Foreign aidMiddle East and North AfricaFiscal year 2025
US foreign aid to Algeria
The US gave Algeria $3.3 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $0.07 per person, 115th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $3.3 million in foreign assistance for Algeria and disbursed $4.7 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
Algeria ranks 115th of 173 recipient countries
US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.
What the numbers show
FY2025 obligations were down 34.5% from $5.1 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $12.8 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2019, at $28.0 million. In total, $131.1 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.
The agency that managed the most aid for Algeria in FY2025 was the Department of State ($2.6 million, 77.5% of the total). By sector, the largest was Humanitarian Assistance ($1.5 million, 45.1%). That sector includes: Protection, Assistance and Solutions; Migration Management; Disaster Readiness. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $1.3 million (39.1%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.
For FY2026, $0 has been reported so far. Agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag, so this page uses FY2025 for comparisons. The figures cover aid recorded for Algeria itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Middle East and North Africa page).
US aid to Algeria by year
Algeria: $3.3M in FY2025, against a peak of $28M in FY2019
Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.
- Other agencies
- Defense Department
- State Department
- USAID
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | USAID | State Department | Defense Department | Other agencies | Total obligated | Disbursed | Per person | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | $5.6M | $14.1M | $620,869 | $302,300 | $20.6M | $9.9M | $0.52 | 95 |
| FY2016 | $2.0M | $17.3M | $87,382 | $310,000 | $19.7M | $9.3M | $0.48 | 96 |
| FY2017 | $1.0M | $9.3M | $0 | $40,000 | $10.4M | $22.0M | $0.25 | 111 |
| FY2018 | $0 | $13.0M | $74,319 | $196,363 | $13.3M | $6.0M | $0.31 | 108 |
| FY2019 | $2.0M | $12.5M | $13.3M | $216,159 | $28.0M | $18.4M | $0.65 | 101 |
| FY2020 | $2.0M | $11.9M | $20,000 | $148,900 | $14.1M | $6.7M | $0.32 | 117 |
| FY2021 | $1.0M | $4.0M | $0 | $885,471 | $5.9M | $7.2M | $0.13 | 124 |
| FY2022 | $1.0M | $3.7M | $0 | $15,125 | $4.7M | $3.1M | $0.10 | 130 |
| FY2023 | $1.5M | $4.6M | $0 | $8,300 | $6.1M | $6.2M | $0.13 | 122 |
| FY2024 | $1.6M | $3.4M | $0 | $143,563 | $5.1M | $5.7M | $0.11 | 127 |
| FY2025 | $748,260 | $2.6M | $0 | $0 | $3.3M | $4.7M | $0.07 | 115 |
| FY2026* | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.3M | – | – |
Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).
Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025
By managing agency
| Managing agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of State | $2.6 million | 77.5% |
| U.S. Agency for International Development | $748,260 | 22.5% |
By sector
| Sector | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Humanitarian Assistance | $1.5 million | 45.1% |
| Peace and Security | $1.3 million | 38.6% |
| Program Support | $543,656 | 16.4% |
Largest program areas
| Program area | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Protection, Assistance and Solutions | $1.5 million | 45.2% |
| Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform | $1.3 million | 38.6% |
| Direct Administrative Costs | $543,656 | 16.4% |
Sectors over the last five years
| Sector | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace and Security | $1.6M | $2.4M | $1.5M | $1.8M | $1.3M |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.5M | $778,762 | $1.5M |
| Economic Development | $885,471 | $1.0M | $1.2M | $996,934 | -$3,016 |
| Program Support | $498,600 | $450 | $1.8M | $998,906 | $543,656 |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $1.3M | $0 | $0 | $500,000 | -$22 |
| Environment | $0 | $0 | $215,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Health | $0 | $16,200 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Multi-sector | -$2,720 | -$110,619 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Who carried out the work, FY2025
Implementing partners by type, as reported to ForeignAssistance.gov. “Government” includes US agencies that carry out programs themselves and partner-country governments.
| Partner type | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Multilateral | $1.5 million | 45.2% |
| Government | $1.3 million | 39.2% |
| Enterprises | $520,408 | 15.7% |
How Algeria compares
Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025
US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.
| Montenegro | $3.8 million |
| Belize | $3.5 million |
| Algeria (this page) | $3.3 million |
| Bolivia | $3.2 million |
| Guyana | $3.1 million |
Other countries in the Middle East and North Africa
All of the Middle East and North AfricaMore on US foreign aid
Questions and answers
- How much foreign aid does the US give Algeria?
- $3.3 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $4.7 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $131.1 million.
- How much US aid does Algeria get per person?
- About $0.07 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 47,435,312.
- How much USAID funding goes to Algeria?
- USAID managed $748,260 of the FY2025 total (22.5%). The Department of State managed the most ($2.6 million).
- What is US aid to Algeria spent on?
- In FY2025, by sector: Humanitarian Assistance $1.5 million (45.1%); Peace and Security $1.3 million (38.6%); Program Support $543,656 (16.4%).
- Has US aid to Algeria gone up or down?
- FY2025: $3.3 million; FY2024: $5.1 million (down 34.5%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2019 ($28.0 million).
- Does the US give military aid to Algeria?
- In FY2025, $1.3 million (39.1%) of obligations for Algeria was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.
Sources and notes
- ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State), complete dataset (us_foreign_aid_complete.csv), version of 02 Sep 2026, retrieved 2026-10-06. Obligations and disbursements in current (nominal) US dollars by U.S. fiscal year (October to September), FY2015–FY2026; FY2026 is incomplete. Public domain.
- Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
- Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.