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Angola vs Zambia

109 shared metrics.

AngolaLeads in 67

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ZambiaLeads in 42

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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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Zambia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Zambia.

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Curated stat

Zambia shares Victoria Falls, the world's largest curtain of falling water, with Zimbabwe.

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Analysis

Angola leads in 67 of 109 shared metrics, while Zambia leads in 42.

Angola's Merchant Fleet Size is 31.0x that of Zambia (64 vs 2.0).

Angola's High-Tech Exports (%) is 10.3x that of Zambia (16.69% vs 1.5%).

Angola's Armed Forces Personnel is 6.3x that of Zambia (117.0K vs 16.0K).

Angola's Air Passengers is 3.1x that of Zambia (1.32M vs 321.7K).

Angola's GDP (Nominal) is 3.0x that of Zambia ($100,998,916,781.08 vs $25,303,185,342.25).

Key Comparisons

Merchant Fleet SizeAngola leads

Angola

Zambia

2.0

High-Tech Exports (%)Angola leads

Angola

16.69%

Zambia

1.5%

Armed Forces PersonnelAngola leads

Angola

117.0K

Zambia

16.0K

Air PassengersAngola leads

Angola

1.32M

Zambia

321.7K

GDP (Nominal)Angola leads

Angola

$100,998,916,781.08

Zambia

$25,303,185,342.25

Spirits ConsumptionAngola leads

Angola

1.1 L/person/yr

Zambia

0.33 L/person/yr

All Metrics

Merchant Fleet Size

Angola

Zambia

2.0

3100% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Angola

16.69%

Zambia

1.5%

1034% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Angola

117.0K

Zambia

16.0K

631% higher

Air Passengers

Angola

1.32M

Zambia

321.7K

311% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Angola

$100,998,916,781.08

Zambia

$25,303,185,342.25

299% higher

Spirits Consumption

Angola

1.1 L/person/yr

Zambia

0.33 L/person/yr

237% higher

Solar Electricity Share

Angola

2.8%

Zambia

0.86%

228% higher

Women in Parliament (%)

Angola

39.55%

Zambia

14.97%

164% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Angola

27.23% of youth labor force

Zambia

10.47% of youth labor force

160% higher

Unemployment Rate

Angola

14.46%

Zambia

6.0%

143% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Angola

28.1 Mt CO2e

Zambia

11.57 Mt CO2e

143% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Angola

$10,118.61

Zambia

$4,214.89

140% higher

GNI Per Capita

Angola

$2,840

Zambia

$1,220

133% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Angola

21.51% of firms

Zambia

9.6% of firms

124% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Angola

17.52 per 100k

Zambia

8.5 per 100k

106% higher

Capital Elevation

Zambia

Angola

6.0 m

Zambia

1.3K m

100% lower

Credit Card Ownership

Angola

4.4% of adults

Zambia

2.3% of adults

93% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Angola

7.60M kW

Zambia

3.99M kW

91% higher

Inflation Rate

Angola

28.2%

Zambia

15%

88% higher

Scientific Publications

Zambia

Angola

44.99

Zambia

344.27

87% lower

Comparison of Angola and Zambia across 109 metrics
				Winner
Merchant Fleet Size	64	2.0	3100% higher	Angola
High-Tech Exports (%)	16.69%	1.5%	1034% higher	Angola
Armed Forces Personnel	117.0K	16.0K	631% higher	Angola
Air Passengers	1.32M	321.7K	311% higher	Angola
GDP (Nominal)	$100,998,916,781.08	$25,303,185,342.25	299% higher	Angola
Spirits Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	0.33 L/person/yr	237% higher	Angola
Solar Electricity Share	2.8%	0.86%	228% higher	Angola
Women in Parliament (%)	39.55%	14.97%	164% higher	Angola
Youth Unemployment Rate	27.23% of youth labor force	10.47% of youth labor force	160% higher	Angola
Unemployment Rate	14.46%	6.0%	143% higher	Angola
Total CO2 Emissions	28.1 Mt CO2e	11.57 Mt CO2e	143% higher	Angola
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$10,118.61	$4,214.89	140% higher	Angola
GNI Per Capita	$2,840	$1,220	133% higher	Angola
Firms Asked for Bribes	21.51% of firms	9.6% of firms	124% higher	Angola
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	17.52 per 100k	8.5 per 100k	106% higher	Angola
Capital Elevation	6.0 m	1.3K m	100% lower	Zambia
Credit Card Ownership	4.4% of adults	2.3% of adults	93% higher	Angola
Electric Generating Capacity	7.60M kW	3.99M kW	91% higher	Angola
Inflation Rate	28.2%	15%	88% higher	Angola
Scientific Publications	44.99	344.27	87% lower	Zambia
Meat Consumption per Person	23.49 kg/person/yr	13.12 kg/person/yr	79% higher	Angola
Population	38.98M	22.02M	77% higher	Angola
Firms Making Informal Payments	19.12% of firms	82.97% of firms	77% lower	Zambia
Water Stress (%)	0.48%	2.0%	76% lower	Zambia
Protected Land (%)	10.8%	41.3%	74% lower	Zambia
Can Raise Emergency Money	28.06% of adults	89.52% of adults	69% lower	Zambia
Land Area	1.25M km²	743.4K km²	68% higher	Angola
Digital Payments Used	25.04% of adults	71.16% of adults	65% lower	Zambia
Women in Senior Management	12.51% of managers	29.59% of managers	58% lower	Zambia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.16	0.38	57% lower	Zambia
Water Withdrawal	0.71 B m³	1.6 B m³	55% lower	Zambia
Urban Population (%)	70.66%	45.47%	55% higher	Angola
Electricity Carbon Intensity	185.38 gCO2/kWh	119.68 gCO2/kWh	55% higher	Angola
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	7.7% of GDP	16.78% of GDP	54% lower	Zambia
Beer Consumption	1.9 L/person/yr	1.2 L/person/yr	53% higher	Angola
Fertility Rate	5.5 children/woman	3.7 children/woman	49% higher	Angola
Forest Area	649.4K km²	442.5K km²	47% higher	Angola
Energy Use (Per Capita)	423.12 kg oil eq/person	800.67 kg oil eq/person	47% lower	Zambia
Elderly Population (%)	2.9%	1.9%	47% higher	Angola
Irrigated Land	860 km²	1.6K km²	45% lower	Zambia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	392.51 kWh/person	703.97 kWh/person	44% lower	Zambia
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.9% of GDP	5.3% of GDP	44% lower	Zambia
Child Mortality	64 per 1k births	44.7 per 1k births	43% higher	Angola
Border Neighbors	4.0	7.0	43% lower	Zambia
Nurses & Midwives	1.3 per 1k	2.1 per 1k	41% lower	Zambia
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.5% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	38% lower	Zambia
Death Rate	6.7 per 1k	4.9 per 1k	37% higher	Angola
Renewable Energy (%)	52.9%	83%	36% lower	Zambia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	70 per 100 people	109 per 100 people	36% lower	Zambia
Internet Users (%)	45%	33%	36% higher	Angola
Freedom of Expression Index	0.50	0.78	36% lower	Zambia
Sanitation Access (%)	50.3%	37.48%	34% higher	Angola
Birth Rate	39.75 per 1k	29.6 per 1k	34% higher	Angola
Political Corruption Index	0.57	0.43	33% higher	Angola
Health Spending Per Capita	$101.26	$76.06	33% higher	Angola
Electoral Democracy Index	0.34	0.50	31% lower	Zambia
Imports (% GDP)	19.36% of GDP	27.55% of GDP	30% lower	Zambia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	61.41% of firms	87.13% of firms	30% lower	Zambia
Milk Consumption per Person	12.3 kg/person/yr	9.7 kg/person/yr	27% higher	Angola
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.24 per 1k	0.32 per 1k	25% lower	Zambia
Military Spending	1.0% of GDP	1.3% of GDP	25% lower	Zambia
Insufficient Physical Activity	17.76% of adults	14.16% of adults	25% higher	Angola
Infant Mortality	38.3 per 1k births	30.9 per 1k births	24% higher	Angola
Teen Birth Rate	140.84 per 1k	115.91 per 1k	22% higher	Angola
Firms with Female Top Manager	10.37% of firms	12.93% of firms	20% lower	Zambia
Dependency Ratio	89.41% of working-age pop.	76.69% of working-age pop.	17% higher	Angola
GDP Growth Rate	4.4%	3.8%	16% higher	Angola
Agricultural Land (%)	36.95%	32.07%	15% higher	Angola
Informal Employment Share	95% of employed people	82.73% of employed people	15% higher	Angola
Corruption Perceptions Index	32 pts	37 pts	14% lower	Zambia
Suicide Rate	8.1 per 100k	7.1 per 100k	14% higher	Angola
Alcohol Consumption	4.1 L/adult/yr	3.6 L/adult/yr	14% higher	Angola
Obesity Rate	10.54%	9.4%	12% higher	Angola
Railway Length	2.8K km	3.1K km	12% lower	Zambia
Forest Coverage (%)	52.09%	59.52%	12% lower	Zambia
Highest Elevation	2.6K m	2.3K m	12% higher	Angola
Road Traffic Death Rate	15 per 100k	17.1 per 100k	12% lower	Zambia
Land Border Length	5.4K km	6.0K km	11% lower	Zambia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	22 days/yr	20 days/yr	10% higher	Angola
Seafood Consumption per Person	13.9 kg/person/yr	12.68 kg/person/yr	10% higher	Angola
Exports (% GDP)	31.48% of GDP	34.98% of GDP	10% lower	Zambia
Airports	112	123	9% lower	Zambia
Food Waste per Person	129.94 kg/person/yr	118.75 kg/person/yr	9% higher	Angola
Electricity Generation	17.94 TWh	19.46 TWh	8% lower	Zambia
Youth Population (%)	44.35%	41.46%	7% higher	Angola
Population Density	29.48 /km²	27.88 /km²	6% higher	Angola
Median Age	16.5 years	17.5 years	6% lower	Zambia
Hypertension Prevalence	38.9% of adults	36.9% of adults	5% higher	Angola
Government Debt (% GDP)	75.3% of GDP	71.4% of GDP	5% higher	Angola
Human Development Index	0.62	0.59	4% higher	Angola
CO2 Per Capita	0.59 t/person/yr	0.56 t/person/yr	4% higher	Angola
Women's Political Empowerment	0.77	0.79	3% lower	Zambia
Life Expectancy	64.6 years	66.3 years	3% lower	Zambia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	25.15 µg/m³	24.31 µg/m³	3% higher	Angola
Average Weekly Work Hours	43.29 hrs/week	42.91 hrs/week	1% higher	Angola
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Angola
Coastline Length	1.6K km	0 km	ranked higher	Angola
Coal Electricity Share	0%	10.8%	ranked lower	Zambia
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Angola
Electricity Access (%)	51.1%	51.1%	equal	Angola
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Angola
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Angola
Lowest Elevation	0 m	329 m	ranked lower	Zambia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Angola
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	0.40% of GDP	-3.5% of GDP	ranked higher	Angola
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	-1.1% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	ranked lower	Zambia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	1.0 sites	equal	Angola
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	ranked lower	Zambia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Angola

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Analysis

Angola leads in 67 of 109 shared metrics, while Zambia leads in 42.

Angola's Merchant Fleet Size is 31.0x that of Zambia (64 vs 2.0).

Angola's High-Tech Exports (%) is 10.3x that of Zambia (16.69% vs 1.5%).

Angola's Armed Forces Personnel is 6.3x that of Zambia (117.0K vs 16.0K).

Angola's Air Passengers is 3.1x that of Zambia (1.32M vs 321.7K).

Angola's GDP (Nominal) is 3.0x that of Zambia ($100,998,916,781.08 vs $25,303,185,342.25).

Key Comparisons

Merchant Fleet SizeAngola leads

Angola

Zambia

2.0

High-Tech Exports (%)Angola leads

Angola

16.69%

Zambia

1.5%

Armed Forces PersonnelAngola leads

Angola

117.0K

Zambia

16.0K

Air PassengersAngola leads

Angola

1.32M

Zambia

321.7K

GDP (Nominal)Angola leads

Angola

$100,998,916,781.08

Zambia

$25,303,185,342.25

Spirits ConsumptionAngola leads

Angola

1.1 L/person/yr

Zambia

0.33 L/person/yr

Merchant Fleet Size

2.0

High-Tech Exports (%)

16.69%

1.5%

Armed Forces Personnel

117.0K

16.0K

Air Passengers

1.32M

321.7K

GDP (Nominal)

$100,998,916,781.08

$25,303,185,342.25

Spirits Consumption

1.1 L/person/yr

0.33 L/person/yr

Solar Electricity Share

2.8%

0.86%

Women in Parliament (%)

39.55%

14.97%

Youth Unemployment Rate

27.23% of youth labor force

10.47% of youth labor force

Unemployment Rate

14.46%

6.0%

Total CO2 Emissions

28.1 Mt CO2e

11.57 Mt CO2e

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$10,118.61

$4,214.89

GNI Per Capita

$2,840

$1,220

Firms Asked for Bribes

21.51% of firms

9.6% of firms

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

17.52 per 100k

8.5 per 100k

Capital Elevation

6.0 m

1.3K m

Credit Card Ownership

4.4% of adults

2.3% of adults

Electric Generating Capacity

7.60M kW

3.99M kW

Inflation Rate

28.2%

15%

Scientific Publications

44.99

344.27

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Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Merchant Fleet Size

High-Tech Exports (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Air Passengers

GDP (Nominal)

Spirits Consumption

Solar Electricity Share

Women in Parliament (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate

Total CO2 Emissions

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

GNI Per Capita

Firms Asked for Bribes

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Capital Elevation

Credit Card Ownership

Electric Generating Capacity

Inflation Rate

Scientific Publications

Meat Consumption per Person

Population

Firms Making Informal Payments

Water Stress (%)

Protected Land (%)

Can Raise Emergency Money

Land Area

Digital Payments Used

Women in Senior Management

Liberal Democracy Index

Water Withdrawal

Urban Population (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Beer Consumption

Fertility Rate

Forest Area

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Elderly Population (%)

Irrigated Land

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Child Mortality

Border Neighbors

Nurses & Midwives

Education Spending (% GDP)

Death Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Internet Users (%)

Freedom of Expression Index

Sanitation Access (%)

Birth Rate

Political Corruption Index

Health Spending Per Capita

Electoral Democracy Index

Imports (% GDP)

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Milk Consumption per Person

Doctors (per 1,000)

Military Spending

Insufficient Physical Activity

Infant Mortality

Teen Birth Rate

Firms with Female Top Manager

Dependency Ratio

GDP Growth Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Informal Employment Share

Corruption Perceptions Index

Suicide Rate

Alcohol Consumption