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Algeria 2006
| HDI: | 0.685 |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth: | 72.0 |
| GNI: | 6,927 |
Source: UNDP.
Figure 1: Persons with disabilities1
| Female | Male |
|---|---|
| 22.2% | 77.8% |
Figure 2: Total population1
| Female | Male |
|---|---|
| 49.6% | 50.4% |
Figure 3: Age-specific prevalence of disability (in percentage)
| Female | Male | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1.1 | 3.9 | 2.5 |
Cause of disability / difficulty (in percentage)
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Congenital / hereditary | 28.5 | ||
| Birth / labour related | 2.0 | ||
| Infectious / viral disease | 14.2 | ||
| Psychological / physical violence | 7.9 | ||
| Old age | 12.5 | ||
| Accident | 16.7 | ||
| Other | 12.7 | ||
| Not specified | 5.6 | ||
Figure 4: Persons with disabilities by geographical location (in percentage)
| Total | |
|---|---|
| Urban | 53.4 |
| Rural | 46.6 |
Figure 5: Total population by geographical location (in percentage)
| Total | |
|---|---|
| Urban | 55.8 |
| Rural | 44.2 |
Figure 6: Total population (15 years and above) by marital status (in percentage)
| Female | Male | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never married | 43.8 | 52.9 | 48.4 |
| Married | 47.0 | 45.8 | 46.4 |
| Divorced | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| Widowed | 7.1 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
Total population (6 years and above) by educational attainment (in percentage)
| Female | Male | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-school | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Primary | 36.9 | 35.5 | 36.1 | ||||||
| Intermediate | 32.1 | 37.8 | 35.2 | ||||||
| Secondary | 21.5 | 19.0 | 20.1 | ||||||
| University | 9.4 | 7.6 | 8.4 | ||||||
Source: Office National des Statistiques et al. (2006).
| Convention | Signed | 30.3.2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Ratified / Acceded | 4.12.2009 | |
| Optional Protocol | Signed | 30.3.2007 |
| Ratified / Acceded | No |
Source: UN (2014).
| National coordination mechanism: | Name: | National Council for Persons with Disabilities | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year established: | 2006 | ||
| Chair: | Minister of National Solidarity or his representative | ||
| Persons with disabilities represented? | Yes | ||
| Additional mechanisms: | .. | ||
NATIONAL DEFINITION OF DISABILITY / PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Every person, regardless of age and sex, who suffers from one or more than one disability – congenital or hereditary or acquired – that impairs his ability to do one or more of the basic daily personal and social functions as a result of injury to their mental and/or locomotor and/or sensory functions (Law No. 02-09 on the Protection and Promotion of Persons with Disabilities, 2002).
| Articles on disability included in the constitution? | Yes |
|---|---|
| General / overarching national disability law | Law No. 02-09 on the Protection and Promotion of Persons with Disabilities (2002) |
| National disability strategy / plan | .. |
Source: ESCWA, based on data collected from government focal points through the ESCWA Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Arab Decade for Persons with Disabilities (2013).
Footnotes:
1 Data on the total number of persons with disabilities and total number of population is not available in the source. Data on the sample size is available from the source below.