Algeria’s 2026 draft finance bill warned of the prevailing uncertainty in both international and regional contexts, resulting from persistent geopolitical tensions, volatile financial markets, and escalating trade disputes — all factors continuing to weigh on global trade and hinder economic growth prospects.
According to the draft budget, these circumstances compel the Algerian government to strengthen its ability to achieve its strategic objectives by continuing efforts to diversify the economy, promote productive investment, revive major structural projects, develop non-hydrocarbon exports, rationalize imports, and enhance national production to reduce dependence on energy revenues.
The draft law estimated the 2026 wage bill at 5926 billion dinars (44.45 billion dollars), representing 33.6 percent of the budget — an increase of 14 percent over the previous year. It also allocated 2812 billion dinars (21.09 billion dollars) for social transfers, including 420 billion dinars for unemployment benefits benefiting more than 2.18 million recipients, and 424 billion dinars to fund pension funds, in addition to subsidies for essential goods such as grains, milk, energy, oils, sugar, and coffee.
