Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) … national in Angola
Angola: Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) … national was 53.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) in Angola, 1960–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Angola recorded 53.0% for labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 103.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) in Angola peaked at 75.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 26.1%, in 2014.
Angola ranks 38th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) … national in Angola, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 47.8% | — |
| 2004 | 47.2% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 42.4% | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 57.2% | +35.1% |
| 2011 | 75.0% | +31.0% |
| 2014 | 26.1% | -65.2% |
| 2019 | 54.5% | +108.9% |
| 2020 | 54.9% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 53.4% | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 53.5% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 47.9% | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 51.9% | +8.2% |
| 2025 | 53.0% | +2.3% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 53.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 37.2%, 1.4× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Angola's 53.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41.4%, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) … national in Angola changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +108.9% | 26.1% | 54.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47.8% | 47.8% | 47.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 44.8% | 42.4% | 47.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 53.2% | 26.1% | 75.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 52.4% | 47.9% | 54.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Angola
More work & labour data for Angola
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.7608 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.7449 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.7758 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6791 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.8 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 61,132 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 14,914 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 76,286 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 73,759 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 150,046 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) in Angola?
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) in Angola was 53.0% in 2025, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 75.0% in 2011.
- What is the lowest labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.1% in 2014.
- How does Angola rank for labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%)?
- Angola ranks 38th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.