Algeria geopolitical risk index

Algeria in the MENA GPR Index

Data through 18 June 2026 · Explore the full MENA GPR Index

In May 2026, 0.6% of the Arabic-language geopolitical coverage tracked by the MENA GPR Index mentioned Algeria. The 90-day average of 0.6% is higher than 21% of all 90-day periods since 2015, and ranks Algeria 21 of 23 countries in the index. The highest monthly share was 2.1% in April 2019.

Monthly average share of Arabic-language geopolitical coverage that mentions Algeria, 2015 to 2026.

Algeria in the African GPR Index

Data through 23 June 2026 · Explore the full African GPR Index

In May 2026, the African GPR Index for Algeria stood at 43.8, which is below its long-run norm (about 56% lower than the 2000–2019 average). The 90-day average of 45.7 is higher than 0% of all 90-day periods since 2000. Since 2000, the highest monthly reading was 158.0 in November 2019. Over the last 90 days, 14.6% of Algeria's news-event coverage reported conflict or threat, ranking 48 of 54 countries in Africa on this cross-country comparable measure.

Monthly average of Algeria's own GPR index (2000–2019 average = 100), 1985 to 2026. Dashed line = the country's own baseline of 100. Early years rest on thinner news coverage and are noisier.

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The monthly file has one row per month and these columns: africa_gpr_index, africa_conflict_share_pct, mena_coverage_share_pct. Daily data for every country is in the regional files.

What the numbers mean

• MENA GPR Index: built from a curated set of leading pan-Arab outlets in the GDELT Global Knowledge Graph (2015–). The series is the share of Arabic-language geopolitical coverage that mentions Algeria, a measure of how much of the region's risk news concerns Algeria.
• African GPR Index: built from the GDELT Event Database (1979–). The index is Algeria's own GPR index (2000–2019 average = 100): 150 means risk coverage 50% above Algeria's own normal. The conflict share is the share of Algeria's news-event coverage that reports conflict or threat, and it is the series to use for comparing countries.

All indices follow the geopolitical-risk definition of Caldara and Iacoviello (2022): the threat, realization and escalation of wars, terrorism and tensions between states and political actors. The full construction is on the methodology page.

How to cite

@misc{iddouch2026gprhub,
  author       = {Iddouch, Karim},
  title        = {GPR Data Hub: Daily Geopolitical Risk Indices for MENA, Africa, Europe and South America},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://karimiddouch.org/}},
  note         = {Data set, CC BY 4.0, accessed YYYY-MM-DD}
}

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