Angola
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| Angola | |
 Flag of Angola | |
| Population (In Millions) | 19.62 |
| Human Development Index | 148/169 |
| Gross Domestic Product (In USD Billions - World Bank) | 104.33 |
| Global Peace Index | 87/153 |
| Happy Planet Index | 130/143 |
| Social Institutions and Gender Index | - /86 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 160/163 |
| Child Mortality Rate | 96.4 |
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Angola
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Geography
Angola is situated in Southern Africa on the South Atlantic Ocean, with Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo as neighbor. It has borders with Congo (Kinshasa) for 2511km, Congo (Brazzaville) for 201km, Namibia for 1376km and Zambia for 1110km.[1]
Quality of Life
Multidimensional Poverty Index
The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for Angola is 0.452. The MPI is an international measure of acute poverty covering 109 countries. The MPI reflects the multiple deprivations that poor people face at the same time in three dimensions: health, education and living standards. The MPI reflects both the incidence or headcount ratio (H) of poverty – the proportion of the population that is multidimensionally poor – and the average intensity (A) of their poverty – the average proportion of indicators in which poor people are deprived. More information on the MPI in Angola is available here.
UNDP Human Development Report Trends - 2011
The HDI represents a push for a broader definition of well-being and provides a composite measure of three basic dimensions of human development: health, education and income. According to the United Nations Development Programme, Angola was ranked 148th out of 187 countries in the world in the Human Development Index which is a composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development- a long healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. The HDI of Subsaharan Africa as a region is at 0.463 in 2011, which places Angola above the regional average.[2] With an HDI of 0.482 in 2011, Angola's score is broken down as follows:
Health: 0.490
Education: 0.482
Income: 0.557
Jobs and Earnings
Multidimensional Poverty Index
The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for Angola is 0.452. The MPI is an international measure of acute poverty covering 109 countries. The MPI reflects the multiple deprivations that poor people face at the same time in three dimensions: health, education and living standards. The MPI reflects both the incidence or headcount ratio (H) of poverty – the proportion of the population that is multidimensionally poor – and the average intensity (A) of their poverty – the average proportion of indicators in which poor people are deprived. More information on the MPI in Albania is available here.
Civic Engagement and Governance
Official Statistics
Happiness in Angola
This is an overview of findings on Happiness in Angola.The available findings are presented in the latest ‘Nation Report’ on Angola [3] . This report is ordered by type of happiness questions and within these types by year. This ordering is to facilitate the assessment of progress, comparison over time being most fruitful using the same questions.
The report presents means and standard deviations, both on the original scale range and transformed to a common range 0-10. The means inform about the level of happiness in the country and the standard deviations about inequality of happiness.
Links provide more detail about the precise text of the question, the full distribution of responses and technical details of the survey. The report is continuously updated.
