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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Algeria: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Algeria is placed 91st of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.555 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 42.05 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
91st
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.555GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 42.05Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 0.547Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 22.54Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Algeria on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.555
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Algeria: 0.555. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Northern Africa
- 0.911 Egypt
- Land neighbours
- Libya 0.204 · Morocco 0.516 · Mali 0.326 · Mauritania 0.374 · Niger 0.147 · Tunisia 0.715
42.05
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 89th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Algeria: 42.05. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Northern Africa
- 59.1 Egypt
- Land neighbours
- Libya 28.38 · Morocco 43.06 · Mali 23.78 · Mauritania 27.58 · Niger 17.44 · Tunisia 42.23
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.547
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Algeria: 0.547. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Northern Africa
- 2.662 Egypt
- Land neighbours
- Libya -2.065 · Morocco 1.457 · Mali -1.602 · Mauritania 0.441 · Niger -0.08 · Tunisia 1.633
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
22.54
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Algeria: 22.54. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Northern Africa
- 24.97 Morocco
- Land neighbours
- Morocco 24.97 · Mali 42.01 · Niger 45.21 · Tunisia 10.66
02Over time
Which way Algeria is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
AlgeriaWorld median
Algeria rose from 33.47 in 2020 to 42.05 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Algeria World median 2025 42 40.2 2024 39 43.3 2023 36 41.4 2022 35 40.3 2021 38 44.1 2020 33 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
AlgeriaWorld median
Algeria rose from 0.471 in 2000 to 0.547 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Algeria World median 2025 0.55 0.20 2024 0.55 0.11 2023 0.55 0.14 2022 0.55 0.16 2021 0.55 0.12 2020 0.55 0.12 2019 0.52 0.10 2018 0.52 -0.05 2017 0.52 -0.08 2016 0.52 -0.10 2015 0.52 -0.17 2014 0.52 -0.21 2013 0.52 -0.21 2012 0.52 -0.25 2011 0.52 -0.32 2010 0.52 -0.31 2009 0.52 -0.50 2008 0.52 -0.51 2007 0.52 -0.51 2006 0.52 -0.55 2005 0.52 -0.55 2004 0.47 -0.55 2003 0.47 -0.55 2002 0.47 -0.51 2001 0.47 -0.51 2000 0.47 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
AlgeriaWorld median
Algeria rose from 21.15 in 2010 to 22.54 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Algeria World median 2024 22.54 25.42 2023 18.64 26.03 2022 20.80 26.04 2021 22.16 29.80 2020 19.73 29.47 2019 22.43 18.36 2018 21.93 20.09 2017 22.50 18.32 2016 23.04 18.15 2015 23.60 19.57 2014 20.70 21.00 2013 20.91 20.50 2012 23.22 19.56 2011 19.69 19.21 2010 21.15 19.88
03In context
Algeria beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Algeria and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Moroccocompare | 77th | 0.516 | 43.06 | 1.457 | 24.97 |
 Tunisia | 81st | 0.715 | 42.23 | 1.633 | 10.66 |
| Algeria | 91st | 0.555 | 42.05 | 0.547 | 22.54 |
 Mauritania | =117th | 0.374 | 27.58 | 0.441 | — |
 Niger | 132nd | 0.147 | 17.44 | -0.08 | 45.21 |
 Mali | =143rd | 0.326 | 23.78 | -1.602 | 42.01 |
 Libya | =174th | 0.204 | 28.38 | -2.065 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Northern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Algeria in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Algeria is ahead of the world, and behind
17 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median3
Statistics on which Algeria does better than the middle country measured.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6898.3491.68No earlier reading
Algeria: 98.34 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 12th of 140 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7884.3478.78No earlier reading
Algeria: 84.34 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 48th of 140 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.2030.206▲ Improved since 2015
Algeria: 0.203 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 68th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median9
Statistics on which Algeria does worse than the middle country measured.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0582.9183.05No earlier reading
Algeria: 82.91 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 71st of 140 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.4513.815.45No real change since 2025
Algeria: 13.8 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.3980.485▲ Improved since 2013
Algeria: 0.398 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 103rd of 170 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-1.078-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Algeria: -1.078 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 129th of 176 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-1.2270.505▼ Worsened since 2015
Algeria: -1.227 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 150th of 176 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4741.657.474▼ Worsened since 2014
Algeria: 1.65 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 101st of 118 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-1.3651.023▼ Worsened since 2015
Algeria: -1.365 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 155th of 176 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.665.9698.66▲ Improved since 2020
Algeria: 5.96 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6513.0951.65▼ Worsened since 2014
Algeria: 13.09 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 97th of 98 · derived.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,670586,99084,670Moved since 2020
Algeria: 586,990 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,454610,032141,454Moved since 2020
Algeria: 610,032 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,714452,950148,714Moved since 2020
Algeria: 452,950 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.960.560.96No earlier reading
Algeria: 0.56 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6013.3365.601Moved since 2015
Algeria: 3.336 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
No current reading for Algeria
Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions, Firms with Their Own Website, ICT Goods Exports (last 2017) and Share of Firms' Payments Made Electronically. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Algeria’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Algeria’s 3rd best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Education & Knowledgejoint 87th of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture81st of 1844/4 keys
- Digital & Technology91st of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience96th of 1934/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing101st of 2004/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital100th of 1963/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties147th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation137th of 1763/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions152nd of 1944/4 keys
- Energy132nd of 1653/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade145th of 1773/4 keys
- Gender & Equality158th of 1832/4 keys
- Peace & Security166th of 1773/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability178th of 1863/4 keys
- Work & Labour176th of 1824/4 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Algeria can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
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South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Mauritius20th4/4 keysHighest in Northern Africa
Egypt=47th4/4 keysThis page
Algeria91st4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Algeria on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Algeria rank on digital & technology?
Algeria is placed 91st of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Algeria?
0.555 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Algeria?
42.05 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Algeria compare with Morocco on digital & technology?
Morocco is placed 77th of 198, and Algeria 91st. GovTech Maturity Index: Morocco 0.516, Algeria 0.555; Government AI Readiness Index: Morocco 43.06, Algeria 42.05; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Morocco 1.457, Algeria 0.547; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Morocco 24.97, Algeria 22.54.
How have Algeria’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 33.47 in 2020 to 42.05 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from 0.471 in 2000 to 0.547 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 21.15 in 2010 to 22.54 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Algeria?
No current reading is published for Algeria on Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions, Firms with Their Own Website, ICT Goods Exports and Share of Firms' Payments Made Electronically. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 17 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Algeria’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Algeria (banner) — Daggett.fr derivative work: JamesA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Algeria: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/algeria/digital