14% lower	Libya
Internet Users (%)	77%	89%	13% lower	Libya
Food Waste per Person	153.45 kg/person/yr	135.83 kg/person/yr	13% higher	Algeria
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.78% of adults	99.4% of adults	12% lower	Libya
Youth Population (%)	30.33%	27.41%	11% higher	Algeria
Life Expectancy	76.3 years	69.3 years	10% higher	Algeria
Tobacco Use Prevalence	22.1% of adults	23.8% of adults	7% lower	Libya
Human Development Index	0.76	0.72	6% higher	Algeria
Median Age	28.2 years	27.2 years	4% higher	Algeria
Sanitation Access (%)	85.91%	88.5%	3% lower	Libya
Fertility Rate	2.9 children/woman	3.0 children/woman	2% lower	Libya
Birth Rate	19.62 per 1k	19.83 per 1k	1% lower	Libya
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Algeria
Wind Electricity Share	0.02%	0%	ranked higher	Algeria
Armed Forces Personnel	326.0K	0	ranked higher	Algeria
Life Evaluation Score	5.7 pts	5.7 pts	equal	Libya
Capital Elevation	0 m	81 m	ranked lower	Libya
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.04 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Algeria
Lowest Elevation	-40 m	-47 m	ranked higher	Algeria
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-7.7% of GDP	-3.8% of GDP	ranked lower	Libya
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.46% of GDP	0% of GDP	ranked higher	Algeria
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Algeria

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Analysis

Algeria leads in 56 of 99 shared metrics, while Libya leads in 43.

Algeria's Beer Consumption is 417.3x that of Libya (0.25 L/person/yr vs 0.00 L/person/yr).

Algeria's Protected Land (%) is 46.0x that of Libya (4.7% vs 0.10%).

Algeria's Alcohol Consumption is 44.0x that of Libya (0.54 L/adult/yr vs 0.01 L/adult/yr).

Algeria's Solar Electricity Share is 33.3x that of Libya (1.0% vs 0.03%).

Algeria's Spirits Consumption is 23.5x that of Libya (0.07 L/person/yr vs 0.00 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Beer ConsumptionAlgeria leads

Algeria

0.25 L/person/yr

Libya

0.00 L/person/yr

Protected Land (%)Algeria leads

Algeria

4.7%

Libya

0.10%

Alcohol ConsumptionAlgeria leads

Algeria

0.54 L/adult/yr

Libya

0.01 L/adult/yr

Solar Electricity ShareAlgeria leads

Algeria

1.0%

Libya

0.03%

Spirits ConsumptionAlgeria leads

Algeria

0.07 L/person/yr

Libya

0.00 L/person/yr

Scientific PublicationsAlgeria leads

Algeria

7.6K

Libya

407.95

Beer Consumption

0.25 L/person/yr

0.00 L/person/yr

Protected Land (%)

4.7%

0.10%

Alcohol Consumption

0.54 L/adult/yr

0.01 L/adult/yr

Solar Electricity Share

1.0%

0.03%

Spirits Consumption

0.07 L/person/yr

0.00 L/person/yr

Scientific Publications

7.6K

407.95

Forest Area

19.8K km²

2.2K km²

Forest Coverage (%)

0.83%

0.12%

Air Passengers

7.16M

1.09M

Population

47.74M

7.36M

GDP (Nominal)

$269,322,281,664.77

$48,487,151,215.35

Population Density

19.38 /km²

4.2 /km²

Government Debt (% GDP)

27.5% of GDP

7.5% of GDP

Irrigated Land

13.8K km²

4.7K km²

Total CO2 Emissions

186.36 Mt CO2e

63.95 Mt CO2e

Electricity Generation

101.11 TWh

35.11 TWh

Corruption Perceptions Index

34 pts

13 pts

Broadband Access (%)

12 per 100 people

5.0 per 100 people

Electric Generating Capacity

22.59M kW

10.52M kW

Official Languages Count

2.0

1.0

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Beer Consumption

Protected Land (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Solar Electricity Share

Spirits Consumption

Scientific Publications

Forest Area

Forest Coverage (%)

Air Passengers

Population

GDP (Nominal)

Population Density

Government Debt (% GDP)

Irrigated Land

Total CO2 Emissions

Electricity Generation

Corruption Perceptions Index

Broadband Access (%)

Electric Generating Capacity

Official Languages Count

Agricultural Land (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

GDP Growth Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Inflation Rate

Milk Consumption per Person

Water Stress (%)

Water Withdrawal

Seafood Consumption per Person

Exports (% GDP)

Time Zones Count

Imports (% GDP)

Suicide Rate

Land Border Length

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Women's Political Empowerment

Women in Parliament (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Military Spending

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Teen Birth Rate

Credit Card Ownership

Road Traffic Death Rate

Coastline Length

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Digital Payments Used

Youth Unemployment Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Unemployment Rate

Electricity Access (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Insufficient Physical Activity

Land Area

Health Spending Per Capita

Obesity Rate

Freedom of Expression Index

Airports

Elderly Population (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Child Mortality

Liberal Democracy Index

Highest Elevation

Death Rate

Merchant Fleet Size

Infant Mortality

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Dependency Ratio

GNI Per Capita

Air Pollution (PM2.5)