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General Information

Main indices

  • Birth rate: 48.4%
  • Death rate: 18.8%
  • Population growth rate: 2.9%
  • Population aged under 15: 47.5%
  • Population over 65 2.7%
  • Infant mortality rate: 154/1000
  • Life expectancy at birth 40.2%
  • Literacy rate 42%
  • Human development index (UNDP 2001) 0.377 (164th of 175 countries)

Per capita GDP: USD/PPC 6.500 (in 2007)

GDP: USD 80.95 billion (in 2007)

Distribution of employment: agriculture (75%), industry (8%) and services (17%)

Currency: Kwanza

Natural resources and production: precious wood (pau-preto, ebony, sandalwood, African blackwood, rarewood and ironwood), oil, diamonds, iron, copper, gold, lead, zinc, manganese, tungsten, tin and uranium.

Climate: Tropical. Temperate in higher altitudes.

The emblem of the Republic of Angola

This is composed of a half cog-wheel and a spray of maize, coffee and cotton that respectively represent the workers and industrial production, farm workers and agricultural produce.

At the bottom is an open book, symbolizing education and culture, and the rising sun, signifying the new nation. In the centre is a machete and a spade, symbolizing work and the start of the armed struggle.

Above is a star, symbol of international solidarity and progress. At the base of the emblem is gold banner bearing the inscription 'Republic of Angola' in Portuguese.

The emblem of the Republic of Angola

This is composed of a half cog-wheel and a spray of maize, coffee and cotton that respectively represent the workers and industrial production, farm workers and agricultural produce. At the bottom is an open book, symbolizing education and culture, and the rising sun, signifying the new nation. In the centre is a machete and a spade, symbolizing work and the start of the armed struggle. Above is a star, symbol of international solidarity and progress. At the base of the emblem is gold banner bearing the inscription 'Republic of Angola' in Portuguese.

National flag of Angola

The top half is red and the bottom half black. The red stands for the Angolan blood spilt during the struggle for independence, while the black is the African continent. The central symbol is a cog-wheel and a machete, crossed, and a star, which symbolize the workers.