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Angola

Collected 5.1% of GDP in tax in 2024, 37 of 38 reporting members.

5.1%

Tax, % of GDP, 2024

−2.7

Points since 2011

across a break: see the note

0.89

Tax buoyancy

over 15 years, across a break

$537

Tax per person

PPP dollars

Read with care · 2 breaks in the series

2018: GDP falls to 48% of its level in a year

GDP in purchasing-power dollars goes from $218.0bn in 2017 to $104.6bn in 2018. GDP measured this way does not move like that in a year; the figures were compiled differently on either side (a rebasing of GDP or a currency change, for example). Tax to GDP barely moves (6.3% to 6.2%): tax and GDP were converted alike, so the share reads across the break even though the levels do not.

2019: GDP jumps 2.25 times in a year

GDP in purchasing-power dollars goes from $104.6bn in 2018 to $235.7bn in 2019. GDP measured this way does not move like that in a year; the figures were compiled differently on either side (a rebasing of GDP or a currency change, for example). Tax to GDP barely moves (6.2% to 6.6%): tax and GDP were converted alike, so the share reads across the break even though the levels do not.

Every break across the atlas, and the rule that finds them: the colophon.

Plate I·Over time

Fifteen years, against the continent

Over time

Angola against the continent

Measure

AngolaSouthern Africa medianATAF median and middle half

The shaded band is the middle half of ATAF members each year (25th to 75th percentile); the dashed line is the median of Southern Africa. The members reporting change from year to year, so the band can move because the set of countries changed; the CSV gives the count for each year.

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Year	Angola	Southern Africa median	ATAF median	ATAF 25th percentile	ATAF 75th percentile	Members reporting
2010		15.60	14.34	10.67	16.43	26
2011	7.87	15.19	14.84	10.99	16.62	33
2012	6.53	16.25	15.07	11.45	16.75	33
2013	7.33	15.43	13.83	11.23	16.89	32
2014	8.61	15.31	14.26	11.87	17.13	32
2015	8.84	15.87	15.08	12.33	18.55	33
2016	7.87	14.57	14.38	12.40	17.43	33
2017	6.33	15.89	14.75	11.50	16.95	35
2018	6.17	16.83	14.18	10.86	16.10	36
2019	6.58	17.80	13.57	11.51	17.23	38
2020	9.41	16.20	13.27	10.85	16.07	38
2021	8.09	15.74	12.72	10.44	16.06	40
2022	8.45	18.21	14.18	11.34	18.16	39
2023	8.15	20.06	14.43	11.30	18.82	37
2024	5.12	18.92	14.30	12.17	18.05	38
2025	5.63	19.51	13.74	12.18	20.53	34

Plate II·Peers, 2024

Each tax beside the medians

Against its peers, 2024

Each tax as a share of GDP, beside the medians

The line joins Angola (orange) to the ATAF median (grey); the blue tick is the Southern Africa median. All three are for 2024.

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Measure	Angola	Southern Africa median	ATAF median
Tax-to-GDP	5.12	18.92	14.30
Domestic taxes	3.48	13.03	9.01
Customs taxes	1.64	4.70	4.87
Non-tax revenue	10.05	2.88	2.59
VAT	1.55	7.29	5.20
PIT	1.19	4.12	2.04
CIT	0.57	3.28	2.72

Plate III·Tax heads

How Angola's tax is made up

Tax heads

What each tax brings in, as a share of GDP

Domestic VATPersonal income taxCorporate income taxWithholding taxOther domestic taxesVAT on importsImport dutyOther customs taxesNot attributed to a headExcise on imports

Each bar stacks the tax heads ATAF publishes for that year. Where the heads do not add up to total tax revenue, the gap is drawn in light grey and labelled, never spread across the heads. A head missing from a year was not reported for that year.

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Year	Tax head	Revenue (PPP $)	% of GDP
2011	Domestic VAT	813821570	0.50
2011	Personal income tax	1392564233	0.86
2011	Corporate income tax	1821580252	1.12
2011	Withholding tax	1540606083	0.95
2011	Other domestic taxes	2352949806	1.45
2011	VAT on imports	1781987506	1.10
2011	Import duty	1635313301	1.01
2011	Other customs taxes	1449686505	0.89
2012	Domestic VAT	680486750	0.37
2012	Personal income tax	1796119296	0.97
2012	Corporate income tax	1022056180	0.55
2012	Withholding tax	1942489410	1.04
2012	Other domestic taxes	1887613921	1.01
2012	VAT on imports	1811882793	0.97
2012	Import duty	1691842502	0.91
2012	Other customs taxes	1315100995	0.71
2013	Domestic VAT	1026762976	0.51
2013	Personal income tax	2195058913	1.10
2013	Corporate income tax	1158700330	0.58
2013	Withholding tax	2586194233	1.29
2013	Other domestic taxes	2329940426	1.17
2013	VAT on imports	1989378364	1.00
2013	Import duty	1884482647	0.94
2013	Other customs taxes	1472771602	0.74
2014	Domestic VAT	1268914348	0.58
2014	Personal income tax	2732132526	1.24
2014	Corporate income tax	1737928223	0.79
2014	Withholding tax	3143456717	1.43
2014	Other domestic taxes	3219919532	1.46
2014	VAT on imports	2208405051	1.00
2014	Import duty	2800180690	1.27
2014	Other customs taxes	1868614866	0.85
2015	Domestic VAT	1164828062	0.57
2015	Personal income tax	2948413528	1.44
2015	Corporate income tax	2186679155	1.07
2015	Withholding tax	4097013115	2.00
2015	Other domestic taxes	2935697047	1.43
2015	VAT on imports	1390133037	0.68
2015	Import duty	1913390557	0.94
2015	Other customs taxes	1457911506	0.71
2016	Domestic VAT	1599716731	0.78
2016	Personal income tax	2945022339	1.44
2016	Corporate income tax	1947482185	0.95
2016	Withholding tax	3445105198	1.68
2016	Other domestic taxes	3104153635	1.52
2016	VAT on imports	943499484	0.46
2016	Import duty	1106877846	0.54
2016	Other customs taxes	1025760524	0.50
2017	Domestic VAT	1503642323	0.69
2017	Personal income tax	2582636948	1.18
2017	Corporate income tax	1241734486	0.57
2017	Withholding tax	2316092327	1.06
2017	Other domestic taxes	2765589789	1.27
2017	VAT on imports	1102705111	0.51
2017	Import duty	1349035875	0.62
2017	Other customs taxes	927839247	0.43
2018	Personal income tax	1142005265	1.09
2018	Corporate income tax	840674349	0.80
2018	Withholding tax	911531442	0.87
2018	Other domestic taxes	1427242654	1.36
2018	VAT on imports	458859318	0.44
2018	Import duty	563155362	0.54
2018	Other customs taxes	521968888	0.50
2018	Not attributed to a head	592926960	0.57
2019	Domestic VAT	285148418	0.12
2019	Personal income tax	3221512875	1.37
2019	Corporate income tax	2178432160	0.92
2019	Withholding tax	2228169726	0.95
2019	Other domestic taxes	2941138584	1.25
2019	VAT on imports	1292422942	0.55
2019	Import duty	1242337377	0.53
2019	Excise on imports	21699547	0.01
2019	Other customs taxes	1087853662	0.46
2019	Not attributed to a head	1003881960	0.43
2020	Domestic VAT	2987234759	1.32
2020	Personal income tax	4465063520	1.98
2020	Corporate income tax	2710668366	1.20
2020	Withholding tax	3002572695	1.33
2020	Other domestic taxes	2850238599	1.26
2020	VAT on imports	2408420641	1.07
2020	Import duty	2050800787	0.91
2020	Excise on imports	84457761	0.04
2020	Other customs taxes	636334213	0.28
2021	Domestic VAT	3152942401	1.17
2021	Personal income tax	4936949038	1.83
2021	Corporate income tax	2241485205	0.83
2021	Withholding tax	2854422395	1.06
2021	Other domestic taxes	3347507923	1.24
2021	VAT on imports	2838232774	1.05
2021	Import duty	1673815160	0.62
2021	Excise on imports	64529834	0.02
2021	Other customs taxes	640448390	0.24
2022	Domestic VAT	3864627848	1.31
2022	Personal income tax	4872657044	1.65
2022	Corporate income tax	3569389867	1.21
2022	Withholding tax	3398850745	1.15
2022	Other domestic taxes	3857537440	1.31
2022	VAT on imports	2850551627	0.97
2022	Import duty	1478639718	0.50
2022	Excise on imports	66026294	0.02
2022	Other customs taxes	997509513	0.34
2023	Domestic VAT	3832298551	1.32
2023	Personal income tax	5260048319	1.81
2023	Corporate income tax	3113982563	1.07
2023	Withholding tax	5843157720	2.01
2023	VAT on imports	3046042247	1.05
2023	Import duty	748209829	0.26
2023	Excise on imports	1674709587	0.58
2023	Other customs taxes	184489832	0.06
2024	Domestic VAT	3324713030	0.84
2024	Personal income tax	4732374814	1.19
2024	Corporate income tax	2251175236	0.57
2024	Withholding tax	3589722619	0.90
2024	Other domestic taxes	81673107	0.02
2024	VAT on imports	2828907666	0.71
2024	Import duty	1362454139	0.34
2024	Excise on imports	1930796420	0.49
2024	Other customs taxes	406133174	0.10
2025	Domestic VAT	3068120529	0.77
2025	Personal income tax	4583722779	1.15
2025	Corporate income tax	3299665481	0.82
2025	Withholding tax	3162793372	0.79
2025	VAT on imports	3191161360	0.80
2025	Import duty	1909283247	0.48
2025	Excise on imports	1762336174	0.44
2025	Other customs taxes	421448936	0.11
2025	Not attributed to a head	1129194554	0.28

The mix in 2024

Every shilling, franc or rand of tax, by head

Rectangle areas are proportional to revenue in 2024 (US dollars at purchasing-power parity). Total tax revenue: $20.4bn.

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Tax head	Revenue (PPP $)	Share of tax revenue
Domestic VAT	3324713030	0.16
Personal income tax	4732374814	0.23
Corporate income tax	2251175236	0.11
Withholding tax	3589722619	0.18
Other domestic taxes	81673107	0.00
VAT on imports	2828907666	0.14
Import duty	1362454139	0.07
Excise on imports	1930796420	0.09
Other customs taxes	406133174	0.02

Every published number

Angola in the ATAF Databank

All 23 freely available indicators, exactly as ATAF publishes them. A blank cell means ATAF has no figure for that year; nothing is filled in.

Angola: ATAF Databank indicators by year
Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Nominal GDP (PPP)	$153.9bn	$162.5bn	$186.1bn	$199.9bn	$220.4bn	$204.6bn	$204.9bn	$218.0bn	$104.6bn	$235.7bn	$225.6bn	$270.4bn	$294.7bn	$290.6bn	$397.3bn	$400.2bn
Real GDP	5,848,356.0m	7,969,051.0m	11,397,948.0m	12,830,646.0m	13,831,349.0m	14,459,015.4m	13,590,359.8m	16,525,203.2m					269,604,046.2m		81,787,260.0m
Final Consumption (PPP)
Total Tax Revenues (PPP)		$12.8bn	$12.1bn	$14.6bn	$19.0bn	$18.1bn	$16.1bn	$13.8bn	$6.5bn	$15.5bn	$21.2bn	$21.9bn	$24.9bn	$23.7bn	$20.4bn	$22.5bn
Total Number Of Registered Taxpayers							4.0m	4.2m	4.9m	5.5m	5.8m	6.2m	7.6m
Non-Tax-Revenues (PPP)		$37.6bn	$34.5bn	$32.1bn	$28.4bn	$17.3bn	$12.2bn	$18.6bn	$14.4bn	$29.7bn	$25.3bn	$35.1bn	$50.1bn		$39.9bn
Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)		$7.9bn	$7.3bn	$9.3bn	$12.1bn	$13.3bn	$13.0bn	$10.4bn	$4.9bn	$11.9bn	$16.1bn	$16.7bn	$19.5bn	$18.0bn	$13.8bn	$15.2bn
Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)		$4.9bn	$4.8bn	$5.3bn	$6.9bn	$4.8bn	$3.1bn	$3.4bn	$1.5bn	$3.6bn	$5.2bn	$5.2bn	$5.4bn	$5.7bn	$6.5bn	$7.3bn
Revenue From Agriculture, Forest & Fishing (PPP)												$170.1m	$163.2m	$397.1m	$233.1m	$216.5m
Revenue From Mining & Quarrying (PPP)												$2.8bn	$3.2bn	$6.5bn	$18.4bn	$16.3bn
Revenue From Secondary Sector (PPP)												$2.9bn	$2.8bn		$2.9bn	$2.3bn
Revenue From Tertiary Sector (PPP)												$16.2bn	$19.0bn	$3.8bn	$42.2bn	$31.9bn
Domestic VAT Revenues (PPP)		$813.8m	$680.5m	$1.0bn	$1.3bn	$1.2bn	$1.6bn	$1.5bn		$285.1m	$3.0bn	$3.2bn	$3.9bn	$3.8bn	$3.3bn	$3.1bn
VAT Refunded (PPP)										$9.0m	$86.6m	$108.8m	$291.5m	$428.2m	$533.8m
PIT Revenues (PPP)		$1.4bn	$1.8bn	$2.2bn	$2.7bn	$2.9bn	$2.9bn	$2.6bn	$1.1bn	$3.2bn	$4.5bn	$4.9bn	$4.9bn	$5.3bn	$4.7bn	$4.6bn
CIT Revenues (PPP)		$1.8bn	$1.0bn	$1.2bn	$1.7bn	$2.2bn	$1.9bn	$1.2bn	$840.7m	$2.2bn	$2.7bn	$2.2bn	$3.6bn	$3.1bn	$2.3bn	$3.3bn
Withholding Tax Revenues (PPP)		$1.5bn	$1.9bn	$2.6bn	$3.1bn	$4.1bn	$3.4bn	$2.3bn	$911.5m	$2.2bn	$3.0bn	$2.9bn	$3.4bn	$5.8bn	$3.6bn	$3.2bn
Presumptive Tax Revenues (PPP)
Other Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)		$2.4bn	$1.9bn	$2.3bn	$3.2bn	$2.9bn	$3.1bn	$2.8bn	$1.4bn	$2.9bn	$2.9bn	$3.3bn	$3.9bn		$81.7m
VAT On Import Revenues (PPP)		$1.8bn	$1.8bn	$2.0bn	$2.2bn	$1.4bn	$943.5m	$1.1bn	$458.9m	$1.3bn	$2.4bn	$2.8bn	$2.9bn	$3.0bn	$2.8bn	$3.2bn
Import Duty Revenues (PPP)		$1.6bn	$1.7bn	$1.9bn	$2.8bn	$1.9bn	$1.1bn	$1.3bn	$563.2m	$1.2bn	$2.1bn	$1.7bn	$1.5bn	$748.2m	$1.4bn	$1.9bn
Excises on Imports Revenues (PPP)										$21.7m	$84.5m	$64.5m	$66.0m	$1.7bn	$1.9bn	$1.8bn
Other Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)		$1.4bn	$1.3bn	$1.5bn	$1.9bn	$1.5bn	$1.0bn	$927.8m	$522.0m	$1.1bn	$636.3m	$640.4m	$997.5m	$184.5m	$406.1m	$421.4m

Values are rounded for display; the CSV has them exactly as published. Revenue and GDP are US dollars at purchasing-power parity.

Data-quality checks

What the automatic checks found

These are rule-based checks, run on every pull. A flag says the numbers deserve a second look, not that they are wrong; the methods page explains each rule.

Year	Check	Detail
2011	Disagrees with the World Bank	ATAF gives 7.9% of GDP; the World Bank's central-government series gives 14.3%.
2012	Disagrees with the World Bank	ATAF gives 6.5% of GDP; the World Bank's central-government series gives 13.2%.
2013	Disagrees with the World Bank	ATAF gives 7.3% of GDP; the World Bank's central-government series gives 12.6%.
2018	Sudden jump	Total tax revenue (PPP) moves ×0.47 from 2017.
2019	Sudden jump	Total tax revenue (PPP) moves ×2.40 from 2018.
2020	Disagrees with the World Bank	ATAF gives 9.4% of GDP; the World Bank's central-government series gives 20.6%.

Source: ATAF Databank, the African Tax Administration Forum; World Bank World Development Indicators. Tax and GDP are in US dollars at purchasing-power parity, so their ratio equals the ratio in local currency. Cite as: Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Angola. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/AGO Every figure and its method: taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/methods

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Angola, in Edition 1

Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Angola. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/AGO

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