Angola — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Angola, 1980–2025.
GDP per capita for Angola was 3,129 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 46 years, from 1980 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 5,702 in 2012. The lowest was 335 in 1994 (about 9.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.29% per year.
Angola ranks 159 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 75%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Angola sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 45% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 14%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 12 of 47 economies; Cote d'Ivoire (3,050) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 87% in 2002. That is 14% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1980 level: doubled by 2005. Doubling roughly every 21 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 115th of 163 in 1980 → 122nd of 192 in 1990 → 158th of 204 in 2000 → 127th of 212 in 2010 → 172nd of 210 in 2020 → 137th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1980 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,129.48 | +15.0% |
| 2024 | 2,720.82 | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 2,885.51 | -19.8% |
| 2022 | 3,598.54 | +58.7% |
| 2021 | 2,266.97 | +29.6% |
| 2020 | 1,749.18 | -30.3% |
| 2019 | 2,507.87 | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 2,891.83 | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 2,832.15 | +36.0% |
| 2016 | 2,082.37 | -42.8% |
| 2015 | 3,641.73 | -35.5% |
| 2014 | 5,649.69 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 5,688.58 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 5,702.45 | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 5,184.15 | +26.4% |
| 2010 | 4,101.64 | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 3,645.15 | -20.4% |
| 2008 | 4,578.16 | +30.2% |
| 2007 | 3,515.06 | +19.9% |
| 2006 | 2,930.44 | +36.6% |
| 2005 | 2,145.89 | +47.8% |
| 2004 | 1,451.47 | +28.0% |
| 2003 | 1,133.66 | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 999.07 | +87.2% |
| 2001 | 533.59 | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 563.73 | +43.5% |
| 1999 | 392.73 | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 429.19 | -17.7% |
| 1997 | 521.7 | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 531.12 | +31.4% |
| 1995 | 404.29 | +20.7% |
| 1994 | 334.97 | -25.5% |
| 1993 | 449.73 | -32.7% |
| 1992 | 668.71 | -24.2% |
| 1991 | 881.92 | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 965.87 | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 907.75 | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 807.44 | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 770.1 | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 697.53 | -9.7% |
| 1985 | 772.47 | +18.8% |
| 1984 | 650.49 | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 636.83 | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 634.22 | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 657.98 | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 729.11 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Angola’s GDP per capita in 1981?
657.98 (1981). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Angola’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Angola’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1980 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +329.2% in total — about 3.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3,129.48; 2024: 2,720.82; 2023: 2,885.51; 2022: 3,598.54; 2021: 2,266.97. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.