Driver Overview
This section shows a country’s rank, ranking change and score for each of the eight drivers. It also categorises each country’s driver performance on a scale from “Emerging” (score from 0-20) to “Global Leader” (score from 80-100).
Rank
Score /100
Best practice
Metric Overview
Strengths
Infrastructure investment
Investment in infrastructure is a priority for Angola, at 10.8% of GDP per annum, one of the highest investment rates across all InfraCompass 2020 countries. The COVID-19 pandemic may impact these efforts.
Cost to start a business
According to the World Bank, the cost of starting a business in Angola is equal to 11% of income per capita, easing the entry of new firms.
Financial stability
Angola’s financial stability is satisfactory. However, it trails other Lower Middle Income Countries which have an average score 83. The long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic could affect financial stability.
Top Performing Metrics
Top Performing Metrics
This is defined by the metrics with the highest unweighted score out of 100.
Activity:
Infrastructure investment
Permits:
Cost to start a business
Financial markets:
Financial stability
Opportunities to Grow
Transparency in public procurement
Until recently, Angola did not make public procurement notices available online. However, the new National Procurement Portal now does so and this metric is expected to improve in the future. Further transparency improvements could encourage more participation and competition, which drive value for money.
Published project pipeline
Angola does not currently have an infrastructure pipeline of projects. The addition of an infrastructure pipeline could help provide infrastructure participants with a clear indication of prospective and confirmed infrastructure activity.
Recovery rate
According to the World Bank, the recovery rate for insolvency in Angola is low. This is due to a deficiency of bankruptcy and insolvency laws. Improving the recovery rate could encourage investors to provide finance, as they are more likely to receive at least a portion back from even failed investments.
Metrics to Improve
Metrics to Improve
This is defined by the metrics with the lowest weighted score out of 100, such that these metrics would have the greatest impact on the overall score.
For metrics that have binary outcomes (yes=100/no=0), no comparative income group average is reported.
Procurement:
Transparency in public procurement
Planning:
Published project pipeline
Governance:
Recovery rate
Detailed Data
This section shows country data for each of the 41 metrics. The figures in brackets denote the change in score since InfraCompass 2017.
Note that all data has been normalised on a scale of 1-100. For raw metric data, please download the complete InfraCompass 2020 dataset.
Where relevant, some metric scores have been inverted, such that all metrics have positive relationships with good infrastructure outcomes. For example, since lower compliance costs make it easier to invest in infrastructure, the normalised value of ‘number of procedures to start a business’ has been reversed such that lower number of procedures are scored closer to 100, and higher numbers closer to 0. In other words, a score of 0 indicates a poor performance, rather than 0 number of procedures.
28.2%
The recovery rate is recorded as cents on the dollar recovered by secured creditors through reorganisation, liquidation or debt enforcement (foreclosure or receivership) proceedings.
20.7%
World Governance Composite Indicator reflecting perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. The rule of law reflects whether the law imposes limits of power on the state, private sector and individuals.
18.1%
Whether the country conducts post-completion reviews on infrastructure projects to ensure the forecast outcomes are being achieved.
15.1%
Measures the governance practices that protect shareholders through three dimensions: the extent of shareholder rights index (shareholders’ rights and role in major corporate decisions), the extent of ownership and control index (governance safeguards protecting shareholders from undue board control and entrenchment), and the extent of corporate transparency index (corporate transparency on ownership stakes).
12.8%
Political stability and absence of violence score
Measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.
5%
Whether an infrastructure agency exists to coordinate an integrated approach to infrastructure delivery and policy.
Angola
Lower-middle Income Countries Average
Description
The recovery rate is recorded as cents on the dollar recovered by secured creditors through reorganisation, liquidation or debt enforcement (foreclosure or receivership) proceedings.
Weighting (% of Driver)
28.2%
Source Link
Description
World Governance Composite Indicator reflecting perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. The rule of law reflects whether the law imposes limits of power on the state, private sector and individuals.
Weighting (% of Driver)
20.7%
Description
Whether the country conducts post-completion reviews on infrastructure projects to ensure the forecast outcomes are being achieved.
Weighting (% of Driver)
18.1%
Source Link
Description
Measures the governance practices that protect shareholders through three dimensions: the extent of shareholder rights index (shareholders’ rights and role in major corporate decisions), the extent of ownership and control index (governance safeguards protecting shareholders from undue board control and entrenchment), and the extent of corporate transparency index (corporate transparency on ownership stakes).
Weighting (% of Driver)
15.1%
Source Link
Description
Measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.
Weighting (% of Driver)
12.8%
Description
Whether an infrastructure agency exists to coordinate an integrated approach to infrastructure delivery and policy.
Weighting (% of Driver)
5%
Source Link
Country Overview Data
2,352 USD
Population32.0 million persons
40.2 (0-100 best)
Infrastructure investment7.8% of GDP
Infrastructure gap2.5% of GDP
91.5 USD billion
GDP growth rate-0.3%
GDP per capita growth rate-16.1%
Gini coefficient42.7 (0-100 worst)
Gross Government Debt95.0% of GDP
Inflation rate17.2%
Summary credit rating26.0 (0-100 best)
Unemployment rate7.2%
Urbanisation ratio66.0% of total population
Road connectivity77.7 (0-100 best)
2.2 (1-7 best)
Efficiency of air transport services3.3 (1-7 best)
Efficiency of seaport services2.8 (1-7 best)
Electricity access43.0% of population
Electricity supply quality11.3% of output lost
Exposure to unsafe drinking water77.1% of population
Reliability of water supply2.1 (1-7 best)
Digital Adoption Index0.3 (0-1 best)
Mobile-broadband subscriptions18.9 per 100 population
Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions0.4 per 100 population