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Angola · Kwanza Sul · 2 cities

Air quality in Kwanza Sul today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now, Sumbe has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Kwanza Sul (AQI 40, Good), and Gabela the worst (AQI 49, Good). Gabela has the most tree cover, at 15.8% — #12 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
11.8%
Angola: 11.5%
worst air now: Gabela
49
cleanest air now: Sumbe
40

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

Kwanza Sul

Air quality today across Kwanza Sul, city by city

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Kwanza Sul, Angola
Sumbe40Good7.8%57.4K#21 of 35
Gabela49Good15.8%44.6K#12 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 Kwanza Sul lost?

Since 2001, Kwanza Sul has lost about 432,000 hectares of forest (about 4,300 km²): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Forest lost since 2001
432,000 haabout 4,300 km²
Share of its forest
12%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
377,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Kwanza Sul, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Kwanza Sul, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.39.1K

Show the figures as a table
Forest lost each year in Kwanza Sul, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
20014,350 ha1,040 ha5,390 ha
20022,490 ha455 ha2,950 ha
20035,980 ha1,240 ha7,220 ha
20044,100 ha390 ha4,490 ha
20057,820 ha864 ha8,690 ha
20061,770 ha305 ha2,070 ha
200713,800 ha1,470 ha15,300 ha
20087,740 ha516 ha8,250 ha
200916,900 ha1,610 ha18,500 ha
201012,000 ha1,320 ha13,400 ha
201114,900 ha1,540 ha16,400 ha
201224,500 ha4,480 ha28,900 ha
201314,100 ha3,110 ha17,200 ha
201415,800 ha1,700 ha17,500 ha
201513,700 ha1,960 ha15,700 ha
201616,800 ha2,370 ha19,100 ha
201721,500 ha2,690 ha24,200 ha
201818,100 ha1,930 ha20,100 ha
201914,200 ha1,630 ha15,800 ha
202019,700 ha1,680 ha21,400 ha
202121,900 ha4,430 ha26,300 ha
202222,700 ha3,030 ha25,800 ha
202324,600 ha3,160 ha27,700 ha
202426,100 ha4,180 ha30,300 ha
202531,100 ha7,940 ha39,100 ha

Forest loss is speeding up: about 29,800 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 20,100 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2025, when about 39,100 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Kwanza Sul?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good86% · 373,000 ha
  • Shifting farmingcan grow back11% · 47,000 ha

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