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Trade between Algeria and the United States

In 2024, Algeria exported $2.5 billion to the United States and imported $987 million. Algeria ran a surplus of $1.5 billion with the United States, compared with a surplus of $1.6 billion in 2019. The United States was Algeria’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Algeria was the United States’ 75th (0.1%).

Summary

Algeria → United States
$2.5billion
United States → Algeria
$987million
Algeria’s balance
$1.5billion

Balance

Algeria’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Algeria and the United States grew 10% since 1995

USD billions (current). Algeria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 2.5
  • Imports 1
  • Balance +1.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.7 billion$1.5 billion$260 million
1996$2.1 billion$941 million$1.1 billion
1997$2.5 billion$912 million$1.6 billion
1998$1.7 billion$1 billion$694 million
1999$1.9 billion$768 million$1.1 billion
2000$3.1 billion$1.1 billion$2 billion
2001$2.7 billion$1.1 billion$1.6 billion
2002$2.6 billion$1.2 billion$1.4 billion
2003$5 billion$738 million$4.3 billion
2004$7.8 billion$1.2 billion$6.7 billion
2005$10.8 billion$1.3 billion$9.5 billion
2006$15.7 billion$1.5 billion$14.2 billion
2007$18.3 billion$2 billion$16.3 billion
2008$19.7 billion$2.1 billion$17.6 billion
2009$10.9 billion$2 billion$8.9 billion
2010$14.5 billion$2 billion$12.5 billion
2011$15 billion$2.1 billion$12.9 billion
2012$10.4 billion$1.7 billion$8.7 billion
2013$5.7 billion$2.4 billion$3.2 billion
2014$4.8 billion$2.9 billion$2 billion
2015$3.1 billion$2.6 billion$462 million
2016$3.6 billion$2.4 billion$1.2 billion
2017$3.8 billion$1.7 billion$2.1 billion
2018$4.8 billion$1.1 billion$3.7 billion
2019$2.5 billion$975 million$1.6 billion
2020$494 million$706 million-$212 million
2021$1.9 billion$757 million$1.1 billion
2022$3.2 billion$1.2 billion$2 billion
2023$3.1 billion$1.2 billion$2 billion
2024$2.5 billion$987 million$1.5 billion

What they sell each other

What Algeria sells to the United States

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$1.7 billion · 69.4%
    3.1 million tonnes · Algeria’s destinations
  2. Crude petroleum$334 million · 13.3%
    628 thousand tonnes · Algeria’s destinations
  3. Nitrogen fertilizers$171 million · 6.8%
    504 thousand tonnes
  4. Cement$86 million · 3.4%
    957 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  5. Steel bars$53 million · 2.1%
    92 thousand tonnes
  6. Ammonia$43 million · 1.7%
    90 thousand tonnes
  7. Steel wire rod$27 million · 1.1%
    49 thousand tonnes
  8. Hydrogen and rare gases$22 million · 0.86%
    189 tonnes
  9. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$15 million · 0.6%
    6 thousand tonnes
  10. Natural gas and LPG$6 million · 0.25%
    10 thousand tonnes

What the United States sells to Algeria

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Soybeans$119 million · 12.1%
    223 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Turbojets and gas turbines$87 million · 8.8%
    189 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  3. Wheat$64 million · 6.4%
    168 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  4. PVC and other vinyl polymers$61 million · 6.2%
    78 thousand tonnes
  5. Polyethylene$58 million · 5.8%
    59 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Other nuts (almonds, walnuts)$53 million · 5.4%
    12 thousand tonnes
  7. Chemical wood pulp$46 million · 4.7%
    59 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Catalysts$42 million · 4.2%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Soybean oil$34 million · 3.4%
    32 thousand tonnes
  10. Vaccines, blood and antisera$31 million · 3.1%
    10 tonnes · the United States’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Algiers to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Algiers and Los Angeles is 7,979 nautical miles (14,777 km) long: ≈ 18.5–23.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$3.2 billion · 90.8%
  2. Air$322 million · 9.2%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Algeria’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Algeria was the United States’ 75th (0.1%).

The United States in Algeria’s trade
3.8%
The United States’ rank among Algeria’s partners
8th
Algeria in the United States’ trade
0.1%
Algeria’s rank among the United States’ partners
75th

Compare with

Other partners of Algeria

Other partners of the United States

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.