Democracy index in Algeria 2020, by sub-score
In 2020, the democracy index in Algeria was at 3.77 points. Thus, the country was classified as an "authoritarian regime", like most of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa. However, as for political culture and political participation, the country was falling within the “hybrid regimes”, scoring between four and six index points. On the other hand, the low democracy index was influenced by the functioning of government, which obtained only 2.5 points in that year.