Population: 44,569,381 GDP per Capita (nominal): $3,980 Government Debt as % of GDP: 50.41% Algeria – like many countries in the MENA region – has become a massive exporter of energy to satisfy a mushrooming demand in the developed world. The country itself, which some estimate has nearly 30% of its population living below the poverty line, has an economy which is hugely reliant on oil and gas prices. With virtually no presence in the renewables sector – neither domestically nor globally – the necessity for the country now faces an uphill struggle to counteract the waning value of its fossil fuel assets. A country hooked on oil after years of supply to the west At present, with a huge…