Algeria or Bhutan: which is better?

Country: head-to-head comparison

Algeria
6
indicators ahead
Bhutan
6
indicators ahead

Algeria and Bhutan are even: 6 : 6 across 12 indicators.

  • Safety and trust: tie 1:1
  • Costs and work: Bhutan 0:1
  • Climate and health: Algeria 5:2
  • Law and institutions: Bhutan 0:2

All indicators weigh the same. This is a score based on data, not advice on where to live: different people have different circumstances.

Algeria
Bhutan

Safety and trust

Tie (1 : 1)
Organized violence
lower is better
✗0.04 deaths per 100,000 residents, 2022–2024
2022–2024
✓0.00 deaths per 100,000 residents, 2022–2024
2022–2024
Homicides
lower is better
periods differ
✓1.2 per 100,000 residents
202353% lower
✗2.5 per 100,000 residents
2020113% higher
Trust between people
no data for one of the places
17%
2014
no data

Costs and work

Better: Bhutan (0 : 1)
GDP per capita
higher is better
✗$18,586
20255% lower
✓$19,594
20255% higher

Climate and health

Better: Algeria (5 : 2)
Life expectancy
higher is better
✓76.5 years
20244% higher
✗73.3 years
20244% lower
Life expectancy: men
higher is better
✓75.1 years
20245% higher
✗71.6 years
20245% lower
Life expectancy: women
higher is better
✓77.9 years
20243% higher
✗75.3 years
20243% lower
Median age at death
higher is better
✓79.8 years
20234% higher
✗76.8 years
20234% lower
Infant survival
higher is better
98.05%
2024almost equal
✓98.63%
2024almost equal
Survival of children under 5
higher is better
97.84%
2024almost equal
✓98.28%
2024almost equal
Air (PM2.5)
lower is better
✓16.5 µg/m³ per year
202345% lower
✗30.1 µg/m³ per year
202382% higher

Law and institutions

Better: Bhutan (0 : 2)
Rule of law
higher is better
✗-0.65 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
✓0.72 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
Control of corruption
higher is better
✗-0.53 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
✓1.47 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025

A winner is named only for indicators with a known “better / worse” direction. Population and other neutral indicators are shown without a winner. Outdated and missing values are not counted. Details for each place: Algeria, Bhutan.

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