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2022
Economic Complexity
Trade -1.55Rank 126 of 133
2022
Product
Exports | Imports $54.1B | $16.5B58 of 226 |  92 of 226
2022
Per Capita Product
Exports | Imports $1.52k | $463105 of 220 |  186 of 220

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Overview In 2022, Angola was the number 67 economy in the world in terms of GDP (current US$), the number 58 in total exports, the number 92 in total imports, the number 135 economy in terms of GDP per capita (current US$) and the number 126 most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI) .

Exports The top exports of Angola are Crude Petroleum ($39.4B), Petroleum Gas ($6.62B), Diamonds ($5.02B), Refined Petroleum ($837M), and Special Purpose Ships ($574M), exporting mostly to China ($21.8B), India ($4.81B), Netherlands ($3.91B), France ($3.8B), and United Arab Emirates ($3.63B).

Imports The top imports of Angola are Refined Petroleum ($2.16B), Wheat ($545M), Cars ($468M), Poultry Meat ($436M), and Palm Oil ($355M), importing mostly from China ($3.91B), Portugal ($1.59B), Netherlands ($1.25B), United Arab Emirates ($745M), and India ($734M).

In 2022, Angola was the world's biggest importer of Eyewear and Clock Glass ($80.6M)

Location Angola borders Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Namibia, and Zambia by land.

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The following section uses the most recent trade data from partners of Angola.

Disclaimer: data is presented based on availability and only countries that use the harmonized system are being shown.

* Trade values are converted to USD using each month's exchange rate. For December 2023 data, the exchange rate from December 30, 2023 is used.

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The data obtained is mirror data. The trade of countries that do not report current data can be reconstructed based on data reported by partner countries with current data available.

*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.

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Historical Data

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Top Export (2022)Crude Petroleum$39.4B
Top Destination (2022)China$21.8B

In 2022, Angola exported a total of $54.1B, making it the number 58 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Angola have changed by $16.3B from $37.8B in 2017 to $54.1B in 2022.

The most recent exports are led by Crude Petroleum ($39.4B), Petroleum Gas ($6.62B), Diamonds ($5.02B), Refined Petroleum ($837M), and Special Purpose Ships ($574M). The most common destination for the exports of Angola are China ($21.8B), India ($4.81B), Netherlands ($3.91B), France ($3.8B), and United Arab Emirates ($3.63B).

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Fastest Growing Export Markets (2021 - 2022)
Netherlands$3.62B (+ 1.25k%)
France$3.41B (+ 864%)
India$1.91B (+ 66.1%)
Fastest Growing Import Markets (2021 - 2022)
China$1.7B (+ 76.5%)
Netherlands$790M (+ 172%)
Portugal$404M (+ 34%)

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Service Trade

Angola Exports Services (2018)$631M
Angola Imports Services (2018)$10B

In 2018, Angola exported $631M worth of services. The top services exported by Angola in 2018 were Business travel ($452M), Personal travel ($91.8M), Computer and information services ($30.9M), Transportation ($27.9M), and Other business services ($19.9M).

The top services imported by Angola in 2018 were Transportation ($3.32B), Other business services ($2.68B), Construction services ($1.89B), Personal travel ($497M), and Insurance services ($394M).

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Economic Complexity

Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

Angola has a high level of specialization in Densified Wood (40.1), Granite (26.5), Diamonds (17.9), Other Sea Vessels (16.1), and Crude Petroleum (11.9). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Angola observed and expected exports in each product.

Most Complex Products by PCI

The highest complexity exports of Angola according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar;... (0.011), Vessels; other, including warships and lifeboats, other than rowing boats (-0.28), Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels; for processing or preserving fishery... (-0.51), Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for... (-0.51), and Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt; on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen,... (-1.15). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

Export Opportunities by Relatedness

The top export opportunities for Angola according to the relatedness index, were Sulphur (0.026), Refined Petroleum (0.025), Titanium Ore (0.025), Niobium, Tantalum, Vanadium and Zirconium Ore (0.024), and Cocoa Beans (0.024). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Angola is not specialized in.

Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products a country currently specializes in.

Relatedness Space

This network shows the products most related to the production structure of Angola. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that Angola exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

Relatedness Space (2022)

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk vs strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower greenhouse emissions.

Diversification Frontier

Economic Complexity Ranking

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During the last 20 years Angola's⁩ ⁨economy has become relatively less complex, moving from the ⁩⁨103rd to the 126th⁩ position in the ECI rank.

These economic complexity rankings use 6 digit exports classified according to the HS96 classification. We consider only countries with population of at least 1 million and exports of at least $1 billion, and products with world trade over $500 million. To explore different rankings and vary these parameters visit the custom rankings section.

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