Southern Africa
Angola
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Angola's #1 import source (world lens). Angola is the EU's #76 goods supplier.
Angola on the world stage
Total imports
$15.0bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$39.4bn
192 partners
#1 import source
China
15.2%
#1 export dest.
China
41.4%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Angola and the EU
EU imports from
€4.8bn
0.2% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€3.1bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #76 supplier
EU trade balance
import-tilted
coverage 0.65
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
25
EUR/MWh
Consumer
15
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
167
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
72%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Export-revenue + dam debtMarket model
State monopoly (PRODEL/RNT)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
IRSE (Instituto Regulador do Sector Electrico)
Large hydro dams (Lauca 2,070 MW, Cambambe 960 MW) built with Chinese debt, but transmission cannot deliver power to demand centres. Tariffs kept at 25 EUR/MWh, well below cost recovery, while debt service continues.
Tracked infrastructure
2 gas plants
720 MW
6 solar farms
459 MW · 2 building
4 hydro plants
3.5 GW · 1 building
1 steel plants
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
4
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Iron
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
16.5
→ 20.9 by 2050
Fertility
5.05
above replacement
Working-age
52.8%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5.4
→ 6.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 37.9M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +96% (74.3M)