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Topic 14 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Angola: Poverty & Inequality
How is a country’s income shared, and how many live below a line?
Angola is placed 152nd of 159 countries on poverty & inequality in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Gini Index 51.26 (2023); Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day 16.3 (2023).
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Poverty & Inequality
152nd
of 159 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Angola on poverty & inequality — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 3
Gini Index
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2013–2023 · Angola’s is from 2018 · CC BY 4.0
51.26
Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)
Lower is better
Angola: 51.26. Across the 159 countries at their latest reading, values run from 23 (India) to 59.07 (Namibia); the world median is 33.72.
- World median
- 33.72
- Best in Middle Africa
- 37.36 Chad
- Land neighbours
- DR Congo 44.67 · Namibia 59.07 · Zambia 51.48
Key 2 of 3
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2013–2023 · Angola’s is from 2018 · CC BY 4.0
16.3
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)
Lower is better
Angola: 16.3. Across the 159 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0 (Czechia) to 48.69 (DR Congo); the world median is 0.345.
- World median
- 0.345
- Best in Middle Africa
- 1 Gabon
- Land neighbours
- DR Congo 48.69 · Namibia 8.45 · Zambia 39.76
Key 3 of 3
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
72.9
Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%)
Lower is better
Angola: 72.9. Across the 145 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Belarus) to 93.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 26.4.
- World median
- 26.4
- Best in Middle Africa
- 39.3 Gabon
- Land neighbours
- DR Congo 90.1 · Republic of the Congo 77.3 · Namibia 47.9 · Zambia 86.2
02Over time
Which way Angola is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet
Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%) · lower is better
AngolaWorld median
Angola rose from 60.1 in 2017 to 72.9 in 2025; the world median went from 32.4 to 26.4.
Every year’s figures
Year Angola World median 2025 72.9 26.40 2024 72.2 27.10 2023 71.8 27.15 2022 71.4 27.90 2021 71.1 29.65 2020 69.6 31.80 2019 66.8 29.05 2018 64.8 29.85 2017 60.1 32.40
03In context
Angola beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 159 countries on poverty & inequality, never a place within the region.
Angola and the countries it borders
Standing among all 159; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Gini IndexGini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality) | Poverty Gap at $3.00 a DayPoverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%) | Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy DietShare of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Namibia | 143rd | 59.07 | 8.45 | 47.9 |
| Angola | 152nd | 51.26 | 16.3 | 72.9 |
 DR Congo | 157th | 44.67 | 48.69 | 90.1 |
 Zambia | 158th | 51.48 | 39.76 | 86.2 |
 Republic of the Congo | not placed | — | — | 77.3 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Middle Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 159.
Placed either side on poverty & inequality
The countries immediately above and below Angola in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Angola is ahead of the world, and behind
19 more statistics filed under poverty & inequality, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Behind the world median16
Statistics on which Angola does worse than the middle country measured.
Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 21.2629.8721.26No earlier reading
Angola: 29.87 · world median 21.26 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at most 2 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.169 to 63.08; lower is better.
Position 34th of 113 · derived, 1st = worst.
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.290.25▲ Improved since 2014
Angola: 0.29 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 12,8003,27512,800▼ Worsened since 2017
Angola: 3,275 · world median 12,800 · Actual individual consumption per capita (PPP, current international $). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 688.7 to 52,654; higher is better.
Position 145th of 173 · derived.
Inequality-adjusted Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.6090.360.609▼ Worsened since 2015
Angola: 0.36 · world median 0.609 · IHDI (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.226 to 0.923; higher is better.
Position 142nd of 169 · derived.
Working Poverty RateILO · 2025 · world median 4.88540.14.885▼ Worsened since 2015
Angola: 40.1 · world median 4.885 · Employed people living in extreme poverty (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.007 to 86.02; lower is better.
Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 2025 · world median 0.0390.2820.039▼ Worsened since 2018
Angola: 0.282 · world median 0.039 · MPI (0–1). Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.517; lower is better.
Position 17th of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
Low Pay RateILO · 2024 · world median 17.8933.2617.89▲ Improved since 2019
Angola: 33.26 · world median 17.89 · Employees paid less than two-thirds of the median hourly earnings (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.395 to 41.69; lower is better.
Position 10th of 71 · derived, 1st = worst.
Multidimensional Poverty MeasureWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.25251.514.252No earlier reading
Angola: 51.51 · world median 4.252 · Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.96; lower is better.
Position 21st of 157 · derived, 1st = worst.
Intergenerational Persistence in EducationWorld Bank Group · 2017 · world median 0.4460.5570.446No earlier reading
Angola: 0.557 · world median 0.446 · Correlation between own and parents' years of schooling, born 1980–89 (0–1). World Bank Group, 2017 edition, data for 2017.
Published values in that edition run from 0.123 to 0.66; lower is better.
Position 20th of 153 · derived, 1st = worst.
Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up EstimatesWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 2.142.122.1▼ Worsened since 2014
Angola: 42.12 · world median 2.1 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP, World Bank line-up estimate (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 89.54; lower is better.
Exclusion by Socio-Economic GroupV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2023 · world median 0.4130.8290.413▲ Improved since 2013
Angola: 0.829 · world median 0.413 · Exclusion by socio-economic group index (0–1; higher = more exclusion). V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.014 to 0.969; lower is better.
Position 20th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour BenefitsWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 18.654.9418.65No earlier reading
Angola: 4.94 · world median 18.65 · Benefits received as a share of beneficiaries' total income or consumption (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.455 to 90.86; higher is better.
Gini Index of Monthly EarningsILO · 2024 · world median 0.3370.5150.337No real change since 2019
Angola: 0.515 · world median 0.337 · Gini index of employees’ monthly earnings (0 = all paid the same, 1 = maximum inequality). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.182 to 0.643; lower is better.
Position 8th of 75 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2024 · world median 20.975.420.9No real change since 2019
Angola: 75.4 · world median 20.9 · Population in moderate or severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 88.8; lower is better.
Position 9th of 135 · derived, 1st = worst.
Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary CompletionUIS · 2024 · world median 0.5290.0480.529No earlier reading
Angola: 0.048 · world median 0.529 · Adjusted wealth parity index, lower secondary completion (poorest vs richest fifth; 1 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.032 to 1.022; higher is better.
Coefficient of Human InequalityUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 17.0539.8717.05▼ Worsened since 2015
Angola: 39.87 · world median 17.05 · Coefficient of Human Inequality (%). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.865 to 43.08; lower is better.
Position 4th of 169 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end3
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health SpendingWorld Bank Group · 2019 · world median 6.8812.266.88No earlier reading
Angola: 12.26 · world median 6.88 · Population in households spending more than 10% of their budget on health out of pocket (%). World Bank Group, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0.133 to 31.21.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.555.184.55Moved since 2017
Angola: 5.18 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
Poverty Headcount at National Poverty LinesWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 21.832.321.8No earlier reading
Angola: 32.3 · world median 21.8 · Population below the national poverty line (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 82.3.
No current reading for Angola
Gini Index (last 2018), Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) (last 2018), Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, Income Share Held by Lowest 20% (last 2018), Income Share Held by Richest 10% (last 2018), Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person (last 2018), Palma Ratio (last 2018), Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day (last 2018), Prosperity Gap (last 2018) and Societal Poverty Rate (last 2018). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Poverty & Inequality among Angola’s 16 topics
Poverty & Inequality is Angola’s 16th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability1st of 1863/4 keys
- Energy60th of 1653/3 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 106th of 1984/4 keys
- Gender & Equality128th of 1834/4 keys
- Peace & Security125th of 1774/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties152nd of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 136th of 1774/4 keys
- Work & Labour142nd of 1824/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions154th of 1944/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital157th of 1963/3 keys
- Economy & Innovation145th of 1763/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing178th of 2004/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience177th of 1933/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge184th of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture172nd of 1844/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality152nd of 1593/3 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on poverty & inequality
The three countries placed highest of 159, and the leaders Angola can most readily be measured against.
1
BelarusEastern Europe
1st of 159 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: zedlik , cropped by Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
SloveniaSouthern Europe
2nd of 159 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Z.K. derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
=3
UkraineEastern Europe
Joint 3rd of 159 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: uploaded by Chern038 · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Tunisia43rd3/3 keysHighest in Middle Africa
Gabon102nd3/3 keysThis page
Angola152nd3/3 keys
Positions out of 159 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Angola on poverty & inequality: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Angola rank on poverty & inequality?
Angola is placed 152nd of 159 countries on Poverty & Inequality in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Gini Index, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day and Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Gini Index figure for Angola?
51.26 in 2023 (gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 33.72.
What is the latest Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day figure for Angola?
16.3 in 2023 (poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.345.
How does Angola compare with DR Congo on poverty & inequality?
DR Congo is placed 157th of 159, and Angola 152nd. Gini Index: DR Congo 44.67, Angola 51.26; Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day: DR Congo 48.69, Angola 16.3; Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet: DR Congo 90.1, Angola 72.9.
How have Angola’s poverty & inequality figures changed?
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet rose from 60.1 in 2017 to 72.9 in 2025.
Which poverty & inequality statistics are missing for Angola?
No current reading is published for Angola on Gini Index, Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, Income Share Held by Richest 10%, Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, Palma Ratio, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, Prosperity Gap and Societal Poverty Rate. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
These figures come from household surveys, which most countries run every few years rather than every year. So the subject's standing is read from each country's most recent survey of the last decade, with the year of every reading shown, rather than from one year in which only a minority of countries were surveyed. Two readings decide it — how unequally income is shared and how deep extreme poverty runs — because the other poverty and inequality measures here largely repeat one of those two or repeat average income, which already counts under Economy and Development. Countries with no survey in the last decade have no standing here. What work pays is under Work & Labour; wealth, as opposed to income, has no global source this site is permitted to republish.
How the Poverty & Inequality standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The poverty & inequality method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Gini Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 19 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Angola’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Angola (banner) — Paulo César Santos derivative work: Jjtkk, CC0
- Belarus — zedlik , cropped by Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Slovenia — Z.K. derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 3.0
- Ukraine — uploaded by Chern038, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Angola: Poverty & Inequality — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/angola/poverty