Angola is the third-largest economy inthe Sub-Saharan Africa and is classified as a low-middleincome economy. The incidence of poverty in Angola as of2019 based on a monetary measure of welfare (monthly foodand non-food consumption expenditures per adult equivalent)is 32.3 percent at the national level. The incidence ofpoverty rates is almost three times higher in rural areas(54.7 percent) than in urban areas (17.8 percent). Thestrong dichotomy in welfare between urban and rural areas inAngola is reflected in a large inequality at the nationallevel. The Gini coefficient in Angola is 0.51 which is oneof the highest in Africa. The duality of the Angolan economyis also reflected in two very different types of poverty. Onthe one hand, there is a traditional rural sector dominatedby low-productivity subsistence agriculture. On the otherhand, there is a modern export-oriented oil-economy, whichis mostly concentrated in Luanda and some other urbancenters. Accessibility also appears to play a key role infood security. In areas connected by road, the number ofmonths in which a household experiences food shortage isstrongly correlated with the number of months in which theroad is usable.
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