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Angola · Bengo · 2 cities

Air quality in Bengo today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now, Panguíla has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Bengo (AQI 52, Moderate), and Calumbo the worst (AQI 54, Moderate). Calumbo has the most tree cover, at 28.1% — #3 of 35 cities measured in Angola.

Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.

cities tracked
2
average tree cover
16.1%
Angola: 11.5%
worst air now: Calumbo
54
cleanest air now: Panguíla
52

Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.

Bengo

Air quality today across Bengo, city by city

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Bengo, Angola
Calumbo54Moderate28.1%5.8K#3 of 35
Panguíla52Moderate4.0%81.7K#26 of 35

Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Angola.

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Bengo lost?

Since 2001, Bengo has lost about 180,000 hectares of forest (about 250,000 football pitches): 9.2% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (48%). About 88,800 hectares (49%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Forest lost since 2001
180,000 haabout 250,000 football pitches
Share of its forest
9.2%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
88,800 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Bengo, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Bengo, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.17.9K

Show the figures as a table
Forest lost each year in Bengo, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200112,100 ha5,890 ha17,900 ha
20024,640 ha1,870 ha6,500 ha
20032,940 ha1,960 ha4,900 ha
20041,050 ha1,790 ha2,840 ha
2005655 ha877 ha1,530 ha
2006480 ha566 ha1,050 ha
20076,770 ha3,710 ha10,500 ha
20084,100 ha2,250 ha6,350 ha
20094,500 ha4,640 ha9,140 ha
20102,140 ha2,540 ha4,680 ha
2011353 ha632 ha985 ha
20122,420 ha2,070 ha4,490 ha
20134,390 ha6,250 ha10,600 ha
20145,120 ha3,280 ha8,400 ha
20152,670 ha5,000 ha7,670 ha
20162,520 ha6,450 ha8,970 ha
20174,160 ha4,190 ha8,340 ha
20182,340 ha4,330 ha6,670 ha
20191,440 ha4,350 ha5,790 ha
20201,280 ha2,650 ha3,930 ha
20214,490 ha8,640 ha13,100 ha
20222,780 ha4,150 ha6,930 ha
20233,780 ha5,380 ha9,160 ha
20243,400 ha2,790 ha6,200 ha
20258,320 ha4,770 ha13,100 ha

Forest loss is speeding up: about 9,700 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 6,740 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2001, when about 17,900 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Bengo?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good48% · 86,600 ha
  • Shifting farmingcan grow back48% · 85,800 ha
  • Loggingcan grow back1.3% · 2,420 ha

Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, mining and energy, wildfires, unknown causes.

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured

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