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Last European coloniser: Portugal · Largest religious group: Christians. These are labels that describe the country, not numbers, so they are never compared with other measures. The numbers behind them, such as population shares, are.

Angola

Against lower middle income countries, Angola ranks 16th of 46 on gender and 44th of 47 on infrastructure. Each ranking counts only the countries that report that score, so the totals differ and the two ranks can’t be compared directly. Both compare Angola with countries of similar wealth. That is the only kind of ranking that tells you something a ranking by income does not already show.

How it has changed

Every measure Angola reports, over all the years it has been published. Pick one. Hover or use the arrow keys to read a year. Gaps in a line are years with no data. They are left open, not filled in.

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Scores by area

Each score averages the measures in one area, such as health. Each measure is first put on a common scale and turned so that higher is always better. Zero is the average country in an average year. One point is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation), so +1 means about one typical gap above average. These are summaries, not measurements. See how the country scores are built and how the topic scores compare with each other.

ScoreValueRank, all countriesRank, similar incomeMostly income?
Governance score 2025-0.52124 of 17929 of 45moderate +0.53
Health score 2023-0.49164 of 19341 of 47moderate +0.32
Education score 2023-0.48173 of 19940 of 46proxy +0.81
Equality score 2018-1.52154 of 16540 of 44high +0.64
Infrastructure score 2024-0.15185 of 21044 of 47proxy +0.90
Gender score 2025+0.4692 of 18616 of 46moderate +0.37
Environment score 2024-0.11112 of 21330 of 47moderate -0.33
Labour score 2025-0.94181 of 19541 of 47high +0.79

The last column shows how closely each score just tracks national income. The number is its link with GDP per person (the value of everything a country produces, divided by its people), from −1 to +1. A score marked proxy is mostly a measure of how rich the country is. Its rank among all countries says little that GDP per person does not. That is why the rank among similar-income countries sits beside it.

The measures behind them

Every measure reported for Angola, grouped by area. Some measures have no agreed better direction, such as population growth, inflation and military spending. They are listed here but left out of every score, since there is no fair way to say which way is better. Some names use technical terms: PPP means adjusted for what money buys in each country, HDI is a United Nations score combining life expectancy, schooling and income, and a Gini indexmeasures how unequally income is shared. Each measure’s own page explains it.

crime

Conflict deaths0.0615per 100,000 people2025higher is worse
Armed conflict present11 if any conflict, else 02025higher is worse
Homicide rate4.1per 100,000 population2016higher is worse

culture

Religiously unaffiliated6.11%% of population2020no agreed direction
Christian share93%% of population2020no agreed direction
Muslim share0.256%% of population2020no agreed direction
Single-parent households13.4%% of households2016no agreed direction
One-person households10.8%% of households2016no agreed direction
Women in a union57.2%% of women aged 15-492016no agreed direction

demography

Median age16.5years2023no agreed direction
Age at childbearing28.6years2023no agreed direction
Population39,040,039people2025no agreed direction
Population growth3%% per year2025no agreed direction
Urbanization71.5%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 65+2.89%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 0-1444.1%% of population2025no agreed direction
Fertility rate5.05births per woman2024no agreed direction
Birth rate37.2per 1,000 people2024no agreed direction
Net migration-3,524people2025no agreed direction
Migrant share of population1.8%% of population2024no agreed direction

economy

Corporate tax rate30%% of profit2018no agreed direction
HDI0.616index, 0 to 12023higher is better
Inequality-adjusted HDI0.36index, 0 to 12023higher is better
GDP per capita (PPP)$8,760international $2025higher is better
GNI per capita (PPP)$7,878international $2024higher is better
GDP per capita (market)$2,801US$2025higher is better
GDP growth3.13%% per year2025no agreed direction
Inflation20.2%% per year2025no agreed direction
Trade openness34.6%% of GDP2025no agreed direction
FDI inflows0.94%% of GDP2025no agreed direction
Tax revenue7.59%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Government consumption15.8%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Government expense14.6%% of GDP2019no agreed direction
Military spending1%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Employment in agriculture51.9%% of employment2025no agreed direction

education

Primary completion65.2%% of children2025higher is better
Expected schooling12.2years2023higher is better
Mean years of schooling5.96years2023higher is better
Education spending2.51%% of GDP2023no agreed direction
Primary enrollment86.7%% gross2023higher is better
Secondary enrollment51.5%% gross2023higher is better
Tertiary enrollment9.95%% gross2024higher is better
Adult literacy68.2%% of adults2023higher is better
Compulsory schooling10years2025no agreed direction
Out of school, primary36.8%% of primary-age children2023higher is worse
Pupil-teacher ratio50pupils per teacher2015higher is worse
Researchers18.9per million people2016higher is better

environment

CO2 per capita0.742t CO2e per capita2024higher is worse
Forest area52.1%% of land area2023higher is better
Agricultural land36.9%% of land area2023no agreed direction
Protected land10.8%% of land area2025higher is better

gender

Gender Inequality Index0.515index, 0 to 12023higher is worse
Gender Development Index0.906ratio of women's HDI to men's2023no agreed direction
Women's political empowerment0.77index (0-1)2025higher is better
Women ministers29.2%% of ministers2024higher is better
Women in parliament39.1%% of seats2025higher is better
Women in management16.2%% of managers2025higher is better
Married by 1823.1%% of women aged 20-242024higher is worse

governance

Corruption Perceptions Index32index (0-100, higher = cleaner)2024higher is better
Political rights (FH)6rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Civil liberties (FH)5rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Pre-trial detainee share48.5%% of prisoners2024higher is worse
Refugees originating33.1per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Electoral democracy0.344index (0-1)2025higher is better
Liberal democracy0.163index (0-1)2025higher is better
Participatory democracy0.103index (0-1)2025higher is better
Free and fair elections0.293index (0-1)2025higher is better
Regime type1regime category (0-3)2025higher is better
Political corruption0.57index (0-1)2025higher is worse
Freedom of expression0.497index (0-1)2025higher is better
Freedom of association0.61index (0-1)2025higher is better
Political civil liberties0.578index (0-1)2025higher is better
Civil society participation0.433index (0-1)2025higher is better
Birth registration25%% of children under 52016higher is better
Control of corruption-0.623index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Rule of law-1.17index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Government effectiveness-0.785index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Regulatory quality-0.773index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Voice and accountability-1.06index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Political stability-0.574index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better

health

Life expectancy64.8years2024higher is better
Infant mortality32.1per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Under-5 mortality49per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Health spending2.55%% of GDP2023no agreed direction
Suicide rate8.11per 100,0002021higher is worse
Hospital beds0.75per 1,000 people2019no agreed direction
Basic water access68%% of population2024higher is better
Basic sanitation50.3%% of population2022higher is better
Child stunting47.7%% of children under 52024higher is worse
Adolescent fertility139births per 1,000 women aged 15-192024higher is worse
Maternal mortality183per 100,000 live births2023higher is worse
Skilled birth attendance49.6%% of births2016higher is better
Alcohol consumption4.13litres per adult per year2020no agreed direction
Road traffic deaths26.1per 100,000 population2019higher is worse
Physicians0.244per 1,000 people2022higher is better
DTP3 immunisation64%% of children aged 12-23 months2024higher is better
HIV prevalence1.6%% of adults aged 15-492024higher is worse
Tuberculosis incidence373per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Premature NCD mortality24.7%% probability, ages 30-702021higher is worse
Anaemia in women43.8%% of women aged 15-492023higher is worse
Out-of-pocket health spending32.5%% of health spending2023higher is worse
Undernourishment22.5%% of population2023higher is worse
Food insecurity78.5%% of population2021higher is worse
Adult obesity12.7%% of adults2024higher is worse
Health coverage index44index, 0 to 1002023higher is better

inequality

Gini index51.3index (0-100)2018higher is worse
Extreme poverty rate39.3%% of population2018higher is worse

infrastructure

Internet users40.7%% of population2024higher is better
Mobile subscriptions69.7per 100 people2024higher is better
Electricity access55.5%% of population2024higher is better
Slum share of urban population62.7%% of urban population2022higher is worse
Fixed broadband0.363per 100 people2024higher is better

labor

Informal employment95.3%% of employment2024higher is worse
Unemployment14.1%% of labor force2025higher is worse
Female labor participation72.2%% of women 15+2025no agreed direction
Male labor participation77.5%% of men 15+2025no agreed direction
Youth not in work or study24.9%% of 15 to 24 year olds2025higher is worse
Vulnerable employment66.3%% of employment2025higher is worse

wellbeing

Life satisfaction3.79score (0-10)2017higher is better

Values are the most recent in 2010–2025, and different measures can come from different years. The year is shown beside each. Nothing here ranks countries by merit. An area score averages whatever measures its publishers happen to collect, and the choice of what to collect is itself a judgement made by someone else. All countries · How the country data works

Countries to compare with Angola

Also in Sub-Saharan Africa: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Fed. Rep., South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Also lower middle income, in other regions: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Haiti, Honduras, India, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, RB, West Bank and Gaza.