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Angola vs Namibia

112 shared metrics.

AngolaLeads in 52

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NamibiaLeads in 60

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Angola

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Angola.

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Identity

Name origin: in the 15th century, Portuguese explorers derived the name from the title "N'gola," which was held by kings of the Ndongo.

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Namibia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Namibia.

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Curated stat

Namibia's Namib Desert is considered the oldest desert on Earth.

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Analysis

Namibia leads in 60 of 112 shared metrics, while Angola leads in 52.

Angola's High-Tech Exports (%) is 141.3x that of Namibia (16.69% vs 0.12%).

Angola's Broadband Access (%) is 49.5x that of Namibia (202 per 100 people vs 4.0 per 100 people).

Angola's Air Passengers is 20.9x that of Namibia (1.32M vs 60.3K).

Angola's Government Debt (% GDP) is 15.2x that of Namibia (75.3% of GDP vs 4.6% of GDP).

Angola's Population is 12.7x that of Namibia (38.98M vs 2.85M).

Key Comparisons

High-Tech Exports (%)Angola leads

Angola

16.69%

Namibia

0.12%

Broadband Access (%)Angola leads

Angola

202 per 100 people

Namibia

4.0 per 100 people

Air PassengersAngola leads

Angola

1.32M

Namibia

60.3K

Government Debt (% GDP)Angola leads

Angola

75.3% of GDP

Namibia

4.6% of GDP

PopulationAngola leads

Angola

38.98M

Namibia

2.85M

Electric Generating CapacityAngola leads

Angola

7.60M kW

Namibia

646.0K kW

All Metrics

High-Tech Exports (%)

Angola

16.69%

Namibia

0.12%

14128% higher

Broadband Access (%)

Angola

202 per 100 people

Namibia

4.0 per 100 people

4950% higher

Air Passengers

Angola

1.32M

Namibia

60.3K

2091% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Angola

75.3% of GDP

Namibia

4.6% of GDP

1523% higher

Population

Angola

38.98M

Namibia

2.85M

1267% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Angola

7.60M kW

Namibia

646.0K kW

1076% higher

Irrigated Land

Angola

860 km²

Namibia

80 km²

975% higher

Forest Area

Angola

649.4K km²

Namibia

64.3K km²

911% higher

Electricity Generation

Angola

17.94 TWh

Namibia

1.9 TWh

849% higher

Population Density

Angola

29.48 /km²

Namibia

3.6 /km²

719% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Angola

28.1 Mt CO2e

Namibia

3.6 Mt CO2e

670% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Angola

$100,998,916,781.08

Namibia

$13,372,354,511.72

655% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Angola

117.0K

Namibia

16.0K

631% higher

Water Withdrawal

Angola

0.71 B m³

Namibia

0.10 B m³

585% higher

Inflation Rate

Angola

28.2%

Namibia

4.2%

571% higher

Forest Coverage (%)

Angola

52.09%

Namibia

7.8%

567% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Angola

Namibia

327% higher

Shipping Traffic

Angola

654.6K

Namibia

160.4K

308% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Angola

185.38 gCO2/kWh

Namibia

48.78 gCO2/kWh

280% higher

Firms Making Informal Payments

Angola

19.12% of firms

Namibia

5.9% of firms

224% higher

Comparison of Angola and Namibia across 112 metrics
				Winner
High-Tech Exports (%)	16.69%	0.12%	14128% higher	Angola
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	4.0 per 100 people	4950% higher	Angola
Air Passengers	1.32M	60.3K	2091% higher	Angola
Government Debt (% GDP)	75.3% of GDP	4.6% of GDP	1523% higher	Angola
Population	38.98M	2.85M	1267% higher	Angola
Electric Generating Capacity	7.60M kW	646.0K kW	1076% higher	Angola
Irrigated Land	860 km²	80 km²	975% higher	Angola
Forest Area	649.4K km²	64.3K km²	911% higher	Angola
Electricity Generation	17.94 TWh	1.9 TWh	849% higher	Angola
Population Density	29.48 /km²	3.6 /km²	719% higher	Angola
Total CO2 Emissions	28.1 Mt CO2e	3.6 Mt CO2e	670% higher	Angola
GDP (Nominal)	$100,998,916,781.08	$13,372,354,511.72	655% higher	Angola
Armed Forces Personnel	117.0K	16.0K	631% higher	Angola
Water Withdrawal	0.71 B m³	0.10 B m³	585% higher	Angola
Inflation Rate	28.2%	4.2%	571% higher	Angola
Forest Coverage (%)	52.09%	7.8%	567% higher	Angola
Merchant Fleet Size	64	15	327% higher	Angola
Shipping Traffic	654.6K	160.4K	308% higher	Angola
Electricity Carbon Intensity	185.38 gCO2/kWh	48.78 gCO2/kWh	280% higher	Angola
Firms Making Informal Payments	19.12% of firms	5.9% of firms	224% higher	Angola
Spirits Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	0.46 L/person/yr	142% higher	Angola
Teen Birth Rate	140.84 per 1k	66.03 per 1k	113% higher	Angola
Political Corruption Index	0.57	0.27	108% higher	Angola
Capital Elevation	6.0 m	1.6K m	100% lower	Namibia
Solar Electricity Share	2.8%	35.37%	92% lower	Namibia
Fertility Rate	5.5 children/woman	2.9 children/woman	91% higher	Angola
Tourism Revenue	$19,000,000	$155,000,000	88% lower	Namibia
Milk Consumption per Person	12.3 kg/person/yr	73.05 kg/person/yr	83% lower	Namibia
Scientific Publications	44.99	219.77	80% lower	Namibia
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	7.7% of GDP	32.96% of GDP	77% lower	Namibia
Renewable Energy (%)	52.9%	30%	76% higher	Angola
Health Spending Per Capita	$101.26	$405.59	75% lower	Namibia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	17.52 per 100k	67.43 per 100k	74% lower	Namibia
Women in Senior Management	12.51% of managers	48.24% of managers	74% lower	Namibia
Protected Land (%)	10.8%	39.9%	73% lower	Namibia
Imports (% GDP)	19.36% of GDP	67.98% of GDP	72% lower	Namibia
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.5% of GDP	9.1% of GDP	72% lower	Namibia
Water Stress (%)	0.48%	1.7%	71% lower	Namibia
Informal Employment Share	95% of employed people	55.64% of employed people	71% higher	Angola
Liberal Democracy Index	0.16	0.52	69% lower	Namibia
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.9% of GDP	9.3% of GDP	69% lower	Namibia
Can Raise Emergency Money	28.06% of adults	90.87% of adults	69% lower	Namibia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	392.51 kWh/person	1.2K kWh/person	68% lower	Namibia
Birth Rate	39.75 per 1k	23.93 per 1k	66% higher	Angola
Military Spending	1.0% of GDP	2.7% of GDP	63% lower	Namibia
Digital Payments Used	25.04% of adults	67.62% of adults	63% lower	Namibia
University Enrollment Rate	10.0%	26.11%	62% lower	Namibia
Nurses & Midwives	1.3 per 1k	3.4 per 1k	62% lower	Namibia
Airports	112	294	62% lower	Namibia
Firms with Female Top Manager	10.37% of firms	27.53% of firms	62% lower	Namibia
Child Mortality	64 per 1k births	40.7 per 1k births	57% higher	Angola
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.24 per 1k	0.55 per 1k	56% lower	Namibia
Firms Asked for Bribes	21.51% of firms	13.77% of firms	56% higher	Angola
Credit Card Ownership	4.4% of adults	9.2% of adults	52% lower	Namibia
Land Area	1.25M km²	823.3K km²	51% higher	Angola
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	2.0 sites	50% lower	Namibia
CO2 Per Capita	0.59 t/person/yr	1.1 t/person/yr	49% lower	Namibia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.34	0.63	46% lower	Namibia
Beer Consumption	1.9 L/person/yr	1.3 L/person/yr	45% higher	Angola
Freedom of Expression Index	0.50	0.86	42% lower	Namibia
Urban Population (%)	70.66%	50.41%	40% higher	Angola
Energy Use (Per Capita)	423.12 kg oil eq/person	692.46 kg oil eq/person	39% lower	Namibia
GNI Per Capita	$2,840	$4,240	33% lower	Namibia
Insufficient Physical Activity	17.76% of adults	26.21% of adults	32% lower	Namibia
Road Traffic Death Rate	15 per 100k	22 per 100k	32% lower	Namibia
Obesity Rate	10.54%	15.29%	31% lower	Namibia
Dependency Ratio	89.41% of working-age pop.	68.5% of working-age pop.	31% higher	Angola
Corruption Perceptions Index	32 pts	46 pts	30% lower	Namibia
Internet Users (%)	45%	64%	30% lower	Namibia
Sanitation Access (%)	50.3%	38.72%	30% higher	Angola
Youth Unemployment Rate	27.23% of youth labor force	38.05% of youth labor force	28% lower	Namibia
Land Border Length	5.4K km	4.2K km	27% higher	Angola
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	25.15 µg/m³	19.99 µg/m³	26% higher	Angola
Exports (% GDP)	31.48% of GDP	41.64% of GDP	24% lower	Namibia
Unemployment Rate	14.46%	19.15%	24% lower	Namibia
Meat Consumption per Person	23.49 kg/person/yr	30.53 kg/person/yr	23% lower	Namibia
Agricultural Land (%)	36.95%	47.14%	22% lower	Namibia
Elderly Population (%)	2.9%	3.7%	22% lower	Namibia
Median Age	16.5 years	21.0 years	21% lower	Namibia
Youth Population (%)	44.35%	36.98%	20% higher	Angola
GDP Growth Rate	4.4%	3.7%	19% higher	Angola
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	70 per 100 people	85 per 100 people	18% lower	Namibia
Alcohol Consumption	4.1 L/adult/yr	5.0 L/adult/yr	18% lower	Namibia
Seafood Consumption per Person	13.9 kg/person/yr	12.11 kg/person/yr	15% higher	Angola
Firms Hit by Power Outages	61.41% of firms	53.68% of firms	14% higher	Angola
Hypertension Prevalence	38.9% of adults	44.7% of adults	13% lower	Namibia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$10,118.61	$11,686.6	13% lower	Namibia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	22 days/yr	20 days/yr	10% higher	Angola
Women's Political Empowerment	0.77	0.85	10% lower	Namibia
Electricity Access (%)	51.1%	56.7%	10% lower	Namibia
Human Development Index	0.62	0.67	7% lower	Namibia
Suicide Rate	8.1 per 100k	8.6 per 100k	6% lower	Namibia
Death Rate	6.7 per 1k	6.4 per 1k	6% higher	Angola
Railway Length	2.8K km	2.6K km	5% higher	Angola
Food Waste per Person	129.94 kg/person/yr	136.75 kg/person/yr	5% lower	Namibia
Average Weekly Work Hours	43.29 hrs/week	44.91 hrs/week	4% lower	Namibia
Life Expectancy	64.6 years	67.4 years	4% lower	Namibia
Women in Parliament (%)	39.55%	40.63%	3% lower	Namibia
Coastline Length	1.6K km	1.6K km	2% higher	Angola
Highest Elevation	2.6K m	2.6K m	2% higher	Angola
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Angola
Coal Electricity Share	0%	2.4%	ranked lower	Namibia
Wind Electricity Share	0%	1.2%	ranked lower	Namibia
Infant Mortality	38.3 per 1k births	38.4 per 1k births	equal	Namibia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Angola
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Angola
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Angola
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	0.40% of GDP	-13.2% of GDP	ranked higher	Angola
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	-1.1% of GDP	14.76% of GDP	ranked lower	Namibia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.07 per 100k people	ranked lower	Namibia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Angola
Border Neighbors	4.0	4.0	equal	Angola

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Analysis

Namibia leads in 60 of 112 shared metrics, while Angola leads in 52.

Angola's High-Tech Exports (%) is 141.3x that of Namibia (16.69% vs 0.12%).

Angola's Broadband Access (%) is 49.5x that of Namibia (202 per 100 people vs 4.0 per 100 people).

Angola's Air Passengers is 20.9x that of Namibia (1.32M vs 60.3K).

Angola's Government Debt (% GDP) is 15.2x that of Namibia (75.3% of GDP vs 4.6% of GDP).

Angola's Population is 12.7x that of Namibia (38.98M vs 2.85M).

Key Comparisons

High-Tech Exports (%)Angola leads

Angola

16.69%

Namibia

0.12%

Broadband Access (%)Angola leads

Angola

202 per 100 people

Namibia

4.0 per 100 people

Air PassengersAngola leads

Angola

1.32M

Namibia

60.3K

Government Debt (% GDP)Angola leads

Angola

75.3% of GDP

Namibia

4.6% of GDP

PopulationAngola leads

Angola

38.98M

Namibia

2.85M

Electric Generating CapacityAngola leads

Angola

7.60M kW

Namibia

646.0K kW

High-Tech Exports (%)

16.69%

0.12%

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

4.0 per 100 people

Air Passengers

1.32M

60.3K

Government Debt (% GDP)

75.3% of GDP

4.6% of GDP

Population

38.98M

2.85M

Electric Generating Capacity

7.60M kW

646.0K kW

Irrigated Land

860 km²

80 km²

Forest Area

649.4K km²

64.3K km²

Electricity Generation

17.94 TWh

1.9 TWh

Population Density

29.48 /km²

3.6 /km²

Total CO2 Emissions

28.1 Mt CO2e

3.6 Mt CO2e

GDP (Nominal)

$100,998,916,781.08

$13,372,354,511.72

Armed Forces Personnel

117.0K

16.0K

Water Withdrawal

0.71 B m³

0.10 B m³

Inflation Rate

28.2%

4.2%

Forest Coverage (%)

52.09%

7.8%

Merchant Fleet Size

Shipping Traffic

654.6K

160.4K

Electricity Carbon Intensity

185.38 gCO2/kWh

48.78 gCO2/kWh

Firms Making Informal Payments

19.12% of firms

5.9% of firms

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

High-Tech Exports (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Air Passengers

Government Debt (% GDP)

Population

Electric Generating Capacity

Irrigated Land

Forest Area

Electricity Generation

Population Density

Total CO2 Emissions

GDP (Nominal)

Armed Forces Personnel

Water Withdrawal

Inflation Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Shipping Traffic

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Firms Making Informal Payments

Spirits Consumption

Teen Birth Rate

Political Corruption Index

Capital Elevation

Solar Electricity Share

Fertility Rate

Tourism Revenue

Milk Consumption per Person

Scientific Publications

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Renewable Energy (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Women in Senior Management

Protected Land (%)

Imports (% GDP)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Water Stress (%)

Informal Employment Share

Liberal Democracy Index

Health Spending (% GDP)

Can Raise Emergency Money

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Birth Rate

Military Spending

Digital Payments Used

University Enrollment Rate

Nurses & Midwives

Airports

Firms with Female Top Manager

Child Mortality

Doctors (per 1,000)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Credit Card Ownership

Land Area

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

CO2 Per Capita

Electoral Democracy Index

Beer Consumption

Freedom of Expression Index

Urban Population (%)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

GNI Per Capita

Insufficient Physical Activity

Road Traffic Death Rate

Obesity Rate

Dependency Ratio

Corruption Perceptions Index

Internet Users (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Land Border Length