🇦🇴 Angola Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇦🇴 Angola AO / AGO #22

Nomad Score 41.0

Cities 8

Region African Union, Lusophone, Africa, Africa, Middle Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency AOA

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 32/100

Press Freedom (2025) 52.7/100 #100

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.344

HDI 0.616

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 32th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 15th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 29th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 15th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 23th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 28th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2016) 4.1/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 26.1/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.0% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Angola	João Lourenço
Vice President of Angola	Esperança da Costa

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 32 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 52.7 / 100

Global Rank #100 / 180

Rank Change +4 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #118 38.7

Economic #155 30.3

Legal #101 56.9

Social #76 63.8

Safety #98 73.7

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.344

Liberal 0.163

Participatory 0.103

Deliberative 0.173

Egalitarian 0.129

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	52.7	100	38.7	30.3	56.9	63.8	73.7
2024	52.4	104	40.8	36.8	56.0	58.3	70.3
2023	48.3	125	43.6	31.8	51.2	54.7	60.2
2022	57.2	99	52.8	35.0	61.1	73.0	63.9
2021	65.9	103	-	-	-	-	74.4
2020	66.1	106	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	65.0	109	-	-	-	-	86.1
2018	61.7	121	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	59.6	125	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	60.1	123	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	62.2	123	-	-	-	-	93.1
2014	63.5	124	-	-	-	-	-
2013	62.2	130	-	-	-	-	-
2012	58.4	132	-	-	-	-	-
2010	28.5	104	-	-	-	-	-
2009	36.5	119	-	-	-	-	-
2008	29.5	116	-	-	-	-	-
2007	26.5	91	-	-	-	-	-
2006	21.5	91	-	-	-	-	-
2005	18.0	76	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index