The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Algeria  
Rank: 98 · Score: 28.2  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 44.9   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 195.8   M&A volume (quartile) 2nd
GDP per capita (US$) 4,360.0   Venture capital investments (quartile) 3rd
GDP growth (per cent) 2.6   Private equity investments (quartile) Bottom
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 98 25, 27, 23, 24, 27 28.2
1 Economic Activity 75 42, 46, 36, 55, 50 69.5
2 Depth of Capital Market 104 21, 19, 16, 18, 21 8.2
3 Taxation 75 47, 47, 43, 49, 50 87.6
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 95 27, 31, 31, 30, 30 48.6
5 Human and Social Environment 78 43, 50, 50, 47, 47 29.0
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 78 45, 58, 51, 51, 47 40.8


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Algeria  
Africa
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Zambia 65.6 13.7 72.2 51.1 22.2 31.3
Senegal 70.4 13.4 54.4 42.7 30.4 27.0
Malawi 59.3 12.1 64.8 45.2 25.7 34.4
Algeria 69.5 8.2 87.6 48.6 29.0 40.8
Zimbabwe 59.5 13.3 72.8 37.7 18.1 30.7
Burkina Faso 63.9 8.8 66.4 39.5 29.2 19.2
Ethiopia 78.7 5.4 64.5 25.5 25.3 35.7
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023