Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income
Angola: the economy in numbers
Per person: $3,129, or $10,251 at purchasing power parity. Population: 39 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #69 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +4.4%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $23.2 billion in 1980, $122 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $2,851 per person in 1980, $3,129 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 0.6% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1980: 9 of 46.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 426 times from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 4,145% in 1996. Years with inflation above 100%: 11. The chart cuts the scale at 100%; “Full scale” shows everything.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 2000: 119.8% of GDP in 2020. IMF forecast for 2031: 55.1%.
Population
1960: 5.23 million · 2025: 39 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 16.8% · 2025: 14.1%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 37.9 years · 2024: 64.8 years.
Exports of goods and services
2002: 49.5% · 2025: 23.0%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 3.3%f | 8.6%f | 55.1%f | |||||||
| 2030 | 3.3%f | 9.4%f | 54.1%f | |||||||
| 2029 | 3.2%f | 11.3%f | 53.5%f | |||||||
| 2028 | 3.2%f | 11.8%f | 53.0%f | |||||||
| 2027 | 3.3%f | 10.2%f | 53.3%f | |||||||
| 2026 | 4.4%f | 10.6%f | 51.5%f | |||||||
| 2025 | $122B | $3,129 | $10,251 | 3.1% | 20.2% | 52.9% | 39M | 14.1% | 23.0% | |
| 2024 | $103B | $2,721 | $9,964 | 5.0% | 28.2% | 55.0% | 37.9M | 14.0% | 64.8 | 30.9% |
| 2023 | $106B | $2,886 | $9,550 | 1.3% | 13.6% | 75.7% | 36.7M | 14.1% | 64.6 | 32.7% |
| 2022 | $128B | $3,599 | $9,373 | 3.6% | 21.4% | 57.4% | 35.6M | 14.1% | 64.2 | 36.0% |
| 2021 | $78.3B | $2,267 | $8,720 | 1.1% | 25.8% | 75.5% | 34.5M | 15.8% | 63.0 | 40.1% |
| 2020 | $58.5B | $1,749 | $7,782 | −5.3% | 22.3% | 119.8% | 33.5M | 16.7% | 63.1 | 31.8% |
| 2019 | $81.2B | $2,508 | $8,622 | −1.1% | 17.1% | 100.8% | 32.4M | 16.5% | 63.1 | 37.0% |
| 2018 | $90.5B | $2,892 | $8,370 | −0.5% | 19.6% | 81.6% | 31.3M | 16.6% | 62.6 | 35.8% |
| 2017 | $85.6B | $2,832 | $8,126 | −0.2% | 29.8% | 59.6% | 30.2M | 16.6% | 62.1 | 25.1% |
| 2016 | $60.8B | $2,082 | $7,883 | −0.2% | 30.7% | 65.7% | 29.2M | 16.6% | 61.6 | 24.3% |
| 2015 | $103B | $3,642 | $8,067 | 0.8% | 9.4% | 50.4% | 28.2M | 16.5% | 61.0 | 26.1% |
| 2014 | $153B | $5,650 | $9,018 | 4.7% | 7.3% | 35.3% | 27.2M | 16.4% | 60.4 | 37.0% |
| 2013 | $149B | $5,689 | $8,504 | 4.9% | 8.8% | 29.5% | 26.2M | 16.5% | 59.7 | 45.2% |
| 2012 | $144B | $5,702 | $8,246 | 8.5% | 10.3% | 23.8% | 25.2M | 16.5% | 58.9 | 50.0% |
| 2011 | $126B | $5,184 | $7,538 | 3.6% | 13.5% | 26.3% | 24.2M | 16.8% | 58.1 | 54.1% |
| 2010 | $95.5B | $4,102 | $7,412 | 5.3% | 14.5% | 32.6% | 23.3M | 16.6% | 57.2 | 53.9% |
| 2009 | $81.7B | $3,645 | $7,228 | 2.0% | 13.7% | 48.4% | 22.4M | 16.4% | 56.2 | 50.9% |
| 2008 | $98.8B | $4,578 | $7,316 | 10.8% | 12.5% | 28.1% | 21.6M | 16.2% | 55.3 | 65.0% |
| 2007 | $73B | $3,515 | $6,728 | 13.0% | 12.3% | 18.8% | 20.8M | 16.1% | 54.2 | 61.2% |
| 2006 | $58.7B | $2,930 | $6,018 | 11.8% | 13.3% | 16.7% | 20M | 16.1% | 53.0 | 56.9% |
| 2005 | $41.4B | $2,146 | $5,416 | 14.2% | 23.0% | 29.9% | 19.3M | 16.3% | 52.1 | 58.7% |
| 2004 | $27B | $1,451 | $4,771 | 11.4% | 43.5% | 41.6% | 18.6M | 16.3% | 51.1 | 51.0% |
| 2003 | $20.3B | $1,134 | $4,322 | 3.5% | 98.2% | 50.8% | 17.9M | 16.4% | 50.2 | 47.6% |
| 2002 | $17.3B | $999 | $4,241 | 13.7% | 108.9% | 65.1% | 17.3M | 16.4% | 47.9 | 49.5% |
| 2001 | $8.94B | $534 | $3,802 | 4.2% | 152.6% | 100.2% | 16.7M | 16.7% | 47.0 | |
| 2000 | $9.13B | $564 | $3,690 | 3.1% | 325.0% | 118.2% | 16.2M | 16.6% | 46.5 | |
| 1999 | $6.15B | $393 | $3,619 | 2.2% | 248.2% | 15.7M | 16.5% | 45.8 | ||
| 1998 | $6.51B | $429 | $3,609 | 4.7% | 107.3% | 15.2M | 16.3% | 45.5 | ||
| 1997 | $7.65B | $522 | $3,525 | 7.3% | 219.2% | 14.7M | 16.1% | 46.7 | ||
| 1996 | $7.53B | $531 | $3,342 | 13.5% | 4,145% | 14.2M | 16.2% | 46.4 | ||
| 1995 | $5.54B | $404 | $2,990 | 15.0% | 2,666% | 13.7M | 17.0% | 46.1 | ||
| 1994 | $4.44B | $335 | $2,633 | 1.3% | 949.8% | 13.2M | 17.4% | 43.6 | ||
| 1993 | $5.77B | $450 | $2,628 | −24.0% | 1,379% | 12.8M | 17.4% | 42.2 | ||
| 1992 | $8.31B | $669 | $3,486 | −5.8% | 299.5% | 12.4M | 17.0% | 42.3 | ||
| 1991 | $10.6B | $882 | $3,740 | 1.0% | 83.8% | 12M | 16.8% | 43.8 | ||
| 1990 | $11.2B | $966 | $3,705 | −3.5% | 1.8% | 11.6M | 41.9 | |||
| 1989 | $10.2B | $908 | 0.0% | 1.8% | 11.2M | 41.7 | ||||
| 1988 | $8.77B | $807 | 6.1% | 1.8% | 10.9M | 41.5 | ||||
| 1987 | $8.08B | $770 | 4.1% | 1.8% | 10.5M | 40.8 | ||||
| 1986 | $7.07B | $698 | 2.9% | 1.8% | 10.1M | 42.7 | ||||
| 1985 | $7.55B | $772 | 3.5% | 1.8% | 9.78M | 42.5 | ||||
| 1984 | $6.13B | $650 | 6.0% | 1.8% | 9.43M | 42.2 | ||||
| 1983 | $5.78B | $637 | 4.2% | 1.8% | 9.08M | 42.0 | ||||
| 1982 | $5.55B | $634 | 0.0% | 1.8% | 8.75M | 42.9 | ||||
| 1981 | $5.55B | $658 | −4.4% | 1.4% | 8.44M | 42.6 | ||||
| 1980 | $5.93B | $729 | 2.4% | 46.7% | 8.13M | 42.2 | ||||
| 1979 | 7.85M | 41.9 | ||||||||
| 1978 | 7.58M | 41.6 | ||||||||
| 1977 | 7.32M | 41.2 | ||||||||
| 1976 | 7.07M | 40.8 | ||||||||
| 1975 | 6.84M | 40.8 | ||||||||
| 1974 | 6.61M | 41.3 | ||||||||
| 1973 | 6.39M | 40.9 | ||||||||
| 1972 | 6.17M | 40.5 | ||||||||
| 1971 | 5.99M | 40.1 | ||||||||
| 1970 | 5.85M | 39.7 | ||||||||
| 1969 | 5.76M | 39.3 | ||||||||
| 1968 | 5.7M | 39.0 | ||||||||
| 1967 | 5.64M | 38.6 | ||||||||
| 1966 | 5.58M | 38.3 | ||||||||
| 1965 | 5.52M | 38.0 | ||||||||
| 1964 | 5.46M | 37.7 | ||||||||
| 1963 | 5.41M | 37.4 | ||||||||
| 1962 | 5.35M | 37.2 | ||||||||
| 1961 | 5.3M | 36.9 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 5.23M | 37.9 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast. Real growth: IMF data for 1980, World Bank for the other years. Inflation: IMF data for 1980–1990, World Bank for the other years.
Nearby economies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d’Ivoire · DR Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · São Tomé and Príncipe · Tanzania · Togo · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Rankings
GDP by country · GDP per capita · Real GDP growth · Inflation by country · Government debt to GDP · Stock market to GDP · Population by country · Unemployment by country
Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)