• Literacy rate: 40%
• Numbers in tertiary education: 7845 students

The education system

A government-backed initiative, Adra, is making progress in reviving schooling in cities.

• Protected land as percentage of total land area: 7% (2% partially protected)
• CO2 emissions trend: 0.5 tonnes per capita

Environmental treaties

• Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Washington DC, 1973: no
• Convention on Biological Diversity Earth Summit in Rio, 1992: yes
• 1992 Amendment to protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (amendment to Montreal Protocol) Copenhagen, 1992: no
• Kyoto Convention on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions Earth Summit in Kyoto, 1997: no
• Basel convention on the dumping of hazardous wastes (Basel) Basel, 1989: no
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar) Ramsar, Iran 1971: no

Years of war have damaged the water supply. UNITA has been accused of widescale ivory poaching.

• Doctors: 1 per 11,750 people
• Major causes of death: Malaria, diarrheal and respiratory diseases, severe malnutrition

Angola's health system is barely able to cope with casualties of war and the threat of epidemics. Angola has the greatest number of amputees (caused by landmines) in the world.

Immunization of three million children against polio began in 2002.