Angola
Population (World Bank): 37,885,849 (2024)
Metal/Ore Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 4.4% (2024)
Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 2,467 Mb/d (2024)
Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 148
2021 Resource Governance Index Score (NRGI): 35/100
EITI Status: Fairly low
Link to key economic information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)
Policy documents that include local content relevant provisions:
Local Content Relevant News:
June 2026 - Angola Advances Youth Skills Push as Cabship Launches Latest Training Program
May 2026 - From Crude Oil to Transformation: Angola’s Lesson for Nigeria
April 2026 - Angola sees increased involvement of local companies in oil and gas sector
March 2026 - Lusa - Business News - Angola: Oil sector contracts hit €51.4 billion between 2022 and 2025
October 2024 - ASSEA Launches “Action for 20%” Local Content Initiative
February 2024 - How Angola’s Local Content Policies Bolster Domestic Market Growth
October 2023 - Angola Oil & Gas 2023 Explores The Strategic Imperative Of Local Content
August 2023 - Angolan oil and gas entities sign local content contracts
January 2023 - Local Content Should Not Reduce Competitiveness or Foster Cost Increases
March 2021 - African Local Content Fund Initiative launched in Angola
November 2020 - Angola – New Regulations on Local Content
October 2020 - Angola- The new local content legal framework for the oil & Gas Industry
October 2020 - New Local Content Regime for the Oil Sector in Angola
September 2020 - How Eni Has Impacted Local Content Growth In Africa
Analysis and Case Studies:
Chinwa et al. (2025) - Sustainability Of Local Content Policy In The Nigerian And Angolan Oil And Gas Sector: An Assessment
Salah Ovadia (2021) - Local Content, Angolanização, and Sustainable Development in Angola
Assiago Berryl (2018) - Role of Angolan local content requirements: A means for benefit sharing or an end in itself? Art and Science of Benefit sharing: Local Content Requirements in Angola’s Petroleum Sector
Africa Centre for Energy Policy (2018) - Comparative Analysis of Local Content in Ghana, Angola and Nigeria
Dickens and Okira (2016) - Local Content Frameworks in the African Oil and Gas Sector: Lessons from Angola and Chad
Luyindula and Texeira (2014) - Local Content in Angola
Ovadia (2012) - The dual nature of local content in Angola's oil and gas industry: Development vs. elite accumulation