Health in Angola

Life expectancy in Angola

Health in Angola is rated among the worst in the world.

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[1] finds that Angola is achieving 55.4% of what it should be fulfilling in terms of the right to health based on what should be possible at its level of income.[2] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Angola achieves 79.0% of what is expected based on its current income.[2] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 71.0% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.[2] Angola falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 16.2% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[2]

  1. ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  2. ^ a b c d "Angola - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.