Angola
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 39M (2025). World rank 39 of 216; in Africa, 11 of 54. Area: 1,246,700 km². World rank 24 of 249; in Africa, 7 of 59. Life expectancy: 64.8 years (2024). World rank 190 of 216 (1 = best); in Africa, 29 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: population 28.2M → 39M, GDP $102.5B → $122.2B, and GDP per person $3,642 → $3,129.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Angola
- Local name
- Angola
- Capital
- Luanda
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- João Lourenço
- Head of government
- João Lourenço
- Independence
- November 11, 1975
- Women in parliament
- 39.1% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 39,040,039 2025
- Area
- 1,246,700 km²
- GDP
- $122.2B 2025
- GDP per person
- $3,129 2025
- Life expectancy
- 64.8 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Currency
- Angolan Kwanza (AOA)
- Time zones
- UTC+1
- Calling code
- +244
- Emergency numbers
- 113, 115, 116
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,600
- Neighbours
- Republic of the Congo, DR Congo, Zambia, Namibia
- Agricultural land
- 36.3% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Moco, 2,620 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,112
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 26
- Warmest month in the capital
- March, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- August, 22°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,010 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 31.3 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +3% 2025
- Living in cities
- 71.5% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -3.5K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 44.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 53% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.9% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 67.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 62.3 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 5.1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 37.2 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.8 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 41.1%, Protestant 38.1%, no religion 12.3%, and other 8.6% (2014)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 40.1 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 34.3 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 37.8 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 42.7 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 39.4 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $10,251 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.1% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $2,860 2025
- Inflation
- +20.2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 35 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 25.2% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 27.1% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 46.8% 2025
- Unemployment
- 14.1% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 27.2% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 72.2% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 23% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 11.7% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +0.3% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.8% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 7.6% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 51.3 2018
- Living on under $3 a day
- 39.3% 2018
Education
- Adult literacy
- 68.2% 2023
- Primary school enrolment
- 86.7% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 51.5% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 9.9% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.5% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 2.6% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $76 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 32.5% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.2 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 1.9 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.8 2019
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 53% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 32.1 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 49 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 183 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 1.6% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 4.9% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 31.8% 2022
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 68% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 50.3% 2022
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 56% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 4.1 2016
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 26.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 8.1 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 57.9 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 19.9 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.7 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.9 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 51.2% 2024
- Protected areas
- 7.7% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 4,153 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 1.9% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 40.7% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 70 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0.4 2024
- Internet domain
- .ao
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 55.5% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 353 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 52.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 91.2% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 23.4% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 1,321,412 2023
- Airports
- 107 2025
- Railways, km
- 2,761 2022
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0% 2016
- Researchers per million people
- 19 2016
- Scientific articles per year
- 50 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 2 2019
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 16.7% 2024