Angola

HIGH RISKVerified events
Scoring: V1.8.1
Updated: 4/13/2026

Angola's economic indicators show elevated risk signals. The strongest signal is in Civil War And Insurgency (9416 historical precedent windows). Also notable: Political Corruption and Elections And Voting. Across all categories, 101,223 precedent windows were identified — meaning Angola's trajectory matches historical trajectories of countries that experienced these event types.

Risk Breakdown by Category

Top Precedents by Pattern Tier

RankCategorySaliencePrecedentsLast Event
1Civil War And Insurgency1.2747852005
2Political Corruption0.8225002020
3Foreign Intervention0.7736451987
4Elections And Voting0.7030972022
5Political Repression0.5823162015
6Economic Recession0.5518022016
7Bilateral Treaty0.3718922024
8Multilateral Agreement0.3537041994
9Democratic Transition0.3124781990
10Mass Protest0.2912632011

Curated Events — Angola

52 events (1990–present)
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2024
Angola-US Strategic Partnership Deepens — New Energy Geopolitics
bilateral treaty
2023
Angola Withdraws from OPEC — First African Member to Exit
oil and gas
2023
Lobito Trans-African Corridor Project Launched with US-EU Backing
infrastructure project
2022
MPLA Narrowly Wins Most Contested Election Since Independence
elections and voting
2022
Russia-Ukraine War Windfall and OPEC Tensions
oil and gas
2021
Southern Angola Worst Drought in 40 Years
drought and famine
2020
Luanda Leaks Expose Isabel dos Santos's $2 Billion Asset Extraction
political corruption
2020
Angola Restructures Chinese Debt Amid COVID-19 Crisis
banking and financial crisis
2018
Anti-Corruption Campaign: Isabel dos Santos Removed from Sonangol
political corruption
2017
Joao Lourenco Elected President — Dos Santos Steps Down After 38 Years
elections and voting

QGI surfaces economically-grounded risk candidates that analysts should examine. Risk tiers reflect historical precedent density, not probability forecasts.