Fuel Price Hikes in Algeria: SNAPAP Warns of Serious Social and Economic Consequences

🗓️ Published on: 03/01/2026

The National Independent Union of Public Administration Employees (SNAPAP) has strongly condemned the decision to raise fuel prices,describing it as a hasty and unjustified measure adopted at a time when Algerian citizens are already facing a severe decline in purchasing power due to accelerating inflation and steadily rising living costs. The union warned that this decision will have immediate and far-reaching repercussions on the national economy and public services, particularly the transport sector and the distribution of essential food products. SNAPAP emphasized that fuel is not merely a commercial commodity, but a structural pillar of economic activity and public service delivery. In this context, the union called on public authorities to immediately reverse the price increase and to assume their responsibility in protecting citizens and workers from further social and economic deterioration.

Full Statement: “Fuel Prices Raised in Algeria”

The National Independent Union of Public Administration Employees (SNAPAP) strongly denounces the increase in fuel prices at this critical moment, when Algerian citizens are already experiencing a sharp erosion of their purchasing power as a result of accelerating inflation.

At a time when public authorities should be prioritizing measures to ease the increasingly fragile social and economic conditions—both for citizens in general and for workers in particular—this unjustified decision comes as a deeply troubling development.

In a hydrocarbon-producing country such as Algeria, this increase can only be interpreted as a blatant retreat by public authorities from their duty to protect citizens from poverty, and as a clear disregard for the daily hardships they are forced to endure.

In this context, SNAPAP raises a fundamental question: did the public authorities, when deciding to raise fuel prices, take into account the negative consequences of this rushed, sudden, and incomprehensible measure on the economy and on public services—particularly the transport sector, and more specifically the transport and distribution of basic goods and essential foodstuffs, whose prices will inevitably rise as a result ?

Accordingly, SNAPAP calls on public authorities to urgently cancel this fuel price increase. Fuel is not an ordinary product; it is a key driver of economic activity and public services. Any disruption in this sector has direct and serious repercussions on citizens’ daily lives and on the national economy as a whole.

Secretary General

Nassira Ghozlane

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