Moxico: population, jobs, schools, health, electricity, water and housing
Moxico is a province of Angola, number 18 of 21 by population. The 2024 census counted 574,253 people in Moxico province (280,847 men and 293,405 women), 1.6% of Angola's 36.60 million; 4th smallest of 21 provinces. Angola's census was taken on 19 September 2024 and its definitive results were published in November 2025.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Moxico: 19.4% of the labour force aged 15 and over in Moxico as it was before 2025 (including what is now Moxico Leste) was unemployed in 2025, according to the INE Employment Survey, down from 20.2% in 2024; 4th lowest of the 18 provinces as drawn before 2025 (Angola: 28.3%, down from 31.5%). The survey still used the 18 provinces in place before 2025.
- Health in Moxico: 34.2% of children under five in Moxico as it was before 2025 (including what is now Moxico Leste) were stunted (too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition) in the 2023-2024 IIMS health survey, 3rd lowest of the 18 provinces as drawn before 2025 (Angola: 39.9%). The survey still used the 18 provinces in place before 2025.
- Education in Moxico: 62.3% of people aged 15 and over in Moxico could read and write at the 2024 census (71.3% of men, 53.9% of women), 7th lowest of 21 provinces (Angola: 72.6%).
- Poverty and living standards in Moxico: 64.3% of households in Moxico cooked mainly with firewood or charcoal in 2024 and 26.7% with gas, 10th highest of 21 provinces for firewood and charcoal (Angola: 45.7% and 43.4%).
How fast is Moxico's population growing?
Moxico is one of the provinces created or redrawn by Law 14/24 of 5 September 2024. On the old boundaries, Moxico as it was before 2025 (including what is now Moxico Leste) grew from 758,568 people in the 2014 census to 985,327 in 2024, an average of 2.6% a year (Angola: 3.5%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow many people in Moxico live in towns and cities?
69.2% of Moxico's people lived in urban areas at the 2024 census (397,185 people), 7th most urban of 21 provinces (Angola: 65.5%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow young is the population of Moxico?
Children under 15 made up 41.0% of Moxico's population in 2024 and people aged 65 or over 3.5%; the share of children is 8th lowest of 21 provinces (Angola: 40.4% and 4.0%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow big are households in Moxico?
Households in Moxico had 4.0 people on average in 2024 (139,394 households), joint 9th largest of 21 provinces (Angola: 3.9).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow many people in Moxico have a birth certificate or ID card?
68.5% of people in Moxico had their birth registered at the 2024 census, and 53.2% of those aged 5 or over held a national identity card; birth registration is 10th highest of 21 provinces (Angola: 63.0% and 52.4%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow provinces are governed in Angola
Provinces (18 until 2024; 21 under Law 14/24). Governor appointed by and answerable to the President. Central government's representative; appoints and dismisses municipal administrators.
Every tier of government in Angola
Other provinces of Angola
- Luanda 8,816,297
- Huila 3,302,866
- Huambo 2,691,902
- Benguela 2,597,638
- Cuanza Sul 2,327,981
- Bie 2,264,874
- Uige 2,017,921
- Cunene 1,806,417
- Lunda Norte 1,742,217
- Icolo e Bengo 1,372,670
- Malanje 1,298,250
- Cabinda 903,370
- Lunda Sul 893,936
- Namibe 815,708
- Bengo 716,335
- Zaire 682,658
- Cuanza Norte 659,097
- Cubango 570,447
- Moxico Leste 411,074
- Cuando 138,770
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola: Resultados Definitivos do Recenseamento Geral da Populacao e Habitacao 2024 (2024 census, definitive results): Quadros 1.1, 1.6, 1.8, 3.1, 3.4, 8.1, 8.3, 8.4, 8.9, 8.15, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.6, 9.14, 9.15, 9.20, 10.4 and 12, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9cf14c66cc45…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola: Anuario do Inquerito sobre o Emprego em Angola 2025 (Employment Survey yearbook, April 2026): Quadros 1, 1C, 5, 16 and 25 by province, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0576ec002952…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE) and Ministerio da Saude (MINSA), Angola (with ICF, The DHS Program): Inquerito de Indicadores Multiplos e de Saude (IIMS) 2023-2024, Relatorio de Indicadores Basicos: Quadros 9, 12, 14, 16 and 20 by province, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c6165226dde1…)
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