The unemployment rate fell to 20.9% in the third quarter in Angola, a 0.6% reduction from the previous quarter and a 6% reduction from the homologous period of 2025, today the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
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13/11/2026
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A unemployment rate fell to 20.9% in the third quarter, in Angola, a reduction of 0.6% from the previous quarter and less 6% from the homologous period of 2025, today released the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
The unemployment rate is higher among 15-24-year-olds, reaching 39.3%, while the lowest rate is in the 45-54-year-old group, with 11.3%, showing significant differences in the incidence of unemployment according to age.
The data are contained in the employment survey in Angola in the third quarter of 2026 and show a trend towards falling unemployment from 21.5% in the second quarter of 2026 and from 26.9% in the third quarter of 2025 to 20.9% in the third quarter of this year.
At the end of the third quarter there were 2.767,459 Angolans unemployed, less than the 2.790,821 of the previous quarter, which corresponds to a reduction of 0.8%, according to the data.
With regard to employment, the statistics say that “the population employed aged 15 years and older was estimated to be 10,452,752 people, 5,337,860 men and 5,114,892 women, compared with 10,171,244 people from the previous quarter, which corresponds to an increase of 2.8%”.
The employment rate was estimated at 45.1%, compared with 44.2% in the previous quarter.
The urban area ensures more employment with a rate of 48.4%, higher than that observed in the rural area, which was set at 37.8%.
The employment rate of men (47.6%) was higher than that of women (42.7%) and the 35-44 age group concentrates most of the country's employed population.