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

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Weapons Algeria uses (1)

T-62

T-62Main battle tanks

Others in the region

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 · ↗