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Algeria

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Algiers

Rank #16 of 173

69.6Strength score

Photos

National Liberation Army Soldiers - Flag
National Liberation Army Soldiers - FlagZdravko Pečar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Algerian corvette El Kirch in 2006
Algerian corvette El Kirch in 2006No machine-readable author provided. Lastaval~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lockheed C-130H Hercules, Algeria - Air Force JP7137213
Lockheed C-130H Hercules, Algeria - Air Force JP7137213Aldo Bidini · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

  • Finance87
  • Air power65
  • Manpower84
  • Land forces84
  • Naval power65
  • Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget
$25.4B #20
Budget as % of GDP
8.83% #3
Spending per person
$536 #43
GDP
$287.0B #50
Population
47,435,312 #33

Manpower

Active personnel
139,000 #42
Reserve personnel
150,000 #19
Paramilitary
187,200 #11
Total personnel
476,200 #21

Land forces

Tanks
1,485 #11
Armoured vehicles
2,619 #8
Self-propelled artillery
224 #17
Towed artillery
483 #19
Rocket launchers (MLRS)
188 #18

Air power

Total aircraft
686 #16
Fighter jets
173 #18
Attack aircraft & bombers
—
Transport aircraft
52 #21
Helicopters
314 #12
Attack helicopters
—

Naval power

Total naval vessels
79 #18
Aircraft carriers
0
Helicopter carriers
—
Submarines
6 #18
Destroyers
—
Frigates
8 #17
Corvettes
8 #10
Patrol vessels
57 #18

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
0

Weapons Algeria uses (43)

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Mikoyan MiG-29Mikoyan MiG-29Fighter aircraft Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21Fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-27Sukhoi Su-27Fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-30Sukhoi Su-30Fighter aircraft Mil Mi-24Mil Mi-24Attack helicopters Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15Fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-24Sukhoi Su-24Bombers Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25Fighter aircraft Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17Fighter aircraft T-62T-62Main battle tanks MG 42MG 42Machine guns Sukhoi Su-17Sukhoi Su-17Fighter aircraft

Weapons made in Algeria (5)

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Adhafer-class corvetteAdhafer-class corvetteCorvettes Djebel Chenoua-class corvetteDjebel Chenoua-class corvetteCorvettes Algerian corvette El KirchAlgerian corvette El KirchCorvettes Algerian corvette El ChihabAlgerian corvette El ChihabCorvettes Kebir-class patrol vesselPatrol vessels

Others in the region

  1. 5Pakistan79.4 VS
  2. 9Israel75.3 VS
  3. 13Egypt, Arab Rep.72.9 VS
  4. 14Iran, Islamic Rep.71.8 VS
  5. 15Saudi Arabia70.9 VS
  6. 29United Arab Emirates64.4 VS
  7. 30Iraq64.1 VS
  8. 50Morocco32.9 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance via Wikipedia (personnel); GlobalMilitary.net 2026 (equipment) · Year 2025 · ↗