Angola

Angola's US$ GDP jumped 18.5% to US$122.2 billion in 2025, lifting it 2 places to 70th, but real growth was only +3.1%; most of the gain was exchange-rate and price effects, not output. Inflation stood at 20.2%.

Services make up 46.8% of output, industry 27.1% and agriculture 25.2%, with manufacturing at 6.8%. Unemployment was 14.1% and government gross debt 52.9% of GDP. With 39.0 million people, GDP per capita of US$3,129 ranks 144th, and 134th on a PPP basis.

The 5th-largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa has grown 13.4 times in dollar terms since 2000, when it measured US$9.1 billion and ranked 92nd. Yet it remains below its 2014 peak of US$153.4 billion. Angola now sits between Guatemala and Ghana and is about the size of Delaware. The IMF projects GDP of US$167.3 billion by 2030, a +37% rise, with a forecast ranking of 67th.