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General Information

Region		Middle Africa
Population (000, 2021)		33 934^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		27.2^a
Capital city		Luanda
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		8 044.7^c,b
UN membership date		01-Dec-76
Surface area (km2)		1 246 700^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		97.9^a
National currency		Kwanza (AOA)
Exchange rate (per US$)		656.2^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	83 799	116 194	85 001^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.9	0.9	-1.5^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	3 587.9	4 167.0	2 670.9^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	6.2	9.1	9.5^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	52.1	42.1	44.5^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	41.7	48.8	45.9^b
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	48.9	50.6	50.2^d
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	7.8	8.6	8.1^d
Employment in services^e (% employed)	43.3	40.8	41.7^d
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	9.4	7.3	6.8^d
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	75.8 / 78.9	76.1 / 79.1	76.1 / 78.8^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index^e,f (2010=100)	100	159	379^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	90	100	110^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	52 612	33 925	72 235^e,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	18 143	21 549	40 991^e,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	34 469	12 376	31 244^e,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	7 506	- 10 273	894^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^g (average annual %)	3.7	3.5	3.3^d
Urban population (% of total population)	59.8	63.4	66.2^b
Urban population growth rate^g (average annual %)	4.9	4.7	...
Fertility rate, total^g (live births per woman)	6.4	6	5.6^d
Life expectancy at birth^g (females/males, years)	55.3 / 50.3	60.5 / 55.2	63.4 / 57.8^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	47.0 / 3.8	47.1 / 3.6	46.2 / 3.7^a
International migrant stock^h (000/% of total pop.)	336.4 / 1.4	632.2 / 2.3	656.4 / 2.0^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	19.4ⁱ	45.7ⁱ	55.9^d
Infant mortality rate^g (per 1 000 live births)	104.2	78.2	61.5^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	2.7	2.6	2.5^j
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1^k	...	0.2^l
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.4	...	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	94.1 / 117.7	105.9 / 121.1	... / ...
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	21.3 / 31.3	20.7 / 32.3^m	39.7 / 61.8ⁿ
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	13.2 / 23.7	13.7 / 24.6^m	24.1 / 29.9ⁿ
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	4.8^o	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	38.6	36.8	29.6^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	2.8	12.4	14.3^l
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	...	...	~0.0^q,r,s,n
Threatened species (number)	117	130	193
Forested area (% of land area)	57.9	55.7	54.3^j
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	15.2 / 0.6	21.5 / 0.8	18.8 / 0.6^j
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	4 016	4 030	3 793^j
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	20	20	17^j
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	425	592	218^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	28.1	28.1	28.1^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.31	0.35	0.03^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Refers to the urban population of the province of Luanda.
d		2020
e		Estimate.
f		Luanda
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		Including refugees.
i		Data as at the end of December.
j		2018
k		2009
l		2017
m		2011
n		2016
o		2012
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		Excluding business enterprise.
r		Partial data.
s		Excluding private non-profit.