18.3% satisfied and 7 in 10 discontent — heading towards 2027
Data from Afrobarometer Round 10 in comparative perspective with Mozambique, South Africa and Ghana. What Angola can learn from its peers.
Read analysis →Press Freedom
The silence
that precedes the ballot box
The freedom of media in Angola fell simultaneously in citizens' perception (Afrobarometer −13 pp) and in the objective measurement of Reporters Without Borders (from 100th to 109th place). Two independent sources, one same picture. And a central problem for 2027.
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WHAT ANGOLANS THINK
Analysis
PRESS FREEDOM
The silence
that precedes the ballot box
The freedom of media in Angola fell simultaneously in citizens' perception (Afrobarometer −13 pp) and in the objective m…
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18.3%
Angolans satisfied
with democracy (R10)
with democracy (R10)
43.1%
Support party
alternation (R10)
alternation (R10)
109/180
RSF 2026 ranking
press freedom
press freedom
1,200
Angolans surveyed
in Afrobarometer Round 10
in Afrobarometer Round 10
Editorial programme 2026
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Read analysis →The freedom of Angolan media fell in both measurements
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Only 31% of citizens trust the judicial system a lot or somewhat — a fall of 9 pp since 2019. A longitudinal study with data from Rounds 8 and 9.
Read analysis →Rating those who govern: three branches, three grades
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Afrobarometer · Round 10
Satisfaction with democracy · 4 countries
Afrobarometer Round 10 (2024/2025) · % satisfied
Support for party alternation · 5 countries
Afrobarometer Round 10 (2024/2025) · % in favour of alternation
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— Empirical Convergence —
Both Angolans feel their press is less free today than in 2019/2021, and it has indeed become less free according to the objective criteria of Reporters Without Borders.
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