Angola

Sub-Saharan Africa · Luanda

Rank #64 of 173

30.9Strength score

Photos

US Army Reserve Soldiers pose for a photo during a Medical Readiness Exercise in Angola (8526316) — US Army Reserve Soldiers pose for a photo during a Medical Readiness Exercise in Angola (8526316)U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Katherine Sibilla · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

US Navy 060403-N-2420K-005 Sailors assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) Repair Department stand at attention during award ceremony — US Navy 060403-N-2420K-005 Sailors assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) Repair Department stand at attention during award ceremonyU.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jonathan Kulp · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Eurocopter AS 332L2 Super Puma, Angola - Air Force (modified) — Eurocopter AS 332L2 Super Puma, Angola - Air Force (modified)Pedro Aragão · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance77
Air power—
Manpower78
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $1.5B #81
Budget as % of GDP: 1.40% #102
Spending per person: $37 #117
GDP: $122.2B #67
Population: 39,040,039 #39

Manpower

Active personnel: 117,000 (World Bank figure) #49
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 117,000 #53

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Others in the region

37Nigeria60.1 VS
45South Africa57.5 VS
47Ethiopia51.5 VS
66Congo, Dem. Rep.30.8 VS
82Sudan29.8 VS
83Uganda29.8 VS
87Eritrea29.5 VS
89Mali29.4 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)