Algeria has a composite score of 1.89 out of 4, which places it in the Emerging tier at rank 16 of 54. The composite sits above the North Africa mean of 1.57 and the Africa mean of 1.33. The eight pillar scores are fellow-assigned values from the Regional Summary, and indicators are not scored. Human Capital is the strongest pillar at 2.30 and Regional Integration is the weakest at 1.50. Desk research in October 2026, which fellows have not verified and which did not inform the scores, found a draft national AI strategy, a data protection law with a reported operational authority, and no AI-specific law or regulator.
P1Strategy & Vision2.10 / 4Developing
Strategy and Vision scores 2.10, in the Developing tier, a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found that the national AI strategy is a draft: a Government meeting chaired by the Prime Minister validated it on 25 May 2026, and no adoption by the Council of Ministers was found (S1.1, S1.2). The strategy was presented in December 2024 under the patronage of President Tebboune (S1.3). Stakeholders met in Algiers on 7 December 2024 to discuss the 2025 to 2030 phase, but no formal public consultation on the 2026 draft was found (S1.6). The research did not determine a ring-fenced budget, a published roadmap, a monitoring framework or a review mechanism (S1.4, S1.8, S1.9, S1.10).
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P2Governance & Regulation1.56 / 4Emerging
Governance and Regulation scores 1.56, in the Emerging tier, a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found Law No. 18-07 on personal data, passed in 2018 and amended by Law No. 25-11 in July 2025, which added 5-day breach notification, mandatory data protection officers and data protection impact assessments (G2.2). A secondary source reports the data authority, the ANPDP, operational since August 2023. The Scientific Council for Artificial Intelligence has no regulatory powers (G2.5). Law 18-07 applies to foreign entities (G2.9). The research confirmed that Algeria has not signed the Malabo Convention (G2.7). It did not determine any AI-specific law, AI mandate for the ANPDP or AI enforcement action (G2.1, G2.3, G2.8).
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P3Infrastructure & Data2.10 / 4Developing
Infrastructure and Data scores 2.10, in the Developing tier, a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found 7 data centre facilities in the Data Center Map directory (I3.1) and 4 cable landing points carrying 5 international cable systems (I3.3). The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications announced on 29 January 2024 that international bandwidth capacity had risen to 9.8 Tbit/s (I3.4). Law No. 18-07 allows transfers abroad only with authorisation from the national authority (I3.8), and a 2017 ARPT decision requires public cloud operators to host data locally (I3.7). The research confirmed that no hyperscaler cloud region exists in Algeria (I3.5). Data centre power capacity and GPU access were not determined (I3.2, I3.6).
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P4Human Capital2.30 / 4Developing
Human Capital scores 2.30, in the Developing tier, a fellow-assigned value and the highest of the eight pillars. Desk research in October 2026 found a secondary report of 74 AI master's programmes across 52 universities with 57,702 students enrolled, a figure the research says needs checking against MESRS data (H4.3). The CSET Country Activity Tracker records 1228 AI scholarly publications for 2024, up from 931 in 2023 (H4.4). The language lists checked support Modern Standard Arabic, Kabyle and Tamasheq, and do not include Algerian Arabic (H4.10). The research did not determine AI researchers per million, AI patent filings, the status of school computer science education or any labour transition framework (H4.1, H4.5, H4.6, H4.8).
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P5Innovation & Ecosystem1.90 / 4Emerging
Innovation and Ecosystem scores 1.90, in the Emerging tier, a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found 9 companies offering AI services in the TechBehemoths directory, a lower bound (N5.1). It confirmed that Algeria, whose national standards body is IANOR, is absent from the participating and observing member lists of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42, the AI committee (N5.8). Private AI investment was not determined: the research reads the Partech 2025 report as showing less than US$50M in tech equity for Algeria in 2025, with no AI figure (N5.2). The research did not determine any AI incubator count, regulatory sandbox, domestic AI procurement rule, safety evaluation facility or risk assessment framework (N5.3, N5.4, N5.5, N5.6, N5.9).
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P6Ethics & Inclusion1.80 / 4Emerging
Ethics and Inclusion scores 1.80, in the Emerging tier, a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found that Law 18-07, as amended by Law 25-11, requires a data protection impact assessment before high-risk processing, not an AI-specific assessment (E6.1). Article 11 restricts decisions based solely on automated processing, and Article 25 tasks the ANPDP with receiving complaints (E6.3, E6.4). Algeria is a Member State of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, whose 193 Member States adopted the Recommendation on the Ethics of AI in 2021 (E6.7). The research confirmed the absence of bias audit requirements and of civil society consultation on AI (E6.2, E6.8). Court remedies and youth participation were not determined (E6.5, E6.10).
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P7Regional Integration1.50 / 4Emerging
Regional Integration scores 1.50, in the Emerging tier, a fellow-assigned value and the lowest of the eight pillars. Desk research in October 2026 found Algeria on the official signatory list of the Africa Declaration on Artificial Intelligence, done at Kigali on 4 April 2025, with no national implementation step citing it (R7.1, R7.2). Algeria delivered a national statement at the inaugural United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva on 6 to 7 July 2026 (R7.9). It was an invited state at the G20 Johannesburg summit of 22 to 23 November 2025 (R7.10). The research did not determine any regional coordination on AI, cross-border AI agreement, election provision or disinformation framework (R7.3, R7.4, R7.5, R7.6).
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P8Implementation & Impact1.60 / 4Emerging
Implementation and Impact scores 1.60, in the Emerging tier, a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 did not determine any of the 10 indicators in this pillar. OECD.AI lists a 2025 AI Startup Fund of DZD 1.5 bn (about USD 11 m) from state-owned Algerie Telecom, which is a committed investment fund and not disbursed governance spending (M8.1). Law No. 25-11 of July 2025 amended the data protection framework, but no AI-related enforcement outcome was found (M8.9). A national AI training programme was reported on 27 April 2026, with no education governance instrument confirmed (M8.8). The research located no health AI regulation, government AI registry, monitoring report or Bank of Algeria AI guidance (M8.2, M8.4, M8.5, M8.7).
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