Angola
Republic of Angola
- Capital
- Luanda
- Region
- Middle Africa
- Population, 2025
- 39 million
- Currency
- AOA
- Area
- 1,246,700 km²
Across Angola's 1 priced cities, one person needs about $950 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,400.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
54out of 100
- Purchasing power25%75
- Safety20%35
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%63
- Connectivity10%6
- Cost10%78
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
37.8
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
17.0
New York = 100
Purchasing power
168.4
New York = 100
One person
$950
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,400
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$382
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$3,129
2025
Growth
+3.1%
2025
Unemployment
14.1%
2025
Inflation
20.2%
2025
Life expectancy
64.8 years
2024
Internet users
41%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 14%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 10%
- SourceWikipedia
- Social security, employee
- 3%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 8%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 34.6
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 65.4
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2016
- 4.1
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #140 worldwide
- 22
- Mobile downloadMbps, median
- —
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +6%
Cities in Angola
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Luanda | 57 | 37.8 | $382 | $1,400 | 168.4 | 2.8M | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 2Balombo | 56 | — | — | — | — | 109K | Low confidence |
| 3Malanje | 56 | — | — | — | — | 455K | Low confidence |
| 4Catchiungo | 56 | — | — | — | — | 120.7K | Low confidence |
| 5Mossamedes | 55 | — | — | — | — | 255K | Low confidence |
| 6Lobito | 55 | — | — | — | — | 393.1K | Low confidence |
| 7Cuíto | 55 | — | — | — | — | 355.4K | Low confidence |
| 8Huambo | 55 | — | — | — | — | 595.3K | Low confidence |
| 9Caála | 55 | — | — | — | — | 130K | Low confidence |
| 10Menongue | 55 | — | — | — | — | 251.2K | Low confidence |
| 11Luena | 54 | — | — | — | — | 273.7K | Low confidence |
| 12Baía Farta | 54 | — | — | — | — | 107.8K | Low confidence |
| 13Benguela | 54 | — | — | $3,946 | — | 555.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 14Navegantes | 54 | — | — | — | — | 240.1K | Low confidence |
| 15Saurimo | 54 | — | — | — | — | 393K | Low confidence |
| 16Ondjiva | 53 | — | — | — | — | 121.5K | Low confidence |
| 17Ramiros | 53 | — | — | — | — | 323.6K | Low confidence |
| 18Chitato | 53 | — | — | — | — | 246.9K | Low confidence |
| 19Zango | 53 | — | — | — | — | 198.5K | Low confidence |
| 20Dundo | 53 | — | — | — | — | 177.6K | Low confidence |
| 21Lucapa | 53 | — | — | — | — | 110K | Low confidence |
| 22Calumbo | 53 | — | — | — | — | 652.3K | Low confidence |
| 23Bocoio | 53 | — | — | — | — | 164.7K | Low confidence |
| 24Panguíla | 53 | — | — | — | — | 158.1K | Low confidence |
| 25Mulenvos | 52 | — | — | — | — | 882K | Low confidence |
| 26Viana | 52 | — | — | — | — | 865.9K | Low confidence |
| 27Kikolo | 52 | — | — | — | — | 728.2K | Low confidence |
| 28Maianga | 52 | — | — | — | — | 727.7K | Low confidence |
| 29Camama | 52 | — | — | — | — | 667.1K | Low confidence |
| 30Golfe | 52 | — | — | — | — | 655.8K | Low confidence |
| 31Hoji ya Henda | 52 | — | — | — | — | 642.1K | Low confidence |
| 32Talatona | 52 | — | — | — | — | 500K | Low confidence |
| 33Nova Vida | 52 | — | — | — | — | 465K | Low confidence |
| 34Kima Kieza | 52 | — | — | — | — | 428.9K | Low confidence |
| 35Cazenga | 52 | — | — | — | — | 394.2K | Low confidence |
| 36Samba | 52 | — | — | — | — | 365K | Low confidence |
| 37Vila Flor | 52 | — | — | — | — | 256.1K | Low confidence |
| 38Kilamba | 52 | — | — | — | — | 237.5K | Low confidence |
| 39Benfica | 52 | — | — | — | — | 191.8K | Low confidence |
| 40Rangel | 52 | — | — | — | — | 190.6K | Low confidence |
| 41Sambizanga | 52 | — | — | — | — | 177.8K | Low confidence |
| 42Cacuaco | 52 | — | — | — | — | 146.9K | Low confidence |
| 43Ingombota | 52 | — | — | — | — | 144.9K | Low confidence |
| 44Lubango | 51 | — | — | — | — | 600.8K | Low confidence |
| 45Soyo | 51 | — | — | — | — | 221.6K | Low confidence |
| 46Sumbe | 51 | — | — | — | — | 205.8K | Low confidence |
| 47N'dalatando | 49 | — | — | — | — | 161.6K | Low confidence |
| 48Cabinda | 48 | — | $628 | — | — | 550K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 49Gabela | 42 | — | — | — | — | 116.9K | Low confidence |
| 50Uíge | 41 | — | — | — | — | 322.5K | Low confidence |
| 51Mbanza Kongo | 40 | — | — | — | — | 148K | Low confidence |
| 52Caluquembe | — | — | — | — | — | 31K | Low confidence |
| 53Caconda | — | — | — | — | — | 15K | Low confidence |