Indicator	Value
Military expenditure (% GDP)	7.97 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military expenditure	21,800,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Armed forces personnel	326,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI [2020]
Arms imports	128,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports	0 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2016]
Military & security forces	Algerian People's National Army (ANP): Land Forces, Naval Forces (includes Coast Guard), Air Forces, Territorial Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard, National GendarmerieMinistry of Interior: General Directorate of National Security (national police) (2025); note: the Republican Guard is subordinate to the ANP, but responsible to the President; the National Gendarmerie performs police functions outside urban areas under the auspices of the Ministry of National Defense and shares responsibility with the General Directorate of National Security for maintaining law and order; it is comprised of territorial, intervention/mobile, border guard, railway, riot control, and air support unitsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Military service age & obligation	18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 19 years of age for mandatory national service for men (all Algerian men must register at age 17); 12 months national service obligation (2025)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Arms imports (USD)	128,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports (USD)	0 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2016]
Military spending (% of GDP)	7.97 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (USD)	21,800,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]