Retail in Angola

Who sells where, which chains are expanding, what each catchment holds and where shoppers are underserved.

Value added by trade, restaurants and hotels, 2024US$23.5bn20.5% of the economy · 2nd largest of 16 in SADC

Real growth+4.2%a year over the last five years, at constant prices

Exports of the pillar's goods, 2024US$566m-2% on five years earlier · 6th in SADC

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Trade, restaurants and hotels added US$23.5bn to Angola's economy in 2024

Value added by trade, restaurants and hotels, the industries in the national accounts closest to retail, US$, at the prices of each year and at constant 2020 prices (which show real growth)

Source: UN Statistics Division·dotzedw Insights Centre

Angola has SADC's 2nd largest trade, restaurants and hotels sector

Value added by trade, restaurants and hotels, US$, latest year, with its share of each economy

South AfricaUS$49.9bn13.8% of the economy

AngolaUS$23.5bn20.5% of the economy

DRCUS$11.7bn16.7% of the economy

TanzaniaUS$8.3bn10.9% of the economy

ZimbabweUS$6.6bn15.2% of the economy

ZambiaUS$4.9bn20.4% of the economy

BotswanaUS$2.9bn15.9% of the economy

MauritiusUS$2.4bn18.5% of the economy

MozambiqueUS$2.0bn10.0% of the economy

MadagascarUS$1.9bn11.7% of the economy

NamibiaUS$1.7bn14.3% of the economy

MalawiUS$1.4bn12.3% of the economy

EswatiniUS$793m17.2% of the economy

SeychellesUS$341m18.7% of the economy

ComorosUS$317m20.9% of the economy

LesothoUS$198m9.6% of the economy

Source: UN Statistics Division·dotzedw Insights Centre

Population: Angola against SADC

Population, people, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's retail page.

Source: World Bank·dotzedw Insights Centre

Angola's trade in retail goods since 2012

Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$

Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Subsectors

10 in this pillar

Grocery and household goods in Angola

Tracks: Supermarket and small-shop chains and their outlets, chains new to each country, packaged food and household goods imported and exported by value and weight, and growth in household spending.
Signals ahead: Growing suburbs with no supermarket within 15 minutes, mall announcements, chains' expansion guidance.

Chains new in the last year0since 2024-121 left or stopped listing outlets.

Select a figure for its trend. Source: CEPII BACI, All The Places, dotzedw deals tracker.

Trade in detail

Angola exported US$63m and imported US$1.2bn of grocery and household goods in 2024; exports down 16% on five years earlier, 0.7% of what SADC sells abroad.

Angola's main exports in this subsector, 2024

Beer (220300)US$8.6m

Soft drinks (220210)US$7.0m

Spirits (220830)US$4.6m

Wheat flour (110100)US$4.0m

Detergents and surfactants (340220)US$3.9m

Angola's trade in grocery and household goods every year since 2012, by partner is part of the Individual plan

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What Angola sells abroad across retail

Angola's exports by subsector, 2024, US$, with its share of SADC's exports. A product can count in two subsectors.

Fuel forecourts and convenienceUS$496m11.8% of SADC · +1% on five years earlier

Grocery and household goodsUS$63m0.7% of SADC · -16% on five years earlier

Clothing, furniture and general merchandiseUS$7.0m0.2% of SADC · -40% on five years earlier

Pharmacy retailUS$247k0% of SADC · -65% on five years earlier

Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Who is moving

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Sources and method