- Only one-fifth (20%) of Angolans say the country’s economic condition has improved compared to 12 months ago, while 63% say it has worsened (Figure 1).
- Residents of Luanda (33%) and the Eastern region (21%) are more likely to see economic improvement than those in other parts of the country (Figure 2).
- Nearly half (46%) of citizens experienced high levels of lived poverty during the past year, an 11-percentage-point increase compared to 2019 (35%) (Figure 3).
- High lived poverty was almost twice as common in rural areas as in cities (65% vs. 36%). It was particularly widespread in the Eastern region (64%) and in Huíla province (56%) (Figure 4).
- About half (49%) of residents in the Eastern region report going without enough food to eat “many times” or “always” during the past year, followed by more than one third of rural residents (37%) and inhabitants of the Northern (36%) and Southern (35%) regions and Huíla province (39%) (Figure 5).
Most Angolans say the country’s economic condition has worsened compared to 12 months ago, while only one-fifth see an improvement, the most recent Afrobarometer survey shows.
Nearly half of citizens experienced high levels of lived poverty during the past year, a substantial increase compared to 2019.
Rural residents are more likely than their urban counterparts to report experiencing high lived poverty and food insecurity.
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