Angola's forest cover fell from 63.1 % in 1994 to 52.1 % in 2023.
Angola · Environment
Forests, air quality, land, water and protected areas.
10 indicators · 8 with data
Land
Angola's forest area fell from 786,411 km in 1994 to 649,422 km in 2023.
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
% of land area
151st of 213 · 36th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola's terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) fell from 12.4 % in 2013 to 10.8 % in 2025.
Angola's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 35.7 % in 1994 to 36.9 % in 2023.
Angola's arable land (% of land area) rose from 2.4 % in 1994 to 4.3 % in 2023.
Air
Angola's air pollution (pm2.5) fell from 23.3 in 1994 to 19.9 in 2023.
Water
Angola's water stress rose from 0.4 % in 1993 to 0.5 % in 2022.
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita
cubic metres per person
69th of 181 · 13th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola's renewable internal freshwater resources per capita fell from 11,538 in 1993 to 4,153 in 2022.
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Angola.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data