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Ali Benflis

Ali Benflis

🇩🇿Algeria

Rank #161
Score: 58
About Ali Benflis

Ali Benflis (b.1944) is a senior Algerian politician and former Prime Minister (2000–2004). He later ran for president and became a noted critic of entrenched patronage. Benflis’ career spans senior civil-service roles and party leadership within the FLN before splitting into opposition politics.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Algeria HDI ≈ 0.763 (country context)5/10
Source: UNDP Human Development — Algeria (2004)
GDP per capita
Algeria GDP per capita (historical context during Benflis era)5/10
Source: World Bank — Algeria historical GDP data (2004)
Gini coefficient
Country inequality context (Gini index)4/10
Source: World Bank — Gini index (Algeria) (2004)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (context)3/5
Source: ILOSTAT — Algeria profile (2004)
Freedom index
Freedom House — constrained political freedoms in Algeria (context)3/10
Source: Freedom House — Algeria report (2004)
Corruption index
CPI perceptions — ongoing governance concerns2/5
Source: Transparency Intl — Algeria CPI (2004)

Derived Criminal Score
No widely reported convictions for Benflis (political controversies but no conviction)20/20
Source: Public record / press (no convictions) (2025)