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Angola

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 0.6 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has fallen by 39%.

74% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 52.1% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 4,607,942 hectares: 8.3% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

In 2025, 21,696 hectares of old tropical forest were lost.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year0.592024−0.374.73
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)4.212024−3.206.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person1.152024−0.811.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year1.322024−2.460.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.0420240.00100.00
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.1332022−0.0370.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year182024−3—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year2,6802023−89021,286
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%73.72024+20.931.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%73.72024+20.940.9
Solar share of electricity%2.82024+2.66.9
Wind share of electricity%0.020240.08.1
Coal share of electricity%0.020240.034.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity1852024−139471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest52.12023−4.4—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 101,219 ha2002: 61,008 ha2003: 52,464 ha2004: 71,271 ha2005: 93,437 ha2006: 76,936 ha2007: 145,288 ha2008: 103,557 ha2009: 165,903 ha2010: 159,800 ha2011: 182,910 ha2012: 180,747 ha2013: 168,837 ha2014: 212,656 ha2015: 161,711 ha2016: 229,691 ha2017: 280,422 ha2018: 242,522 ha2019: 175,077 ha2020: 247,979 ha2021: 298,262 ha2022: 266,915 ha2023: 268,278 ha2024: 283,340 ha2025: 377,712 ha
2001377,712 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 170.4 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 66.0 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data