ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Angola

Angola: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 13.1 % in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
13.1 %
Change on year
up 172.9%
World rank
69th
of 72 countries
All-time high
13.1 %
in 2024
All-time low
4.5 %
in 2022
Years of data
6
2019–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Angola, 2019–2024

4681012142019202120242019: 6.6 %2020: 5.6 %2021: 5 %2022: 4.5 %2023: 4.8 %2024: 13.1 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Angola recorded 13.1 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of up 172.9% on the previous year and up 98.5% over ten years.

That places Angola 69th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Angola, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value in Angola, 2019 to 2024.
Year % Change
2019 6.6 %
2020 5.6 % -15.2%
2021 5 % -10.7%
2022 4.5 % -10.0%
2023 4.8 % +6.7%
2024 13.1 % +172.9%

Angola compared with similar countries

  • Angola's 13.1 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28.45 %, 46% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
  • Angola's 13.1 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 21.55 %, 61% of the median. (8 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 6.6 % 6.6 % 6.6 % 1
2020s 6.6 % 4.5 % 13.1 % 5

Countries ranked near Angola

  1. 66 Zimbabwe 24.7 % compare
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  3. 68 India 14.9 % compare
  4. 70 Zambia 12.6 % compare
  5. 71 Mongolia 12.2 % compare
  6. 72 Mali 5.8 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Angola?
Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Angola was 13.1 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Angola?
The highest recorded value was 13.1 % in 2024.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Angola?
The lowest recorded value was 4.5 % in 2022.
How does Angola rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Angola ranks 69th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Angola?
Over the last ten years it is up 98.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Angola data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,462 data points, 1987–2025
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.