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Topic 08 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Algeria: Gender & Equality
How wide is the gap between women's and men's lives?
Algeria is placed 158th of 183 countries on gender & equality in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Women, Business and the Law 60.63 (2025); Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.625 (2025).
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Gender & Equality
158th
of 183 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
- 60.63Women, Business and the Law, 2025WBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity)
- 0.625Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2025Women's political empowerment index (0–1)
- —Firms with a Female Top Manager, 2025No reading for this country
- —Social Institutions and Gender Index, 2023No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Algeria on gender & equality — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
60.63
WBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity)
Higher is better
Algeria: 60.63. Across the 190 countries in this edition, values run from 3.125 (Afghanistan) to 100 (Sweden); the world median is 81.25.
- World median
- 81.25
- Best in Northern Africa
- 75.63 Morocco
- Land neighbours
- Libya 50 · Morocco 75.63 · Mali 72.5 · Mauritania 51.25 · Niger 53.75 · Tunisia 64.38
Key 2 of 4
Women's Political Empowerment Index
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.625
Women's political empowerment index (0–1)
Higher is better
Algeria: 0.625. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from 0.028 (Afghanistan) to 0.954 (Denmark); the world median is 0.772.
- World median
- 0.772
- Best in Northern Africa
- 0.765 Tunisia
- Land neighbours
- Libya 0.412 · Morocco 0.712 · Mali 0.706 · Mauritania 0.541 · Niger 0.709 · Tunisia 0.765
Key 3 of 4
Firms with a Female Top Manager
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2016–2025 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Firms with a female top manager (%)
Higher is better
World Bank Group publishes no reading from 2016–2025 for Algeria, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 179 countries at their latest reading, values run from 1.429 (Qatar) to 62.9 (Kiribati); the world median is 19.16.
- World median
- 19.16
- Best in Northern Africa
- 8.992 Tunisia
- Land neighbours
- Morocco 5.438 · Mali 7.852 · Mauritania 12.1 · Niger 14.64 · Tunisia 8.992
Key 4 of 4
Social Institutions and Gender Index
OECD
2023 edition · data for 2023 · OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause
No reading
SIGI score (0 = no discrimination, 100 = absolute)
Lower is better
OECD publishes no 2023 figure for Algeria, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 140 countries in this edition, values run from 6.7 (Norway) to 67.4 (Mauritania); the world median is 25.2.
- World median
- 25.2
- Best in Northern Africa
- 46.5 Tunisia
- Land neighbours
- Morocco 49.3 · Mali 52.8 · Mauritania 67.4 · Niger 60.1 · Tunisia 46.5
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.
Women, Business and the Law
WBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity) · higher is better
AlgeriaWorld median
Algeria rose from 40.63 in 2000 to 60.63 in 2025; the world median went from 63.13 to 81.25.
Every year’s figures
Year Algeria World median 2025 61 81.3 2023 58 81.3 2022 58 80.3 2021 58 80.0 2020 58 79.7 2019 58 78.8 2018 58 77.5 2017 58 77.5 2016 58 76.9 2015 55 75.9 2014 55 75.6 2013 55 75.0 2012 55 73.8 2011 55 73.1 2010 55 73.1 2009 55 72.5 2008 55 71.3 2007 55 69.7 2006 55 68.8 2005 55 67.2 2004 41 66.9 2003 41 64.7 2002 41 63.8 2001 41 63.8 2000 41 63.1 Women's Political Empowerment Index
Women's political empowerment index (0–1) · higher is better
AlgeriaWorld median
Algeria rose from 0.547 in 2000 to 0.625 in 2025; the world median went from 0.681 to 0.772.
Every year’s figures
Year Algeria World median 2025 0.625 0.7715 2024 0.625 0.7745 2023 0.614 0.7755 2022 0.604 0.7825 2021 0.645 0.7785 2020 0.760 0.7755 2019 0.760 0.7665 2018 0.771 0.7715 2017 0.732 0.7710 2016 0.787 0.7780 2015 0.775 0.7755 2014 0.775 0.7795 2013 0.763 0.7730 2012 0.713 0.7740 2011 0.601 0.7650 2010 0.596 0.7610 2009 0.603 0.7515 2008 0.588 0.7505 2007 0.588 0.7380 2006 0.588 0.7290 2005 0.588 0.7350 2004 0.561 0.7205 2003 0.566 0.7160 2002 0.566 0.7150 2001 0.547 0.6950 2000 0.547 0.6810
03In context
Algeria beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 183 countries on gender & equality, never a place within the region.
Algeria and the countries it borders
Standing among all 183; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Women, Business and the LawWBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity) | Women's Political Empowerment IndexWomen's political empowerment index (0–1) | Firms with a Female Top ManagerFirms with a female top manager (%) | Social Institutions and Gender IndexSIGI score (0 = no discrimination, 100 = absolute) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tunisia | 146th | 64.38 | 0.765 | 8.992 | 46.5 |
 Moroccocompare | 147th | 75.63 | 0.712 | 5.438 | 49.3 |
 Mali | 153rd | 72.5 | 0.706 | 7.852 | 52.8 |
 Niger | =155th | 53.75 | 0.709 | 14.64 | 60.1 |
| Algeria | 158th | 60.63 | 0.625 | — | — |
 Mauritania | 164th | 51.25 | 0.541 | 12.1 | 67.4 |
 Libya | 174th | 50 | 0.412 | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Northern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 183.
Placed either side on gender & equality
The countries immediately above and below Algeria in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Algeria is ahead of the world, and behind
21 more statistics filed under gender & equality, 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 median6
Statistics on which Algeria does better than the middle country measured.
Length of Paid Maternity LeaveWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 9815098▲ Improved since 2015
Algeria: 150 · world median 98 · Paid maternity leave set in law (calendar days). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 410; higher is better.
Child MarriageUNICEF · 2025 · world median 17.13.817.1No earlier reading
Algeria: 3.8 · world median 17.1 · Women 20–24 married before 18 (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.3; lower is better.
Position 125th of 143 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.468.69827.46▼ Worsened since 2013
Algeria: 8.698 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 166th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.998.696.9No earlier reading
Algeria: 98.6 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2571.471.25▼ Worsened since 2013
Algeria: 71.4 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 97th of 196 · derived.
Gender Parity Index, Tertiary EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 1.2441.3461.244No real change since 2014
Algeria: 1.346 · world median 1.244 · Adjusted gender parity index, tertiary gross enrolment (1 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.74 to 1.83; higher is better.
Position 72nd of 95 · derived.
Behind the world median8
Statistics on which Algeria does worse than the middle country measured.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.6562.4946.65▲ Improved since 2013
Algeria: 62.49 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 86th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Women Who Think a Husband Is Justified in Hitting or Beating His WifeUNICEF · 2025 · world median 22.434.122.4No earlier reading
Algeria: 34.1 · world median 22.4 · Women aged 15-49 who say a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.2 to 80.2; lower is better.
Position 46th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8169.881No earlier reading
Algeria: 69.8 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 100th of 153 · derived.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.4430.351▼ Worsened since 2013
Algeria: 0.443 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 114th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Gender Social Norms IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 91.8198.3991.81No earlier reading
Algeria: 98.39 · world median 91.81 · People with at least one bias against gender equality (%). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 27.39 to 99.92; lower is better.
Position 24th of 91 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gender Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.9710.8870.971No real change since 2013
Algeria: 0.887 · world median 0.971 · Gender Development Index (1.000 = parity). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.407 to 1.038; higher is better.
Position 158th of 184 · derived.
Female Labour Force Participation RateILO · 2025 · world median 53.3614.1453.36No real change since 2015
Algeria: 14.14 · world median 53.36 · Women aged 15+ in the labour force (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 4.663 to 82.91; higher is better.
Position 177th of 182 · derived.
Account Ownership Among WomenWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 71.2418.0771.24▼ Worsened since 2014
Algeria: 18.07 · world median 71.24 · Women with an account (% of women aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.91 to 99.85; higher is better.
Position 136th of 139 · derived.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Length of Paid Paternity LeaveWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 333▼ Worsened since 2015
Algeria: 3 · world median 3 · Paid paternity leave set in law (calendar days). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 196; higher is better.
No better end6
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Female Share of STEM GraduatesUIS · 2023 · world median 35.352.4635.3No real change since 2015
Algeria: 52.46 · world median 35.3 · STEM graduates who are women (%; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.333 to 55.96.
Female Share of ResearchersUIS · 2024 · world median 38.1750.6238.17No earlier reading
Algeria: 50.62 · world median 38.17 · Researchers who are women (% of headcount; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.54.
Mean Age at First Marriage, WomenUN DESA Population Division · 2019 · world median 24.6528.324.65No earlier reading
Algeria: 28.3 · world median 24.65 · Singulate mean age at marriage, women (years). UN DESA Population Division, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 17 to 34.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6524.820.65No earlier reading
Algeria: 24.8 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Sex Ratio at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 105.1104.6105.1No real change since 2013
Algeria: 104.6 · world median 105.1 · Male births per 100 female births. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 101.1 to 116.3.
Female-Headed HouseholdsUN DESA Population Division · 2026 · world median 33.2110.8833.21No earlier reading
Algeria: 10.88 · world median 33.21 · Households headed by a woman (% of households). UN DESA Population Division, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 5.33 to 64.59.
No current reading for Algeria
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff (last 2019), Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, Firms with a Female Top Manager, Firms with Female Participation in Ownership, Global Gender Parity Index, Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to Land, Social Institutions and Gender Index, Women's Empowerment Index and Women's Share of Agricultural Landowners. 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
Gender & Equality among Algeria’s 15 topics
Gender & Equality is Algeria’s 12th 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 gender & equality
The three countries placed highest of 183, and the leaders Algeria can most readily be measured against.
1
LatviaNorthern Europe
1st of 183 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Marcin Szala · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
TaiwanEastern Asia
2nd of 183 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: xiangyang17 · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
ItalySouthern Europe
3rd of 183 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Francisco Antunes · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Cabo Verde=34th3/4 keysHighest in Northern Africa
Tunisia146th4/4 keysThis page
Algeria158th2/4 keys
Positions out of 183 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 gender & equality: 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 gender & equality?
Algeria is placed 158th of 183 countries on Gender & Equality in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (Women, Business and the Law and Women's Political Empowerment Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Women, Business and the Law figure for Algeria?
60.63 in 2025 (wBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 81.25.
What is the latest Women's Political Empowerment Index figure for Algeria?
0.625 in 2025 (women's political empowerment index (0–1)), according to V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg. The world median in the same edition was 0.772.
How does Algeria compare with Morocco on gender & equality?
Morocco is placed 147th of 183, and Algeria 158th. Women, Business and the Law: Morocco 75.63, Algeria 60.63; Women's Political Empowerment Index: Morocco 0.712, Algeria 0.625.
How have Algeria’s gender & equality figures changed?
Women, Business and the Law rose from 40.63 in 2000 to 60.63 in 2025; Women's Political Empowerment Index rose from 0.547 in 2000 to 0.625 in 2025.
Which gender & equality statistics are missing for Algeria?
No current reading is published for Algeria on Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, Firms with a Female Top Manager, Firms with Female Participation in Ownership, Global Gender Parity Index, Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to Land, Social Institutions and Gender Index, Women's Empowerment Index and Women's Share of Agricultural Landowners. 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
Violence against women is not a key here, because comparable data covers too few countries. The Gender Inequality Index is published here as context rather than as a key: its reading is driven largely by maternal and adolescent health, which moves with a country’s overall development and is already measured under Development and Health. Women’s labour force participation, women in management and child marriage are published here as context too.
How the Gender & Equality 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 gender & equality method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Women, Business and the Law — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Women's Political Empowerment Index — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Firms with a Female Top Manager — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Social Institutions and Gender Index — OECD, OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause
The other 21 statistics on this page come from 7 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
- Latvia — Marcin Szala, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Taiwan — xiangyang17, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Italy — Francisco Antunes, CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Algeria: Gender & Equality — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/algeria/gender