The structuring levers of the competitiveness of the Algerian economyLessons from a benchmark with some comparable economies: Morocco, Tunisia,Turkey, South Korea, Malaysia

This contribution aims to identify the levers, if they are implemented, that would allow algeria'seconomy to be competitive and to begin to overcome its structural dependence on hydrocarbons.after highlighting the differences in the definition of competitiveness and choosing the structuraldimension to evaluate the state of the algerian economy, a benchmark approach was undertakenwith a few comparable economies (tunisia, morocco, turkey, south korea, and malaysia) tomeasure the distance in performance that separates the national economy from these economies,based on four structuring levers (a voluntarist policy, controlled international openness, targetedsupport for smes and an education system that is equal to the economic challenges). the results ofthe benchmark confirm that competitiveness in its structural dimension is the result of a policy thatis built over the long term and that the underperformance recorded by algeria requires urgentaction and structural reforms