Share of female directors in Algeria
Algeria: Share of female directors was 10.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female directors in Algeria, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026. Measured in % of total directors.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 10.1% for share of female directors in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.6% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female directors in Algeria peaked at 10.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 2016.
That places Algeria 65th out of 71 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female directors in Algeria, year by year
| Year | % of total directors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9.4% | — |
| 2015 | 8.1% | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 7.0% | -13.2% |
| 2017 | 8.8% | +25.8% |
| 2018 | 7.2% | -18.6% |
| 2019 | 9.2% | +27.7% |
| 2020 | 9.1% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | +13.3% |
| 2022 | 10.6% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 9.1% | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 10.1% | +10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.3% | 7.0% | 9.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 9.8% | 9.1% | 10.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More private sector data for Algeria
- Merchandise trade 33.3% (2025)
- Food imports 20.2% (2017)
- Manufactures imports 73.0% (2017)
- Merchandise imports 50.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.0% (2017)
- Manufactures exports 2.7% (2017)
- Merchandise exports 45.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 957.09 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1582 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.47 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female directors in Algeria?
- Share of female directors in Algeria was 10.1% in 2024, according to World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
- What is the highest share of female directors recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of female directors recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 2016.
- How does Algeria rank for share of female directors?
- Algeria ranks 65th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female directors rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026, published as part of Share of female directors (% of total directors). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of female directors is the proportion of female directors of newly registered limited liability companies out of the total number of directors of newly registered limited liability companies in the economy in the calendar year. A director is defined as an individual who conducts the affairs of newly registered limited liability companies in the calendar year.