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Angola — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Angola, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
74.79%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -3.2% since 1990
Labor participation for Angola was 74.79% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 77.42% in 1995. The lowest was 73.32% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.09% per year.
Angola ranks 18 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 10%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Angola sits above it. It peaked in 1995 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
74.79%
First (1990)
77.27%
Change
-3.2%
Highest
77.42%
in 1995
Lowest
73.32%
in 2020
Average
76.64%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.09%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.79% |
| 2024 | 74.88% |
| 2023 | 74.89% |
| 2022 | 75.25% |
| 2021 | 76.37% |
| 2020 | 73.32% |
| 2019 | 75.02% |
| 2018 | 75.32% |
| 2017 | 75.61% |
| 2016 | 75.9% |
| 2015 | 76.19% |
| 2014 | 76.47% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.