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Algeria VAT Rates 2026

Algeria (الجزائر (Al-Jazā'ir)) levies Value Added Tax as TVA / الرسم على القيمة المضافة. The standard rate is 19%, applied to most goods and services. Reduced rates of 9% apply to basic foodstuffs, medicines, agricultural inputs, internet services, books.

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Access rates via API

The TaxID API returns current VAT and GST rates for 200+ countries and territories. Use the /api/v1/rates/DZ endpoint to get Algeria data programmatically. Responses are cached for 24 hours.

curl http://localhost:3000/api/v1/rates/DZ
# No authentication required for rate lookups

# Response:
# { "country_code": "DZ", "tax_type": "vat",
#   "standard_rate": 19, "reduced_rates": [9],
#   "currency": "DZD", "last_updated": "2026-06-12" }

Fetching the rate in code

// Fetch current Algeria VAT rates (no auth required)
const rates = await fetch('http://localhost:3000/api/v1/rates/DZ').then(r => r.json());
// → { standard_rate: 19, reduced_rates: [9],
//     currency: 'DZD' }

applyRate(rates.standard_rate);

About Algeria VAT

Algeria raised its TVA to 19% in the 2017 finance law when oil revenues slumped, and the rate has held since. The 9% band notably covers internet access — a digital-inclusion subsidy unusual in the region. Hydrocarbon activities, the heart of the economy, sit largely outside the ordinary VAT regime under sector-specific taxation, and the import-heavy consumer market means much VAT is collected at customs.

VAT in Algeria is administered by the Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI).

Sources: PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries · DGI Algérie (accessed Jun 2026)

Rate history

• 2017Standard rate raised from 17% to 19% and reduced rate from 7% to 9%

Frequently asked questions

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