Africa
To which language should you translate to localize in Angola?
LANGUAGE INSIGHT
Official language
Portuguese (36.6%; 13.42 mln)
Actual languages
Portuguese (36.6%; 13.42 mln), Umbundu (23%; 8.43 mln), Kongo (8.2%; 3 mln), Kimbundu (7.8%; 2.86 mln), Chokwe (6.5%; 2.38 mln), Nhaneca (3.4%; 1.24 mln), Nganguela (3.1%; 1.13 mln), Fiote (2.4%; 880k), Kwanhama (2.3%; 843k), Muhumbi (2.1%; 770k), Luvale (1%; 366k), other (3.6%; 1.32 mln)
What the top 150 best localized websites in the world do in Angola
(Top 150 websites listed in the Global by Design ranking – published annually by Byte Level Research, this report provides a list of globally localized websites, showcasing best practices and emerging trends in their globalization)
- 21/150 localize by translating into Portuguese
- 3/150 localize by translating into French
- 1/150 localizes by translating into Portuguese, Luba-Kasai language and Angolan Sign Language
- 1/150 localizes by translating into both Portuguese and French
- 1/150 localizes by translating into both French and Arabic
- 1/150 localizes by translating into Arabic
- 1/150 localizes by translating into both Arabic and Luba-Kasai language
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3M
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ABB
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Accenture
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Adidas
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Adobe
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Airbnb
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Aldi
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Amazon
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American Airlines
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American Express
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Apple
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Audi
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Autodesk
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Avis
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Bayer
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BMW
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Booking.com
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Bosch
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British Airways
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Bumble
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Burberry
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BYD
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Canon
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Capgemini
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Cartier
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Caterpillar
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Chevrolet
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Cisco Systems
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Citibank
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Coca-Cola
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Costco
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Dell
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Deloitte
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Delta
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DHL
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Disney+
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Dyson
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eBay
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Eli Lilly
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Emirates
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Ernst & Young
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Facebook
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FedEx
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Ford
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Four Seasons
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Fujifilm
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GE
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Gillette
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GoDaddy
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Google
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Gucci
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Haier
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Heineken
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Hermès
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Hertz
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Hilton
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Hisense
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Hitachi
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Honda
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Hotels.com
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HP
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HP Enterprise
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HSBC
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Huawei
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Hyatt
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Hyundai
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IBM
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IKEA
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Intel
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InterContinental Hotels
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J&J
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Jack Daniel's
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
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John Deere
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Kellogg's
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Kia
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KPMG
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LOréal
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Land Rover
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LEGO
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Lenovo
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Lexus
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LG
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Louis Vuitton
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Lululemon
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LUSH
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Marriott
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MasterCard
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McDonald's
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Mercedes-Benz
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Merck
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Microsoft
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Mitsubishi Electric
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Nestlé
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Netflix
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Nike
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Nikon
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Nintendo
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Nio
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Nissan
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NIVEA
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Oracle
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Pampers
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Panasonic
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PayPal
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Pepsi
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Pfizer
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Philips
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Pitney Bowes
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Porsche
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Procter & Gamble
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PWC
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Revolut
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Rolex
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Royal Caribbean
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Salesforce
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Samsung
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Sanofi
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SAP
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Sephora
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Shopify
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Siemens
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Sony
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Spotify
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Starbucks
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Steelcase
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Stripe
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Subaru
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Tesla
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Tiffany
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Tinder
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Toshiba
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Toyota
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TripAdvisor
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Uber
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United Airlines
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UPS
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Visa
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Volkswagen
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Volvo Cars
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Vrbo
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Walmart
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Western Union
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Wikipedia
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Wise
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WordPress
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Workday
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Xerox
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Xiaomi (Mi)
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Zara
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Zoom
If you need others information, below you can find a selection of economic/social/cultural data
Overview
Language
Official language
Portuguese (36.6%).
Portuguese speakers are more common in the urban areas of Angola where 85% of the population converse in Portuguese. The use of the language is relatively lower in the rural regions with about 49% of the people in these areas speaking Portuguese
T-index 0.098%
T-Index ranks countries according to their potential for online sales.
Other languages
Umbundu (23%), Kongo (8.2%), Kimbundu (7.8%), Chokwe (6.5%), Nhaneca (3.4%), Nganguela (3.1%), Fiote (2.4%), Kwanhama (2.3%), Muhumbi (2.1%), Luvale (1%), other (3.6%)
Most studied languages
English, French
English
Very low proficiency (EF) – 101 of 113 countries/regions in the world- 17/23 position in Africa.
Demography
Capital: Luanda
Currency: Angolan kwanza
Population: 36.68 mln
Population density: 28/km2
Economy
GDP: 84.72 billion USD (2023)
GDP per capita: 2,309.5 USD (2023)
Exports: 54.1 billion USD (2022)
Statistics
Internet users: 39.3% penetration, 14.63 million
Unemployment rate: 15.8% (2021)
Urbanisation: 69%
Literacy: 72% (2022)
Conventions
Numbering system
Comma ad decimal separatore
Date format: dd – mm – yyyy
Time: 24h time system
Country code: 00244
Language data sources: Worldatlas/Britannica//EF/Wikipedia; Demography data sources: IMF/Worldometers; Conventions data source: Wikipedia; Economy data sources: WTO/OEC/CIA/Esomar/Datareportal; Statistics data sources: Datareportal/WorldBank/UN/UNESCO/CEIC/IMF/Culturalatlas/Commisceoglobal/Worlddata
Facts and data
Economy
Imports
16.5 billion USD (2022). Refined Petroleum ($2.16B), Wheat ($545M), Cars ($468M), Poultry Meat ($436M), and Palm Oil ($355M), importing mostly from China ($3.91B), Portugal ($1.59B), Netherlands ($1.25B), United Arab Emirates ($745M), and India ($734M).
In 2022, Angola was the world’s biggest importer of Eyewear and Clock Glass ($80.6M).
Financial inclusion factors (over 15 years of age)
• 29% have an account with a financial institution
• 4.4% have a credit card
• 1% make online purchases
Ease of doing business
Ease of conducting business is below average (rated 41.3 out of 100). Ranked 40th out of 48 Sub-Saharan African countries. Ranked 177th out of 190 countries worldwide (2023, World Bank).
Exports
54.1 billion USD (2022). Crude Petroleum ($39.4B), Petroleum Gas ($6.62B), Diamonds ($5.02B), Refined Petroleum ($837M), and Special Purpose Ships ($574M), exporting mostly to China ($21.8B), India ($4.81B), Netherlands ($3.91B), France ($3.8B), and United Arab Emirates ($3.63B).
Economic freedom
‘‘Mostly not free’ (rated 54.3 out of 100). Ranked 19h out of 47 Sub-Sharan African countries. Ranked 118th out of 184 countries worldwide (2024, Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal).
Global Innovation Index
Ranked 28th out of 28 Sub-Saharan African countries, 132nd out of 132 worldwide.
The Global Innovation Index captures the innovation
ecosystem performance of 132 economies and tracks the most recent global innovation trends.
Economy data sources: WTO/OEC/CIA/Esomar/Datareportal
Service Imports (2018)
Service Exports (2018)
Source: OEC
Trade balance of goods from 2013 to 2023
Source: Statista
Historical Data Trade Imports
The following section uses historical trade data imports from partners of Angola.
Historical Data Trade Exports
The following section uses historical trade data exports from partners of Angola.
Source: OEC
Angola's Most Complex Exports
The Product Complexity Index (PCI) measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.
The Top Export Opportunities for Angola by Relatedness
Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product by showing only products that Angola is not specialized in.
Source: OEC
Angola's Most Specialized Products
Specialization is measured using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), an index that takes the ratio between Angola observed and expected exports in each product.
Source: OEC
Market Growth Imports
This score represents the likelihood that the given country will start importing that product in the next few years. It forecasts the opening of a new specific market.
Market Growth Exports
This score represents the likelihood that the given country will start exporting that product in the next few years. It forecasts the opening of a new specific market.
Source: OEC
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
Source: WorldBank
Media
Media language Portuguese, English
Information channels
State-owned media dominate the media landscape. Of the many privately owned newspapers that emerged following the advent of multiparty politics in 1992, only four still exist in print form. Censorship and control of information still weigh heavily on Angolan journalists, says Reporters without Borders (RSF).
The most popular daily newspaper, Jornal de Angola, and the terrestrial TV service TPA are state-owned and rarely criticise the government.
State-run Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA) is the only outlet to offer programmes in indigenous languages such as Bantu. Private stations operate in cities, including Catholic Radio Ecclesia, but RNA is the only broadcaster with near-national coverage.
The constitution provides for freedom of expression. But laws on state security and defamation impede free journalism, says the US-based Freedom House.
It says self-censorship is commonplace and independent journalists are regularly monitored and harassed by state agents.
The press
Jornal de Angola – state-run national daily
O Pais – private weekly
Folha 8 – private weekly
Novo Jornal – private weekly
Television
Televisao Popular de Angola – state-run, operates national Canal 1, and Canal 2 in Luanda
TV Zimbo – private
Radio
Radio Nacional de Angola – state-run, operates Canal A, sports network Radio 5, ethnic network Radio Ngola Yetu, music-based Radio FM Estereo and Radio Luanda in the capital
Radio Ecclesia – Catholic
Luanda-Antena Comercial – private, Luanda
News agency
Angola Press (Angop)– state-run, English-language pages
AngoNoticias – Portugal-based news site
Club-K – news site
Angola24Horas – news website in Portuguese and English
Media data source: BBC
Internet Data
Internet users
39.3% penetration, 14.63 million
Share of web traffic by device
68.31% mobile phones, 30.66% computers (laptops and desktops), 1% tablet devices and 0.02% other devices
Average speed of mobile Internet connection
13.99 Mbps
Average speed of fixed Internet connection
19.63 Mbps
Mobile connection as a percentage of total population
78.4%
Percentage of mobile connections that are broadband (3G-5G)
90.7%
Most popular web search engines
Google (96.51%), Bing (3.22%), Yahoo! (0.12%), DuckduckGo (0.04%), Yandex (0.03%), other (0.08%).
Most used social media
Facebook (48.45%), YouTube (25.18%), Pinterest (13.49%), Twitter (6.87%), Instagram (4.62%), LinkedIn (0.65%), reddit (0.43%), other (0.32%).
Internet data sources: Datareportal/Statcounter
Social statistics
Life expectancy
62 yrs (2022)
Corruption perceptions Index
Angola scored 33 out of 100, ranked 116th out of 180 countries worldwide.
Current health expenditure
2.96% of GDP
CO2 emissions
0.6 metric tons per capita
Current education expenditure
75.7% of total expenditure in public institutions
Social statistics sources: WorldBank/UN/UNESCO/CEIC/IMF
Tertiary education in Angola
Source: UNESCO
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Country Curiosities
Angola is rich in natural resources, particularly oil and diamonds. The country is Africa’s second-largest oil producer, with oil exports contributing to about 90% of its total export revenues. Angola also has some of the largest diamond reserves in the world, ranking among the top ten diamond-producing countries.
Additionally…
- Angola is the seventh-largest country in Africa, covering an area of about 1.25 million square kilometers (480,000 square miles).
- The country has one of the youngest populations in the world: almost 70% of the population is under 24 years of age.
- Luanda is among the ten most expensive business destinations in the world.
- With an annual GDP growth rate of over 11.6% over the past decade, Angola ranks as one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
- The Angolan flag, inspired by the Soviet flag, features symbols for industrial workers, farmers, and solidarity, with colors representing Africa and the struggle for independence.
Languages research
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Kikongo
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Yaka
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Holu
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Mbangala
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Ruund
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Lunda
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Cokwe
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Songo
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Luvale
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Mbwela
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Lucazi
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Yauma
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Mbunda
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Mashi
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Oung
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Nyemba
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