Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) in Algeria: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

At MYRIAD, we look at the statistics of human lives to understand the material reality behind a nation's history. For Algeria, income per person, measured as GDP per capita and adjusted for purchasing power in 2017 international dollars, tells a profound story of economic change. Every value recorded across these centuries is a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there, reflecting the average yearly economic output available to sustain a human existence, from the food on the table to the roof overhead.

The long arc of this data reveals a steady, grinding climb that accelerates over generations. In the 1800s estimate, the average output stood at 900 intl-$. By 1900 it was 1,300 intl-$, and the figures continued their upward trajectory through the decades, reaching 3,000 intl-$ in the 1950s and 10,000 intl-$ in the 1990s. In the 2020s, income per person in Algeria stands at 15,000 intl-$ — ranking #74 of 157 countries. Projections stretch far into the future, anticipating steady growth toward the 2100s projection of 45,885 intl-$.

If you were born in Algeria across these different eras, the economic baseline of your daily survival shifted dramatically. Your ancestors in the 1830s estimate navigated a world of 1,020 intl-$, while a life lived during the 1960s experienced an economy producing 5,000 intl-$. Today, navigating the 2020s means participating in a 15,000 intl-$ economy, with future generations projected to see outputs climb past the 2050s projection of 22,813 intl-$.

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