Algeria’s Healthcare Sector
By Africa Health Business
Fun Fact
The first public hospitals in Algeria were built in Algiers, Oran and Annaba between 1883 and 1889 and in 1895 the first class of native Algerian medical students graduated as medical doctors.
The first public hospitals in Algeria were built in Algiers, Oran and Annaba between 1883 and 1889 and in 1895 the first class of native Algerian medical students graduated as medical doctors.
Did you Know?
Almost 90% percent of the country is covered by the Sahara Desert.
Almost 90% percent of the country is covered by the Sahara Desert.
Quick Facts:
71 Years
Life expectancy,
2020
1.4
GDP growth (annual %),
2017
Exported products
Petroleum gases and hydrocarbons ($14 billion), petroleum oil, crude oil, and bituminous mineral oil extracts ($ 12.7 billion) and Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals ($ 6.45 billion),
2017
17.3
Exports of goods and services as a % of GDP,
2019
Imported products
Wheat and meslin ($1.78 billion), motor vehicles and parts ($1.67 billion) and petroleum oil and bituminous mineral oil extracts ($1.6 billion),
2017
2.2
Imports of goods and services as % of GDP,
2017
$1.4 B deficit
Balance of trade,
2019
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