Angola Gini Index

Angola’s Gini index stood at 51.30 in 2018, placing the country 92nd in the World Bank’s global ranking and signalling a persistently high level of income inequality. The metric reached its all‑time peak of 51.90 in 2000 before falling to a trough of 42.70 in 2008, suggesting that the post‑civil‑war period saw a brief narrowing of the income gap, likely linked to oil‑driven growth and social programmes that temporarily redistributed wealth. Nonetheless, the subsequent rebound to above‑50 levels indicates that the benefits of recent economic expansion have been unevenly shared, a pattern mirrored in peer economies such as Brazil, whose Gini of 53.90 reflects similarly entrenched disparities. The limited three‑year coverage of data constrains a full assessment of longer‑term dynamics, but if Angola can sustain inclusive policies that diversify its economy beyond oil, the upward trajectory of inequality may be arrested, allowing the index to move closer to the lower end of the regional spectrum.