Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita (Riley; Zijdeman) in Angola
Angola: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita (Riley; Zijdeman) was 64.62 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in Angola, 1940–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Angola stood at 64.62 years. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Angola peaked at 64.62 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 26.98 years, in 1940.
Angola ranks 210th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita (Riley; Zijdeman) in Angola, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 26.98 years | — |
| 1950 | 35.87 years | +32.9% |
| 1951 | 36.05 years | +0.5% |
| 1952 | 36.22 years | +0.5% |
| 1953 | 36.43 years | +0.6% |
| 1954 | 36.63 years | +0.5% |
| 1955 | 36.85 years | +0.6% |
| 1956 | 37.08 years | +0.6% |
| 1957 | 37.27 years | +0.5% |
| 1958 | 37.47 years | +0.5% |
| 1959 | 37.69 years | +0.6% |
| 1960 | 37.93 years | +0.6% |
| 1961 | 36.9 years | -2.7% |
| 1962 | 37.17 years | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 37.42 years | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 37.7 years | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 37.97 years | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 38.26 years | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 38.62 years | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 38.97 years | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 39.33 years | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 39.69 years | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 40.08 years | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 40.47 years | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 40.87 years | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 41.26 years | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 40.82 years | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 40.81 years | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 41.21 years | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 41.57 years | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 41.91 years | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 42.24 years | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 42.56 years | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 42.86 years | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 41.97 years | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 42.25 years | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 42.49 years | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 42.74 years | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 40.79 years | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 41.47 years | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 41.7 years | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 41.85 years | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 43.81 years | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 42.27 years | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 42.19 years | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 43.57 years | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 46.14 years | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 46.42 years | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 46.69 years | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 45.45 years | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 45.81 years | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 46.5 years | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 47.03 years | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 47.87 years | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 50.22 years | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 51.12 years | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 52.13 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 52.96 years | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 54.2 years | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 55.28 years | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 56.23 years | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 57.24 years | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 58.09 years | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 58.92 years | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 59.7 years | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 60.4 years | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 61.04 years | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 61.62 years | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 62.12 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 62.62 years | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 63.05 years | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 63.12 years | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 62.96 years | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 64.25 years | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 64.62 years | +0.6% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 64.62 years is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67.65 years, 96% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Angola's 64.62 years is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 64.1 years, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita (Riley; Zijdeman) in Angola changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | +32.9% | 26.98 years | 35.87 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 26.98 years | 26.98 years | 26.98 years | 1 |
| 1950s | 36.76 years | 35.87 years | 37.69 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 38.03 years | 36.9 years | 39.33 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 40.87 years | 39.69 years | 41.91 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 42.11 years | 40.79 years | 42.86 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.42 years | 41.85 years | 46.69 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.35 years | 46.5 years | 56.23 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.48 years | 57.24 years | 63.05 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.73 years | 62.96 years | 64.62 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Angola
More health data for Angola
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.27 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 31,754 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 79 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0823 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0836 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Angola?
- Life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Angola was 64.62 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 64.62 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.98 years in 1940.
- How does Angola rank for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Angola ranks 210th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 75 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.