A comparative analytical study on Algeria’s performance according to the Arab Digital Economy Index during the period 2018 to 2022

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the reality and developments of the digital economy in Algeria, in light of the Arab digital economy index (from 2018 to 2022), and to compare its performance with the top eleven Arab countries. The study concluded that Algeria's performance according to this index was very weak, as it ranked last during the various years of the study.Furtermore, despite the improvement in Algeria’s performance in one of the key pillars of the index, which is digital infrastructure, this didn’t reflect positively on the performance of the other pillars such as digital government, innovation, knowledge and technology. The paper also detailed the various sub-indicators of these pillars showing the main weaknesses in the case of Algeria.