Angola vs Niger
Angola vs Niger: Adult literacy
Adult literacy: 68.2% in Angola in 2023 and 35.6% in Niger in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Angola, by 37 percentage points, or 2.27 times that in Niger.
% of adults · UNESCO
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2001.
- The world as a whole: 85.6% in 2014.
Every year
% of adults · UNESCO
| Year | Angola | Niger | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | – | 87.7 |
| 2023 | 68.2 | – | 87.6 |
| 2022 | – | 35.6 | 87.4 |
| 2021 | – | – | 87.2 |
| 2020 | – | – | 87 |
| 2019 | – | – | 86.8 |
| 2018 | – | 33.1 | 86.8 |
| 2017 | – | – | 86.5 |
| 2016 | – | – | 86.3 |
| 2015 | 66.2 | – | 86 |
| 2014 | 66 | 29 | 85.6 |
| 2013 | – | – | 85.2 |
| 2012 | – | 30.6 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | – | – | 84.7 |
| 2010 | – | – | 84.4 |
| 2009 | – | – | 83.8 |
| 2008 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2007 | – | – | 83.1 |
| 2006 | – | – | 82.5 |
| 2005 | – | 28.7 | 82.6 |
| 2004 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2003 | – | – | 82.2 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.7 |
| 2001 | 67.4 | 14.4 | 81.4 |
| 2000 | – | – | 81.1 |
| 1999 | – | – | 80.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 80.5 |
| 1997 | – | – | 79.3 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1995 | – | – | 76.9 |
| 1994 | – | – | 76.4 |
| 1993 | – | – | 76 |
| 1992 | – | – | 75.5 |
| 1991 | – | – | 75.1 |
| 1990 | – | – | 74.6 |
| 1989 | – | – | 74.1 |
| 1988 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 71.9 |
| 1986 | – | – | 71.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 70.7 |
| 1984 | – | – | 70.2 |
| 1983 | – | – | 69.5 |
| 1982 | – | – | 68.9 |
| 1981 | – | – | 68.4 |
| 1980 | – | – | 67.8 |
| 1979 | – | – | 67.2 |
| 1978 | – | – | 66.5 |
| 1977 | – | – | 65.9 |
| 1976 | – | – | 65.6 |
| 1975 | – | – | 65.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Angola vs Niger
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Niger: 61.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Niger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Niger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Niger: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Niger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Niger: 26.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Niger: 3.31% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Niger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Niger: 18.4% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Niger: 15.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Niger: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Niger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Niger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Niger: $450M in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Niger: $18 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Niger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Niger: 10,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Niger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Niger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Niger: 4 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAngola: 2 million TIV in 2002Niger: 0 TIV in 1973