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Algeria vs Mali

100 shared metrics.

AlgeriaLeads in 59

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MaliLeads in 41

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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

Mali

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Mali.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: name derives from the Mali Empire of the 13th to 16th centuries A.D.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Algeria leads in 59 of 100 shared metrics, while Mali leads in 41.

Algeria's Scientific Publications is 63.4x that of Mali (7.6K vs 118.09).

Algeria's Total CO2 Emissions is 24.1x that of Mali (186.36 Mt CO2e vs 7.4 Mt CO2e).

Algeria's Electricity Generation is 22.2x that of Mali (101.11 TWh vs 4.4 TWh).

Algeria's Electric Generating Capacity is 17.5x that of Mali (22.59M kW vs 1.22M kW).

Algeria's CO2 Per Capita is 13.8x that of Mali (4.2 t/person/yr vs 0.29 t/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Scientific PublicationsAlgeria leads

Algeria

7.6K

Mali

118.09

Total CO2 EmissionsAlgeria leads

Algeria

186.36 Mt CO2e

Mali

7.4 Mt CO2e

Electricity GenerationAlgeria leads

Algeria

101.11 TWh

Mali

4.4 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityAlgeria leads

Algeria

22.59M kW

Mali

1.22M kW

CO2 Per CapitaAlgeria leads

Algeria

4.2 t/person/yr

Mali

0.29 t/person/yr

Broadband Access (%)Algeria leads

Algeria

12 per 100 people

Mali

1.0 per 100 people

All Metrics

Scientific Publications

Algeria

7.6K

Mali

118.09

6341% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Algeria

186.36 Mt CO2e

Mali

7.4 Mt CO2e

2414% higher

Electricity Generation

Algeria

101.11 TWh

Mali

4.4 TWh

2219% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Algeria

22.59M kW

Mali

1.22M kW

1749% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Algeria

4.2 t/person/yr

Mali

0.29 t/person/yr

1385% higher

Broadband Access (%)

Algeria

12 per 100 people

Mali

1.0 per 100 people

1100% higher

Water Stress (%)

Algeria

91.51%

Mali

8.6%

959% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Algeria

$269,322,281,664.77

Mali

$26,794,747,239.88

905% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Algeria

1.7 per 1k

Mali

0.19 per 1k

774% higher

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Algeria

1.6 per 1k

Mali

0.20 per 1k

700% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Algeria

326.0K

Mali

41.0K

695% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Algeria

29.44% of youth labor force

Mali

3.9% of youth labor force

659% higher

Railway Length

Algeria

4.0K km

Mali

593 km

578% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Algeria

$179.7

Mali

$29.74

504% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Algeria

$17,620.74

Mali

$3,314.77

432% higher

GNI Per Capita

Algeria

$5,370

Mali

$1,030

421% higher

Spirits Consumption

Algeria

0.07 L/person/yr

Mali

0.02 L/person/yr

302% higher

Unemployment Rate

Algeria

11.43%

Mali

3.1%

273% higher

Irrigated Land

Algeria

13.8K km²

Mali

3.8K km²

266% higher

Airports

Algeria

Mali

250% higher

Comparison of Algeria and Mali across 100 metrics
				Winner
Scientific Publications	7.6K	118.09	6341% higher	Algeria
Total CO2 Emissions	186.36 Mt CO2e	7.4 Mt CO2e	2414% higher	Algeria
Electricity Generation	101.11 TWh	4.4 TWh	2219% higher	Algeria
Electric Generating Capacity	22.59M kW	1.22M kW	1749% higher	Algeria
CO2 Per Capita	4.2 t/person/yr	0.29 t/person/yr	1385% higher	Algeria
Broadband Access (%)	12 per 100 people	1.0 per 100 people	1100% higher	Algeria
Water Stress (%)	91.51%	8.6%	959% higher	Algeria
GDP (Nominal)	$269,322,281,664.77	$26,794,747,239.88	905% higher	Algeria
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.7 per 1k	0.19 per 1k	774% higher	Algeria
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.6 per 1k	0.20 per 1k	700% higher	Algeria
Armed Forces Personnel	326.0K	41.0K	695% higher	Algeria
Youth Unemployment Rate	29.44% of youth labor force	3.9% of youth labor force	659% higher	Algeria
Railway Length	4.0K km	593 km	578% higher	Algeria
Health Spending Per Capita	$179.7	$29.74	504% higher	Algeria
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$17,620.74	$3,314.77	432% higher	Algeria
GNI Per Capita	$5,370	$1,030	421% higher	Algeria
Spirits Consumption	0.07 L/person/yr	0.02 L/person/yr	302% higher	Algeria
Unemployment Rate	11.43%	3.1%	273% higher	Algeria
Irrigated Land	13.8K km²	3.8K km²	266% higher	Algeria
Airports	98	28	250% higher	Algeria
Tobacco Use Prevalence	22.1% of adults	7.2% of adults	207% higher	Algeria
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.03 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	178% higher	Algeria
Elderly Population (%)	6.6%	2.4%	176% higher	Algeria
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	11.96 per 100k	4.4 per 100k	175% higher	Algeria
Beer Consumption	0.25 L/person/yr	0.09 L/person/yr	173% higher	Algeria
Smoking Rate	21.2%	8.0%	165% higher	Algeria
Highest Elevation	2.9K m	1.2K m	152% higher	Algeria
Obesity Rate	24.25%	10.0%	144% higher	Algeria
Urban Population (%)	75.28%	31.61%	138% higher	Algeria
Internet Users (%)	77%	35%	120% higher	Algeria
Population	47.74M	22.63M	111% higher	Algeria
Renewable Energy (%)	0.10%	71.1%	100% lower	Mali
Water Withdrawal	10.29 B m³	5.2 B m³	98% higher	Algeria
Land Area	2.38M km²	1.22M km²	95% higher	Algeria
Teen Birth Rate	8.7 per 1k	138.56 per 1k	94% lower	Mali
Forest Coverage (%)	0.83%	10.9%	92% lower	Mali
Alcohol Consumption	0.54 L/adult/yr	5.3 L/adult/yr	90% lower	Mali
Military Spending	8.0% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	90% higher	Algeria
Forest Area	19.8K km²	133.0K km²	85% lower	Mali
Official Languages Count	2.0	13	85% lower	Mali
Electricity Access (%)	100%	54.5%	83% higher	Algeria
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.46% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	83% lower	Mali
Human Development Index	0.76	0.42	82% higher	Algeria
Median Age	28.2 years	15.5 years	82% higher	Algeria
Sanitation Access (%)	85.91%	47.76%	80% higher	Algeria
Child Mortality	22 per 1k births	91.3 per 1k births	76% lower	Mali
Digital Payments Used	13.09% of adults	51.77% of adults	75% lower	Mali
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	7.0 sites	4.0 sites	75% higher	Algeria
Women in Parliament (%)	7.9%	30.66%	74% lower	Mali
Infant Mortality	19.7 per 1k births	57.6 per 1k births	66% lower	Mali
Solar Electricity Share	1.0%	2.9%	64% lower	Mali
Electoral Democracy Index	0.27	0.16	62% higher	Algeria
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	25.55 µg/m³	56.78 µg/m³	55% lower	Mali
Seafood Consumption per Person	3.8 kg/person/yr	8.2 kg/person/yr	53% lower	Mali
Agricultural Land (%)	17.36%	35.47%	51% lower	Mali
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% lower	Mali
Birth Rate	19.62 per 1k	39.44 per 1k	50% lower	Mali
Suicide Rate	2.2 per 100k	4.2 per 100k	48% lower	Mali
Fertility Rate	2.9 children/woman	5.3 children/woman	45% lower	Mali
Death Rate	4.4 per 1k	7.9 per 1k	44% lower	Mali
Milk Consumption per Person	141.53 kg/person/yr	98.68 kg/person/yr	43% higher	Algeria
Dependency Ratio	58.51% of working-age pop.	94.27% of working-age pop.	38% lower	Mali
Protected Land (%)	4.7%	7.5%	37% lower	Mali
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	30 days/yr	22 days/yr	36% higher	Algeria
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.6% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	34% higher	Algeria
Youth Population (%)	30.33%	46.14%	34% lower	Mali
Imports (% GDP)	20.28% of GDP	27.33% of GDP	26% lower	Mali
Life Expectancy	76.3 years	60.4 years	26% higher	Algeria
GDP Growth Rate	3.7%	5.0%	26% lower	Mali
Inflation Rate	4.0%	3.2%	25% higher	Algeria
Life Evaluation Score	5.7 pts	4.6 pts	25% higher	Algeria
Freedom of Expression Index	0.37	0.49	25% lower	Mali
Meat Consumption per Person	18.06 kg/person/yr	23.68 kg/person/yr	24% lower	Mali
Government Debt (% GDP)	27.5% of GDP	36% of GDP	24% lower	Mali
Corruption Perceptions Index	34 pts	28 pts	21% higher	Algeria
Credit Card Ownership	5.2% of adults	4.3% of adults	20% higher	Algeria
Electricity Carbon Intensity	632.94 gCO2/kWh	538.59 gCO2/kWh	18% higher	Algeria
Liberal Democracy Index	0.13	0.15	16% lower	Mali
Food Waste per Person	153.45 kg/person/yr	132.79 kg/person/yr	16% higher	Algeria
Land Border Length	6.7K km	7.9K km	15% lower	Mali
Exports (% GDP)	19.85% of GDP	22.57% of GDP	12% lower	Mali
Women's Political Empowerment	0.63	0.71	11% lower	Mali
Insufficient Physical Activity	29.04% of adults	32.65% of adults	11% lower	Mali
Road Traffic Death Rate	18.3 per 100k	20.2 per 100k	9% lower	Mali
Political Corruption Index	0.66	0.72	8% lower	Mali
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.78% of adults	94.72% of adults	7% lower	Mali
Average Weekly Work Hours	43.7 hrs/week	42.29 hrs/week	3% higher	Algeria
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	115 per 100 people	112 per 100 people	3% higher	Algeria
Hypertension Prevalence	36.2% of adults	35.6% of adults	2% higher	Algeria
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.6% of GDP	3.7% of GDP	1% lower	Mali
Population Density	19.38 /km²	19.48 /km²	equal	Mali
Coastline Length	998 km	0 km	ranked higher	Algeria
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Algeria
Wind Electricity Share	0.02%	0%	ranked higher	Algeria
Capital Elevation	0 m	350 m	ranked lower	Mali
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.04 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Algeria
Lowest Elevation	-40 m	23 m	ranked lower	Mali
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-7.7% of GDP	-0.8% of GDP	ranked lower	Mali
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Algeria
Border Neighbors	7.0	7.0	equal	Algeria

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Analysis

Algeria leads in 59 of 100 shared metrics, while Mali leads in 41.

Algeria's Scientific Publications is 63.4x that of Mali (7.6K vs 118.09).

Algeria's Total CO2 Emissions is 24.1x that of Mali (186.36 Mt CO2e vs 7.4 Mt CO2e).

Algeria's Electricity Generation is 22.2x that of Mali (101.11 TWh vs 4.4 TWh).

Algeria's Electric Generating Capacity is 17.5x that of Mali (22.59M kW vs 1.22M kW).

Algeria's CO2 Per Capita is 13.8x that of Mali (4.2 t/person/yr vs 0.29 t/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Scientific PublicationsAlgeria leads

Algeria

7.6K

Mali

118.09

Total CO2 EmissionsAlgeria leads

Algeria

186.36 Mt CO2e

Mali

7.4 Mt CO2e

Electricity GenerationAlgeria leads

Algeria

101.11 TWh

Mali

4.4 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityAlgeria leads

Algeria

22.59M kW

Mali

1.22M kW

CO2 Per CapitaAlgeria leads

Algeria

4.2 t/person/yr

Mali

0.29 t/person/yr

Broadband Access (%)Algeria leads

Algeria

12 per 100 people

Mali

1.0 per 100 people

Scientific Publications

7.6K

118.09

Total CO2 Emissions

186.36 Mt CO2e

7.4 Mt CO2e

Electricity Generation

101.11 TWh

4.4 TWh

Electric Generating Capacity

22.59M kW

1.22M kW

CO2 Per Capita

4.2 t/person/yr

0.29 t/person/yr

Broadband Access (%)

12 per 100 people

1.0 per 100 people

Water Stress (%)

91.51%

8.6%

GDP (Nominal)

$269,322,281,664.77

$26,794,747,239.88

Doctors (per 1,000)

1.7 per 1k

0.19 per 1k

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

1.6 per 1k

0.20 per 1k

Armed Forces Personnel

326.0K

41.0K

Youth Unemployment Rate

29.44% of youth labor force

3.9% of youth labor force

Railway Length

4.0K km

593 km

Health Spending Per Capita

$179.7

$29.74

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$17,620.74

$3,314.77

GNI Per Capita

$5,370

$1,030

Spirits Consumption

0.07 L/person/yr

0.02 L/person/yr

Unemployment Rate

11.43%

3.1%

Irrigated Land

13.8K km²

3.8K km²

Airports

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Scientific Publications

Total CO2 Emissions

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

CO2 Per Capita

Broadband Access (%)

Water Stress (%)

GDP (Nominal)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Armed Forces Personnel

Youth Unemployment Rate

Railway Length

Health Spending Per Capita

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

GNI Per Capita

Spirits Consumption

Unemployment Rate

Irrigated Land

Airports

Tobacco Use Prevalence

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Elderly Population (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Beer Consumption

Smoking Rate

Highest Elevation

Obesity Rate

Urban Population (%)

Internet Users (%)

Population

Renewable Energy (%)

Water Withdrawal

Land Area

Teen Birth Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Military Spending

Forest Area

Official Languages Count

Electricity Access (%)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Human Development Index

Median Age

Sanitation Access (%)

Child Mortality

Digital Payments Used

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Women in Parliament (%)

Infant Mortality

Solar Electricity Share

Electoral Democracy Index

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Agricultural Land (%)

Time Zones Count

Birth Rate

Suicide Rate

Fertility Rate

Death Rate

Milk Consumption per Person

Dependency Ratio

Protected Land (%)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Education Spending (% GDP)

Youth Population (%)

Imports (% GDP)

Life Expectancy

GDP Growth Rate

Inflation Rate

Life Evaluation Score

Freedom of Expression Index