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.

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).

Poverty rate at $3.2 a day of Angola shot up by 40.58% from 38.20 % in 2008 to 53.70 % in 2018. Since the 5.21% slump in 2008, poverty rate at $3.2 a day soared by 40.58% in 2018. Population below $3.1 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.1 a day at 2005 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: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Rural: % of Rural Population data was reported at 58.300 % in 2008. Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Rural: % of Rural Population data is updated yearly, averaging 58.300 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2008, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 58.300 % in 2008 and a record low of 58.300 % in 2008. Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Rural: % of Rural 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. Rural poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the rural 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.

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.

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).

Angola: Poverty, percent of population: The latest value from 2018 is 32.3 percent, unavailable from percent in . In comparison, the world average is 23.59 percent, based on data from 66 countries. Historically, the average for Angola from 2018 to 2018 is 32.3 percent. The minimum value, 32.3 percent, was reached in 2018 while the maximum of 32.3 percent was recorded in 2018.

Angola is the third-largest economy in the Sub-Saharan Africa and is classified as a low-middle income economy. The incidence of poverty in Angola as of 2019 based on a monetary measure of welfare (monthly food and non-food consumption expenditures per adult equivalent) is 32.3 percent at the national level. The incidence of poverty rates is almost three times higher in rural areas (54.7 percent) than in urban areas (17.8 percent). The strong dichotomy in welfare between urban and rural areas in Angola is reflected in a large inequality at the national level. The Gini coefficient in Angola is 0.51 which is one of the highest in Africa. The duality of the Angolan economy is also reflected in two very different types of poverty. On the one hand, there is a traditional rural sector dominated by low-productivity subsistence agriculture. On the other hand, there is a modern export-oriented oil-economy, which is mostly concentrated in Luanda and some other urban centers. Accessibility also appears to play a key role in food security. In areas connected by road, the number of months in which a household experiences food shortage is strongly correlated with the number of months in which the road is usable.

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.

34.4 (%) in 2008. Population below $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices.

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;

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).

Poverty gap at $5.5 a day of Angola soared by 22.51% from 46.2 % in 2008 to 56.6 % in 2018. Since the 2.33% downward trend in 2008, poverty gap at $5.5 a day rocketed by 22.51% in 2018. Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $5.50 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.

39.30 (النسبة المئوية) in 2018. Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 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.

The index provides the only comprehensive measure available for non-income poverty, which has become a critical underpinning of the SDGs. Critically the MPI comprises variables that are already reported under the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) and Multi-Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) The resources subnational multidimensional poverty data from the data tables published by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford. The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measures multidimensional poverty in over 100 developing countries, using internationally comparable datasets and is updated annually. The measure captures the severe deprivations that each person faces at the same time using information from 10 indicators, which are grouped into three equally weighted dimensions: health, education, and living standards. The global MPI methodology is detailed in Alkire, Kanagaratnam & Suppa (2023)

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.

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 $1.9 a day of Angola rocketed by 105.33% from 7.5 million persons in 2008 to 15.4 million persons in 2018. Since the 25.00% surge in 2008, number of poor at $1.9 a day shot up by 105.33% in 2018. Number of people, in millions, living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 PPP is calculated by multiplying the poverty rate and the population. 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: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 32.300 % in 2018. Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 32.300 % from Dec 2018 (Median) to 2018, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 32.300 % in 2018 and a record low of 32.300 % in 2018. Angola AO: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % 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. National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. 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.