Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Algeria
Algeria: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita was 0.2318 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Algeria, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Algeria is 0.2318 tonnes per person, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.0% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Algeria peaked at 0.3496 tonnes per person in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0267 tonnes per person, in 1965.
Algeria ranks 60th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Algeria, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0511 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0482 tonnes per person | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0315 tonnes per person | -34.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0325 tonnes per person | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0267 tonnes per person | -17.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0661 tonnes per person | +147.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0607 tonnes per person | -8.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0571 tonnes per person | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0347 tonnes per person | -39.3% |
| 1970 | 0.027 tonnes per person | -22.1% |
| 1971 | 0.055 tonnes per person | +103.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0902 tonnes per person | +64.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0592 tonnes per person | -34.4% |
| 1974 | 0.1208 tonnes per person | +103.9% |
| 1975 | 0.1069 tonnes per person | -11.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1119 tonnes per person | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1228 tonnes per person | +9.7% |
| 1978 | 0.177 tonnes per person | +44.1% |
| 1979 | 0.1627 tonnes per person | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1796 tonnes per person | +10.4% |
| 1981 | 0.1383 tonnes per person | -23.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2022 tonnes per person | +46.2% |
| 1983 | 0.1807 tonnes per person | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 0.191 tonnes per person | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 0.2366 tonnes per person | +23.9% |
| 1986 | 0.2001 tonnes per person | -15.4% |
| 1987 | 0.162 tonnes per person | -19.0% |
| 1988 | 0.22 tonnes per person | +35.8% |
| 1989 | 0.3268 tonnes per person | +48.5% |
| 1990 | 0.1961 tonnes per person | -40.0% |
| 1991 | 0.173 tonnes per person | -11.8% |
| 1992 | 0.1904 tonnes per person | +10.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2146 tonnes per person | +12.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2632 tonnes per person | +22.6% |
| 1995 | 0.2136 tonnes per person | -18.9% |
| 1996 | 0.1367 tonnes per person | -36.0% |
| 1997 | 0.2005 tonnes per person | +46.6% |
| 1998 | 0.1828 tonnes per person | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 0.2579 tonnes per person | +41.1% |
| 2000 | 0.2439 tonnes per person | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 0.2141 tonnes per person | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 0.2721 tonnes per person | +27.1% |
| 2003 | 0.2156 tonnes per person | -20.8% |
| 2004 | 0.2163 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2509 tonnes per person | +16.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2212 tonnes per person | -11.8% |
| 2007 | 0.215 tonnes per person | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.2636 tonnes per person | +22.6% |
| 2009 | 0.225 tonnes per person | -14.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2234 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.3046 tonnes per person | +36.3% |
| 2012 | 0.2678 tonnes per person | -12.1% |
| 2013 | 0.2695 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3223 tonnes per person | +19.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3496 tonnes per person | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3311 tonnes per person | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3131 tonnes per person | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 0.3112 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.2764 tonnes per person | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3007 tonnes per person | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 0.2852 tonnes per person | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2547 tonnes per person | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 0.2318 tonnes per person | -9.0% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 0.2318 tonnes per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1724 tonnes per person, 1.3× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 0.2318 tonnes per person is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2503 tonnes per person, 93% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Algeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +147.6% | 0.0267 tonnes per person | 0.0661 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0454 tonnes per person | 0.0267 tonnes per person | 0.0661 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1034 tonnes per person | 0.027 tonnes per person | 0.177 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2037 tonnes per person | 0.1383 tonnes per person | 0.3268 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2029 tonnes per person | 0.1367 tonnes per person | 0.2632 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2338 tonnes per person | 0.2141 tonnes per person | 0.2721 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2969 tonnes per person | 0.2234 tonnes per person | 0.3496 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2681 tonnes per person | 0.2318 tonnes per person | 0.3007 tonnes per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Algeria?
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Algeria was 0.2318 tonnes per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3496 tonnes per person in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0267 tonnes per person in 1965.
- How does Algeria rank for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita?
- Algeria ranks 60th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.