As of 2022, over **** million people in Angola lived in extreme poverty, with the poverty threshold at **** U.S. dollars daily. The number of poor people in the country has been following an upward trend. In 2016, there were around ** million Angolans in extreme poverty. By 2026, it would increase to **** million.

Historical dataset showing Angola poverty rate by year from 2000 to 2018.

Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Urban: % of Urban Population data was reported at 18.700 % in 2008. Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Urban: % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 18.700 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2008, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.700 % in 2008 and a record low of 18.700 % in 2008. Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Urban: % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Angola – Table AO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Urban poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the urban population living below the national poverty lines.; ; World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.; ; This series only includes estimates that to the best of our knowledge are reasonably comparable over time for a country. Due to differences in estimation methodologies and poverty lines, estimates should not be compared across countries.

The educational level was directly related to the incidence of poverty in Angola from March 2018 to February 2019. Among people with no education, 56.5 percent lived with a level of consumption below the poverty line. Among individuals with primary education, the rate amounted to 54.9 percent. Even though the poverty incidence amid people with a higher education was the lowest, 17.3 percent of people with an upper secondary education or more was living above the poverty line. In December 2018, the total poverty line in Angola was estimated at roughly 12.2 thousand Kwanzas (approximately 22 U.S. dollars).

Poverty ratio at $1.9 a day of Angola rocketed by 45.06% from 34.4 % in 2008 to 49.9 % in 2018. Since the 5.49% drop in 2008, poverty ratio at $1.9 a day shot up by 45.06% in 2018. Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Angola AO: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 50% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: % data was reported at 1.278 % in 2008. Angola AO: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 50% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: % data is updated yearly, averaging 1.278 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2008, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.278 % in 2008 and a record low of 1.278 % in 2008. Angola AO: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 50% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Angola – Table AO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Proportion of population pushed below the 50% median consumption poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure, expressed as a percentage of a total population of a country; ; Wagstaff et al. Progress on Impoverishing Health Spending: Results for 122 Countries. A Retrospective Observational Study, Lancet Global Health 2017; Weighted Average;

The incidence of poverty in Angola was measured at roughly 41 percent between March 2018 and February 2019. That means 41 out of 100 Angolans had a level of consumption below the poverty line, calculated at roughly 12.2 thousand Kwanzas (approximately 22 U.S. dollars) per month. In urban areas, around 30 percent of the population was living under the poverty line, while people living in rural areas were much more affected by poverty (57.2 percent).

Angola AO: Poverty Gap at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data was reported at 22.700 % in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 11.600 % for 2008. Angola AO: Poverty Gap at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 16.400 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2018, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22.700 % in 2018 and a record low of 11.600 % in 2008. Angola AO: Poverty Gap at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Angola – Table AO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $1.90 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.; ; World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from around 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

As of January 2022, Huambo recorded the highest prevalence of food insecurity among all provinces in Angola. Nearly ** percent of the population in the region lacked sufficient food for consumption. On the other hand, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, and Uige presented the lowest food insecurity prevalence, under **** percent. Overall, *** million Angolans lacked sufficient access to food in the same period.

Angola AO: Poverty Gap at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data was reported at 38.700 % in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 26.600 % for 2008. Angola AO: Poverty Gap at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 29.600 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2018, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38.700 % in 2018 and a record low of 26.600 % in 2008. Angola AO: Poverty Gap at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Angola – Table AO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.20 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.; ; World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from around 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 49.900 % in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 34.400 % for 2008. Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 36.400 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2018, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.900 % in 2018 and a record low of 34.400 % in 2008. Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Angola – Table AO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.; ; World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from around 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Number of poor at $5.5 a day of Angola soared by 51.67% from 18.0 million persons in 2008 to 27.3 million persons in 2018. Since the 36.36% surge in 2008, number of poor at $5.5 a day rocketed by 51.67% in 2018. Number of people living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government

Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 71.500 % in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 60.600 % for 2008. Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 60.600 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2018, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 71.500 % in 2018 and a record low of 59.700 % in 2000. Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Angola – Table AO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.; ; World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from around 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

In 2025, nearly 11.7 percent of the world population in extreme poverty, with the poverty threshold at 2.15 U.S. dollars a day, lived in Nigeria. Moreover, the Democratic Republic of the Congo accounted for around 11.7 percent of the global population in extreme poverty. Other African nations with a large poor population were Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar. Poverty levels remain high despite the forecast decline Poverty is a widespread issue across Africa. Around 429 million people on the continent were living below the extreme poverty line of 2.15 U.S. dollars a day in 2024. Since the continent had approximately 1.4 billion inhabitants, roughly a third of Africa’s population was in extreme poverty that year. Mozambique, Malawi, Central African Republic, and Niger had Africa’s highest extreme poverty rates based on the 2.15 U.S. dollars per day extreme poverty indicator (updated from 1.90 U.S. dollars in September 2022). Although the levels of poverty on the continent are forecast to decrease in the coming years, Africa will remain the poorest region compared to the rest of the world. Prevalence of poverty and malnutrition across Africa Multiple factors are linked to increased poverty. Regions with critical situations of employment, education, health, nutrition, war, and conflict usually have larger poor populations. Consequently, poverty tends to be more prevalent in least-developed and developing countries worldwide. For similar reasons, rural households also face higher poverty levels. In 2024, the extreme poverty rate in Africa stood at around 45 percent among the rural population, compared to seven percent in urban areas. Together with poverty, malnutrition is also widespread in Africa. Limited access to food leads to low health conditions, increasing the poverty risk. At the same time, poverty can determine inadequate nutrition. Almost 38.3 percent of the global undernourished population lived in Africa in 2022.

Abstract

The World Bank is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Angola or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The World Bank Country Assessment Survey is meant to give the World Bank's team that works in Angola, more in-depth insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank uses to assess the views of its critical stakeholders. With this understanding, the World Bank hopes to develop more effective strategies, outreach and programs that support development in Angola. The World Bank commissioned an independent firm to oversee the logistics of this effort in Angola.

The survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Angola perceive the Bank; - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Angola regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Angola; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank in Angola; · Overall impressions of the World Bank's effectiveness and results, knowledge and research, and communication and information sharing in Angola; and · Perceptions of the World Bank's future role in Angola. - Use data to help inform the Angola country team's strategy.

Every country that engages in the Country Survey must include specific indicator questions that will be aggregated for the World Bank's annual Corporate Scorecard.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Stakeholders of the World Bank in Angola

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

In March-June 2012, 584 stakeholders of the World Bank in Angola were invited to provide their opinions on the Bank's assistance to the country by participating in a country survey. Participants in the survey were drawn from among the office of the President; the office of the Prime Minister; the office of a Minister; the office of a Parliamentarian; employees of a ministry, ministerial department, or implementation agency; consultants/contractors working on World Bank-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local government officials or staff; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; private foundations; the financial sector/private banks; NGOs; community-based organizations (CBOs); the media; independent government institutions; trade unions; faith-based groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; and the judiciary branch.

Mode of data collection

Mail Questionnaire [mail]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

A. General Issues facing Angola: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Angola is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the top three most important development priorities, and which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty and generating economic growth in Angola.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the World Bank, the Bank's effectiveness in Angola, the extent to which the Bank meets Angola's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the extent to which the Bank should seek or does seek to influence the global development agenda. Respondents were also asked to rate their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's work and the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner. Furthermore, respondents were asked to indicate the sectoral areas on which it would be most productive for the Bank to focus its resources, the Bank's greatest values and greatest weaknesses in its work, the most and least effective instruments in helping to reduce poverty in Angola, with which groups the Bank should collaborate more, and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts.

C. World Bank Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the Bank's work helps achieve sustainable development results in Angola, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across thirty-five development areas, such as economic growth, public sector governance, basic infrastructure, social protection, and others.

D. The World Bank's Knowledge: Respondents were asked to indicate the areas on which the Bank should focus its research efforts, and to rate the effectiveness and quality of the Bank's knowledge/research, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results, its technical quality, and the Bank's effectiveness at providing linkage to non-Bank expertise.

E. Working with the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the Bank, such as the World Bank's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, the Bank imposing reasonable conditions on its lending, disbursing funds promptly, and increasing Angola's institutional capacity.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank in Angola: Respondents were asked to rate how significant a role the Bank should play in Angola's development in the near future, and to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value in Angola.

G. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate where they get information about economic and social development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the Bank, their access to the Internet, and their usage and evaluation of the Bank's websites. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the Bank's Access to Information policy, past information requests from the Bank, and their level of agreement that they use more data from the World Bank as a result of the Bank's Open Data policy. Respondents were also asked to indicate their level of agreement that they know how to find information from the Bank and that the Bank is responsive to information requests.

H. Background Information: Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they professionally collaborate with the World Bank, their exposure to the Bank in Angola, and their geographic location.

Response rate

A total of 119 stakeholders participated in the country survey in 2012 (20%)

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As of May 2022, one-third of the surveyed population in Angola reported always/many times going without enough food to eat in the previous year. Another ** percent of adults lacked access to food several times. Overall, food shortage was more evident in rural areas.

As of May 2022, ** percent of the surveyed population in Angola reported always/many times going without enough cooking fuel in the previous year. Around ** percent lacked access to cooking fuel several times, while another ** percent went only once or twice without access.

Abstract

The National Institute of Statistics of Angola (INE), conducted the Expenses and Revenue Survey (IDR) and Expenses, Revenue and Employment Survey in Angola (IDREA). Both surveys were conducted in the same conglomerate, had the same representation and used the same questions using the recall method, that is, the head of the household was asked to report on the expenses incurred in the last 7 days. IDREA could be the benchmark for measuring poverty in the future and will be used in the production of socio-economic indicators for the collection period.

The IDR survey is intended to measure and compare poverty through consumption and uses the daily method, which consists of making alternate visits to the household, for 7 days, recording its expenses; a similar methodology used in the Integrated Survey on Population Welfare (IBEP) 2008/2009. The two surveys (IBEP 2008/2009 and IDR 2018/2019) may present different results, in relation to the levels of poverty, due to the methodology used by each of them, but they are comparable and can be used to make assessments of the trends of poverty over time.

The IDREA aimed to produce information for decision making. More specifically: - To update the Poverty Profile in Angola - To update the weights of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) - To estimate household consumption for National Accounts - To evaluate Angola's progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development (SDG) 2015-2030, in the implementation of the PND 2018-2022 and African Agenda 2063.

Geographic coverage

National coverage: - Capital city: Luanda - Center (urban): Urban areas of Huambo, Bié, Benguela and South Cuanza - Center (rural): Rural areas of Huambo, Bié, Benguela and South Cuanza - East (urban): Urban areas of North Lunda, South Lunda, Moxico and Cuando Cubango - East (rural): Rural areas of North Lunda, South Lunda, Moxico and Cuando Cubango - Center-north (urban): Urban areas of Bengo, Malanje and North Cuanza - Center-north (rural): Rural areas of Bengo, Malanje and North Cuanza - South (urban): Urban areas of Namibe, Cunene and Huíla - South (rural): Rural areas of Namibe, Cunene and Huíla - North (urban): Urban areas of Cabinda, Uíge and Zaire - North (rural): Rural areas of Cabinda, Uíge and Zaire

Analysis unit

• Individuals
• Households
• Communities

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

A total of 12,448 households were independently selected in each of the 18 provinces for each survey. The two surveys were representative by area of residence down to the province level. However, in order to allow the spatial and temporal disaggregation of prices, it was decided to maintain the regional breakdown that had been introduced in 2008, which grouped the conglomerates in 11 regions considered to be quite homogeneous from the point of view of price formation.

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]

Research instrument

4/5 questionnaire models were designed to collect the IDR / IDREA surveys data following the recommended objectives: - Questionnaire A for capturing data on demography, health, education, housing, water and sanitation, expenses and income, production agribusiness and fisheries. - Questionnaire B and C for capturing data on expenses and consumption aggregate diary. - Questionnaire E for capturing data on prices and unit measures used in local markets. - Questionnaire F for the Community module.

More details on the questionnaire are provided as external resources.

Response rate

The response rates for the IDR /IDREA were around 86.1% and 99.7% respectively.

1,30 (%) in 2018. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.