Algeria


Land Area
2,381,741 (kilometers square)in 2020
Arable Area
7505 (1000 ha)in 2019
Crop Area
8517 (1000 ha)in 2019
Agricultural Area
41359 (1000 ha)in 2019
Forest Area
1939 (1000 ha)in 2019

Algeria covers an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi) in which 41360.2((1000 ha)) is agricultural Area, 1956 (1000 ha) forest Area. Algeria food and Agricultural gross value Production at current price shown with data tables, chart, and maps. Agriculture in Algeria contributes about 12% of Algeria's gross domestic product while employing 20% of the rural population in all aspects of raising crops on 8.5 million hectares of arable land. Most of Algeria is arid desert (the Sahara) and semi-arid lands, with low and unreliable rainfall, and few crops can be grown here. The Atlas Mountain ranges in the north separate the Sahara and high desert from the Mediterranean coast, and most crops are grown on lands in the foothills and along the coast. Therefore, most arable land, only 3.5% of the total surface of Algeria, is under a Mediterranean climate, where droughts are common and rainfall is unevenly and unreliably distributed throughout the year. Algerian agriculture depends mostly upon rainfall rather than irrigation, and irrigation projects are often of limited scope. The most common crops are cereals (wheat, oat, and barley) and pulses. The most commonly raised livestock are sheep and goats, then cattle. Chickens are common in rural areas. Algeria is a net importer of food.

Value of Agricultural Production(fao.org) Last Updated : 6 Jan 2022








Algeria Import and Export of Cereals.

Algeria Imports Cereal It was 13,071,491 tonnes and its value was 3.027 billion US dollars in 2020.
Algeria Exports Cereal It was 43,016 tonnes and its value was 7.78 million US dollars in 2020.

Item Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
Barley840,320185,766,000--
Buckwheat412,000--
Canary seed5,6164,070,000--
Flour, wheat4820,00030,5587,673,000
Fonio----
Grain, mixed----
Maize5,010,449931,938,00051,000
Millet5,0711,854,000--
Oats15,6844,455,000--
Quinoa47103,000--
Rice, broken520234,00056099,000
Rice, husked1,547764,000--
Rice, milled137,85868,557,00011,000
Rice, milled/husked----
Rice, paddy1,000600,000--
Rye----
Sorghum8220,000--
Triticale----
Wheat7,053,5681,828,931,00052,000
Year Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
1961585,53246,270,00090,7537,650,000
1965327,65726,333,000109,2739,460,000
1970359,34327,915,000115,8994,333,000
19751,668,520404,715,00043297,000
19803,413,807780,480,000--
19855,266,101942,433,000--
19905,039,749824,762,000--
19956,140,5871,226,167,00014-
20007,508,9271,074,994,0001-
20058,263,0081,423,730,00013,9753,013,000
20107,930,0331,808,489,0008,3573,326,000
201513,828,1643,516,605,0004,8281,535,000
201613,358,3342,783,059,0003,324866,000
201712,904,7452,751,317,000467147,000
201813,075,7453,044,738,0004130,000
201911,385,7582,528,999,000504117,000
202013,071,4913,027,345,00043,0167,776,000

Source : FAO Last Updated : 10 Feb 2022
Algeria Import and Export of Bovine Meat.

Algeria Imports Bovine Meat It was 28,515 tonnes and its value was 87.57 million US dollars in 2020.
Algeria Exports Bovine Meat It was 72 tonnes and its value was 143 hundred thousands US dollars in 2020.

Item Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
Meat, beef and veal sausages----
Meat, beef, preparations53163,000-2,000
Meat, cattle6,95934,206,000--
Meat, cattle, boneless (beef & veal)16,41252,620,00055141,000
Offals, edible, cattle151581,000--
Year Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
196124,61019,341,0001219,000
19655,2515,085,000--
1970138,000--
19751,069803,000--
198017,37129,950,000--
198535,28637,570,000--
199010,95116,218,000--
199533,57057,585,000--
200012,35026,145,0003569,000
2005103,368179,500,000330,000
201046,275136,687,00065-
201583,312240,574,000--
201679,426216,670,000--
201759,788176,704,000--
201863,078208,551,000-3,000
201969,237227,384,0003681,000
202028,51587,570,00072143,000

Source : FAO Last Updated : 10 Feb 2022
Algeria Import and Export of Alcohol Beverages.

Algeria Imports Alcohol Beverages It was 44,677 tonnes and its value was 49.88 million US dollars in 2020.
Algeria Exports Alcohol Beverages It was 110 tonnes and its value was 356 hundred thousands US dollars in 2020.

Item Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
Beer of barley32,00021,000,000--
Beer of sorghum----
Beverages, distilled alcoholic4,19020,925,000-2,000
Beverages, fermented rice----
Cider etc13,000--
Vermouths & similar----
Wine8,4867,952,000110354,000
Year Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
196152,00010,050,0001,309,000189,820,000
19653,000550,000849,000115,000,000
1970458781,0001,234,354143,631,000
1975254642,000476,565123,397,000
1980811,000226,10398,395,000
198540134,000167,43545,817,000
19901880,00026,41223,850,000
199510,5367,870,00012,84910,585,000
2000634935,0005,8468,519,000
200512,20410,464,0001,1332,972,000
20108,98113,591,0006111,196,000
201532,46051,751,000209604,000
201653,67567,821,000228641,000
201757,75367,652,000260575,000
201836,58765,316,0004301,184,000
201944,62562,697,000143477,000
202044,67749,880,000110356,000

Source : FAO Last Updated : 10 Feb 2022
Algeria Import and Export of Dairy products.

Algeria Imports Dairy products It was 451,916 tonnes and its value was 1.505 billion US dollars in 2020.
Algeria Exports Dairy products It was 403 tonnes and its value was 757 hundred thousands US dollars in 2020.

Item Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
Butter, cow milk3,63716,165,000--
Buttermilk, curdled, acidified milk3136,000--
Cheese, processed--721,000
Cheese, sheep milk----
Cheese, whole cow milk29,880131,153,00029129,000
Cream fresh1247,0002520,000
Ghee, buffalo milk----
Milk, products of natural constituents nes3,74810,557,000--
Milk, reconstituted----
Milk, skimmed cow76108,000--
Milk, skimmed dried149,465442,370,0003360,000
Milk, whole condensed--922,000
Milk, whole dried250,917868,061,000279503,000
Milk, whole evaporated----
Milk, whole fresh cow12,000--
Milk, whole fresh sheep----
Whey, condensed----
Whey, dry7,4978,529,000201,000
Yoghurt----
Yoghurt, concentrated or not----
Year Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
196160,94035,123,000--
196569,16925,927,000--
1970111,58425,796,000--
1975122,371107,940,000--
1980219,318234,428,0001,1041,865,000
1985381,272381,013,000--
1990216,656494,544,000--
1995219,719476,399,0005011,797,000
2000213,622424,106,00021,000
2005286,754739,289,0008,4855,363,000
2010295,0511,083,226,0002,1672,277,000
2015405,9391,168,611,0002,6942,603,000
2016398,092976,504,000381408,000
2017464,9741,405,407,000408490,000
2018486,8181,454,539,000731905,000
2019399,5691,266,633,0002,4656,082,000
2020451,9161,505,408,000403757,000

Source : FAO Last Updated : 10 Feb 2022
Algeria Import and Export of Eggs.

Algeria Imports Eggs It was 296 tonnes and its value was 1.390 million US dollars in 2020.

Item Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
Eggs, dried26172,000--
Eggs, hen, in shell30495,000--
Eggs, liquid240723,000--
Eggs, other bird, in shell----
Year Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
19617,5114,512,000--
1965513314,000--
1970679991,000--
19754,9827,335,000--
198047,38569,920,000--
198543,77858,588,000--
19904,89117,573,000--
19952252,015,000--
20003,1835,458,000--
20056031,511,00012,000
20104541,411,00015,000
20152841,471,000--
20163172,358,000--
20171361,123,000123240,000
20182832,254,0005279,000
20192902,256,00010966,000
20202961,390,000--

Source : FAO Last Updated : 10 Feb 2022
Algeria Import and Export of Fruits.

Algeria Imports Fruits It was 349,234 tonnes and its value was 235.77 million US dollars in 2020.
Algeria Exports Fruits It was 129,113 tonnes and its value was 120.10 million US dollars in 2020.

Item Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
Apples4,3733,002,0002113,000
Apricots----
Apricots, dry2,3476,765,00040101,000
Bananas284,497143,169,000--
Blueberries----
Cashewapple----
Cherries33,000-3,000
Cherries, sour----
Cranberries----
Currants----
Dates448690,000126,277117,007,000
Figs----
Figs dried140339,000611,000
Fruit, cooked, homogenized preparations2,5112,304,0002523,000
Fruit, dried nes43236,000--
Fruit, fresh nes4149,000203,000
Fruit, prepared nes10,51612,084,000361496,000
Fruit, tropical fresh nes----
Gooseberries----
Grapefruit (inc. pomelos)----
Grapes186263,0005267,000
Juice, apple, concentrated2243,000--
Juice, apple, single strength354474,000--
Juice, citrus, concentrated175423,000--
Juice, citrus, single strength2356,00063,000
Juice, fruit nes1,1161,860,0008547,000
Juice, grape229433,000--
Juice, grapefruit----
Juice, grapefruit, concentrated10566,00042,000
Juice, lemon, concentrated----
Juice, lemon, single strength137,000--
Juice, orange, concentrated3,8216,242,000--
Juice, orange, single strength9821,545,000197,000
Juice, pineapple----
Juice, pineapple, concentrated9541,784,000--
Juice, plum, concentrated----
Juice, plum, single strength----
Kiwi fruit763820,000--
Lemons and limes--11,000
Mangoes, mangosteens, guavas516628,000--
Melons, other (inc.cantaloupes)11,0009731,000
Oranges6,5005,700,0001011,000
Papayas----
Peaches and nectarines----
Pears9,0007,000,000--
Persimmons113118,000--
Pineapples310233,000--
Pineapples canned2,1463,099,000--
Pistachios8836,719,000--
Plantains and others500255,000--
Plums and sloes----
Plums dried (prunes)5,46311,196,000--
Quinces----
Raisins7,48116,047,00011,000
Strawberries-1,000--
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines, satsumas--33,000
Watermelons----
Year Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
196155,0639,827,000263,68755,747,000
196539,0476,196,000269,47956,838,000
197011,0082,005,000165,52225,308,000
19759,9723,708,00093,62432,058,000
19803,2674,884,00020,1598,295,000
19856,7298,527,0007,7198,293,000
19906,3323,200,00012,69622,990,000
199553,79647,326,00022,69379,979,000
20002,1147,920,00012,05416,067,000
2005264,032105,184,00027,01724,500,000
2010246,586180,690,00016,95619,577,000
2015503,810429,905,00040,09340,234,000
2016338,397309,845,00046,37844,101,000
2017234,364228,790,00058,32758,270,000
2018186,438178,045,00063,51194,495,000
2019284,444227,964,000104,87295,810,000
2020349,234235,774,000129,113120,101,000

Source : FAO Last Updated : 10 Feb 2022
Algeria Import and Export of Vegetables.

Algeria Imports Vegetables It was 92,957 tonnes and its value was 111.62 million US dollars in 2020.
Algeria Exports Vegetables It was 6,613 tonnes and its value was 16.705 million US dollars in 2020.

Item Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
Artichokes--78,000
Asparagus--2-
Avocados212301,000--
Beans, green--33,000
Cabbages and other brassicas--1-
Carrots and turnips--44,000
Cauliflowers and broccoli--33,000
Chillies and peppers, green--88,000
Cucumbers and gherkins----
Eggplants (aubergines)----
Garlic6,50010,000,00024,000
Juice, tomato----
Leeks, other alliaceous vegetables19,000--
Lettuce and chicory--1-
Maize, green----
Mushrooms and truffles45,000124,000
Mushrooms, canned2,7142,846,0001-
Olives--1324,000
Olives preserved8,40023,670,000120140,000
Onions, dry----
Onions, shallots, green--1,5421,387,000
Peas, green--97,000
Pumpkins, squash and gourds--8169,000
Spinach----
Sweet corn frozen97130,000--
Sweet corn prep or preserved2,6993,407,000--
Tomatoes--20619,000
Tomatoes, paste36,00031,800,000100101,000
Tomatoes, peeled339,0001915,000
Vegetables in vinegar393430,00055,000
Vegetables, canned nes----
Vegetables, dehydrated1,1752,423,0001522,000
Vegetables, fresh nes--1,8561,616,000
Vegetables, fresh or dried products nes229924,0002,56812,260,000
Vegetables, frozen24,49125,863,00034205,000
Vegetables, homogenized preparations916,000--
Vegetables, preserved nes8801,141,000187169,000
Vegetables, preserved, frozen12,00022,000
Vegetables, temporarily preserved1,1191,339,000--
Year Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
196122,0083,168,00097,36315,383,000
196511,0001,490,00044,8588,111,000
19704,0711,325,00024,0016,860,000
197511,1778,677,0003,9633,323,000
198034,78526,241,0002,0652,991,000
198544,82338,570,000538839,000
199032,38737,423,000419957,000
199534,27838,387,0005901,191,000
200030,8358,559,000756608,000
200543,10718,912,000491791,000
201083,25464,399,0007,21713,434,000
2015133,358154,510,0005,8089,382,000
2016138,160154,720,0005,2066,203,000
201793,53897,764,0005,2869,426,000
2018102,053100,903,0005,3049,414,000
2019111,584114,174,0008,71414,829,000
202092,957111,618,0006,61316,705,000

Source : FAO Last Updated : 10 Feb 2022
Algeria Import and Export of Poultry Meat.

Algeria Imports Poultry Meat It's value was 2 thousands US dollars in 2020.
Algeria Exports Poultry Meat It was 568 tonnes and its value was 609 hundred thousands US dollars in 2020.

Item Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
Fat, liver prepared (foie gras)-1,000--
Meat, chicken-1,000568609,000
Meat, chicken, canned----
Meat, duck----
Meat, goose and guinea fowl----
Meat, turkey----
Offals, liver chicken----
Offals, liver duck----
Offals, liver geese----
Year Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
19616,6235,591,0001925,000
19651,137754,000--
1970----
1975----
1980----
1985----
1990----
199593163,000--
200013353,000--
20052,263664,000214,000
20104771,234,000267,000
20153,3154,994,0001,412163,000
20163,5265,783,000990110,000
20172,4075,193,0001,520372,000
20182730,000330381,000
2019-4,0001,0801,232,000
2020-2,000568609,000

Source : FAO Last Updated : 10 Feb 2022
Algeria Import and Export of Roots and Tubers.

Algeria Imports Roots and Tubers It was 67,132 tonnes and its value was 44.07 million US dollars in 2020.
Algeria Exports Roots and Tubers It was 2,345 tonnes and its value was 742 hundred thousands US dollars in 2020.

Item Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
Cassava----
Cassava dried----
Flour, cassava527,000--
Flour, potatoes2,8824,236,00061,000
Flour, roots and tubers nes17,000--
Potato offals----
Potatoes62,15338,614,0002,124644,000
Potatoes, frozen260244,00021496,000
Roots and tubers nes----
Starch, cassava1,831941,000--
Sweet potatoes--11,000
Year Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
1961233,7408,689,00058,1046,106,000
196570,1703,960,00021,4243,884,000
197078,3108,355,00031,9963,278,000
197598,04419,046,0005,7121,164,000
1980141,46140,158,000--
1985321,87052,786,0003,264815,000
1990171,23972,908,000450202,000
199593,03340,992,000102,000
2000140,95782,578,000--
200573,06836,418,00012458,000
2010118,28079,974,000387182,000
2015160,978101,730,0002612,000
201691,46758,554,0002,622981,000
2017146,06799,507,000844356,000
2018114,12496,267,000620280,000
201998,27673,330,0001,419489,000
202067,13244,069,0002,345742,000

Source : FAO Last Updated : 10 Feb 2022
Algeria Import and Export of Natural Rubber.

Algeria Imports Natural Rubber It was 5,626 tonnes and its value was 8.88 million US dollars in 2020.

Item Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
Rubber natural dry2,8514,960,000--
Rubber, natural2,7703,911,000--
Year Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
1961590810,000--
196514770,000--
19702,6071,317,000--
19752,2611,695,000--
19802,7514,390,000--
19854,0294,155,000--
19904,8347,260,000--
1995400635,000--
2000----
2005----
20105,5619,881,000--
20151,4641,576,000--
20161,0081,662,000--
20171,7603,693,000--
20182,0363,186,000--
20193,8285,558,000-2,000
20205,6268,882,000--

Source : FAO Last Updated : 10 Feb 2022
Algeria Import and Export of Tobacco.

Algeria Imports Tobacco It was 23,006 tonnes and its value was 375.23 million US dollars in 2020.
Algeria Exports Tobacco It was 64 tonnes and its value was 15 thousands US dollars in 2020.

Item Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
Cigarettes7698,000648,000
Cigars, cheroots-1,000--
Tobacco products nes16,972346,747,000--
Tobacco, unmanufactured6,02727,784,000-7,000
Year Import Export
Tonnes US$ Tonnes US$
196110,3515,950,0007,1965,740,000
19652,7551,438,000238207,000
19703,8032,948,0007191,206,000
197513,19417,864,0005951,720,000
198019,02638,938,0008794,086,000
198519,38943,264,000--
199010,39811,901,000--
199527,35370,251,000--
200017,94435,651,00038468,000
200512,26547,822,0008336,000
201015,530194,208,0001272,000
201524,925413,073,000-22,000
201624,504312,781,000126,000
201719,640291,702,000118,000
201817,831135,617,00016,000
201919,079211,063,0008710,000
202023,006375,230,0006415,000