Key facts

Population: 17 million (World Bank (WB), 2007).
Average life expectancy: 42 years (WB, 2006). UK: 78 years (UN Statistics Division (UNSD), 2007).
Average per capita income: $4,400 (purchasing power parity (PPP)) (WB, 2007). UK: $33,800 (PPP) (WB, 2007).
Gross national income (GNI): $74.9 billion (PPP) (WB, 2007).
Average annual growth rate: 23.4% (WB, 2007).
Percentage of people not meeting daily food needs: 26% of the population lives in extreme poverty (UN Development Programme (UNDP), 2000.
Women dying in childbirth: 1,400 per 100,000 live births (Millennium Development Goals Indicators (MDGI) est., 2005). UK: 8 per 100,000 (UNSD, 2005).
Children dying before age 5: 260 per 1,000 live births (MDGI est., 2006). UK: 6 per 1,000 (UNSD, 2005).
Percentage of children receiving primary school education: 53% (WB/Angola Interim Strategy, 2000).
Percentage of people aged 15-49 living with HIV/AIDS: 2.1% (MDGI, 2007). UK: 0.2% (UNSD, 2007).
Percentage of people with access to safe, clean water: 51% (MDGI, 2006).
Total UK aid received (2008/09): £3.4m (Source: Statistics for International Development 2009)

Progress towards Millennium Development Goals

The Angolan government has been building up the country’s infrastructure with the aim of providing basic services to the majority of the population. However, achieving any of the Millennium Development Goals will be a major challenge.

MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
54% of the population lives below the international poverty line.

MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education
There is not enough up-to-date information to assess Angola's progress towards this MDG (or lack of it).

MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
30% of seats in Parliament are held by women.

MDG 4: Reduce child mortality
An estimated 260 children under the age of 5 die per 1,000 live births. Only Sierra Leone has a worse child mortality rate.

MDG 5: Improve maternal health
For every 100,000 live births, an estimated 1,400 women die just before, during or just after childbirth. Only Sierra Leone, Niger, Afghanistan and Chad have worse maternal mortality rates.

MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
2% of the population between the ages of 15 and 49 is living with HIV. The incidence of tuberculosis continues to rise, with some 285 people out of every 100,000 having the disease. However, there have been reductions in the TB death rate.

MDG 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Only 51% of the population have access to a source of improved drinking water although this is an increase from 39% in 1990. Only 50% have access to improved sanitation, but this represents good progress from 26% in 1990.

MDG 8: Develop a global partnership for development
An element of this MDG is access to communications technology. From 2000 to 2006, the number of people in Angola with a mobile phone subscription rose massively from 0.2 per 100 to 14.33.

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