The Lisbon Emigration Observatory Report 2021, published this Wednesday, reveals that Angola is the only non-European country in a group of 10 countries chosen by the Portuguese as their preferred emigration destination.

In 2019, 1,708 Portuguese went to Angola, 202 fewer people than in 2018, when 1,910 Portuguese chose the Portuguese-speaking country as their destination.

The report, quoted by RTPThe report highlights that Portuguese emigration to Angola has dropped significantly since 2015: minus 42% in 2016, minus 24% in 2017, minus 36% in 2018 and minus 11% in 2019.

Among the causes of this reduction in travel are the recessionary effects triggered by the oil crisis and its consequences on the sectors of the labor market to which Portuguese emigration was directed.

2009 was the year in which more Portuguese arrived in Angola, a total of 23,787.

In 2021, 127,366 people born in Portugal were registered at the Portuguese consulates in Angola, making the country the 11th in the world with the most Portuguese citizens, just after Luxembourg, in a table headed by France.

Angola also appears on the list of the 10 countries with the highest volume of money transfers to Portugal, in fourth place with 251.82 million euros, after Switzerland, France and the United Kingdom.

According to data released by the Bank of Portugal, in 2021, the total amount received in remittances from emigrants was 3,677.76 million euros, corresponding to 1.7% of the Portuguese Gross Domestic Product (GDP).