I am Algerian and i thought about this question asked my parents soooo many times 

After gathering all sorts of information and personnal experience i came to think that :

Algeria has a young population and and is increadibly rich in terms of the territory itself
( the sea, gaz, oil, agriculture etc…)

 The problem comes from History with a big H. Indeed, this country that I love
more than any other has been throught a lot, and when i say a lot i mean … A
LOT. Think about it, we have been colonised, humiliated, tortured and treated
sooooo unfairly by the french colonialist state that :

People were uneducated due to segregation in school, no access to education for

“indigenous”. They didn’t know how to read or write when the country got free,

Terrorism wave just after liberation of the country .Algerian people fought themselves to
get freedom in fact, it is one of the latest countries to be liberated from colonialism when
for example Morroco didn’t have to fight for it. The thing is it caused again a lot of
problems, people were scared wouldn’t send their daughters to school.

Best president (Mohamed Boudiaf) was assasinated live on TV for wanting to reveal all
the corrupted and cowards in politics and in the military. Since the Algeria was and is still
a victim of corruption.

I wouldn’t say it’s a problem but rather a blessing that Algeria is NOT open for mass
tourism which allows the country to keep it’s traditions and religion. In an economic way
Morroco and Tunisia get a lot of money thanks to tourism when Algeria doesn’t

Since algeria is all about petrol, managing and governance is really poorly led.

Inequalities, corruption and not so democratic elections are the result of all this.

To conclued i would say that Algeria has been throught a lot and that’s basically the
result of years and years or hardships.

But you know what ? I prefer Algeria like that after all because when I look of what is
going on in “developped” countries it makes me sick to my stomach, democracy based
on murder and fake freedom. Moreover Algeria is free and I am proud to be Algerian,
symbol of revolution, Che Guevara liked us, Vietnam likes us and that is because Algeria
doesn’t butt in other prolems and won’t let other countries butt in either. Algeria is a
TRUE muslim country, we don’t stab other muslim country’s in the back we NEVER
collaborate with zionists and we inspire Palestine for their freedom endless fight.

I hope my answer helps, it’s a bit messy sorry but this is pretty much what i believe ond
think on the topic ! ;)