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Democratic Republic of the Congo

CD · COD · #11 · 6 cities

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Key indicators

GDP per capita (PPP) (2031)
$3,326
GDP (2031)
$175.4B
GDP growth (2031)
5.4% →
Inflation (2031)
7.0% →
Unemployment (2025)
4.4% ↑
Population (2031)
129.2M
Population growth (2031)
3.3% →
Gini index (2020)
44.7
Government debt (2031)
33.5% of GDP
Current account (2031)
-1.7% of GDP
FDI inflows (2025)
$1.9B
Life expectancy (2024)
62.1 yrs
Health spending (2023)
3.7% of GDP
Internet users (2024)
19.7%
Mobile subscriptions (2024)
58.5/100
Trade openness (2025)
87.3% of GDP
Exchange rate (2025)
2,693.24/USD
Foreign reserves (2023)
$5.1B
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2031.

GDP overview

Nominal GDP and real growth. Dashed = IMF forecast.

GDP per capita (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

Inflation (CPI)

Unemployment

ILO modeled estimate

Population

Fiscal and trade

Government debt (2031)
33.5% of GDP
Current account (2031)
-1.7% of GDP
FDI inflows (2025)
$1.9B

Income inequality (Gini)

Gini index (2020)
0.45
Assessment
High inequality
Source: World Bank PIP via OWID. 0 = perfect equality, 1 = maximum inequality.

Business environment

New business density (2024)
0.11/1k
Tax revenue (2022)
10.7% of GDP
Services sector (2025)
48.0% of GDP

Financial access and costs

ATMs per 100k (2018)
1.3
Bank branches per 100k (2019)
0.6
ICT service exports (2025)
0.5%
Goods and services tax (2022)
3.8%

Historical data

Historical economic data
Year GDP GDP/cap PPP Growth Inflation Unemp. Population Gini Debt Curr. acct FDI Life exp. Health Internet FX rate
2031 * $175.4B $3,326 5.4% 7.0% - 129.2M - 33.5% -1.7% - - - - -
2030 * $163.6B $3,204 5.4% 7.0% - 125.1M - 32.7% -1.3% - - - - -
2029 * $152.6B $3,084 5.4% 7.0% - 121.1M - 31.2% -1.2% - - - - -
2028 * $142.4B $2,972 5.4% 7.0% - 117.3M - 29.5% -1.4% - - - - -
2027 * $132.6B $2,858 5.4% 6.4% - 113.6M - 27.8% -1.6% - - - - -
2026 * $123.4B $2,747 5.9% 3.3% - 110.0M - 24.6% -2.0% - - - - -
2025 $92.8B $1,920 5.7% 7.4% 4.4% 106.6M - 20.2% -3.7% $1.9B - - - 2,693.24
2024 $76.7B $1,823 6.1% 17.7% 4.4% 103.2M - 15.8% -4.2% $2.9B 62.1 - 19.7% -
2023 $69.8B $1,732 8.5% 19.9% 4.5% 99.9M - 15.7% -5.3% $2.4B 61.9 3.7% 19.0% 2,340.04
2022 $70.4B $1,590 9.3% 9.3% 4.5% 96.8M - 14.7% -3.7% $1.4B 61.0 3.9% 18.0% 2,006.71
2021 $59.1B $1,402 6.4% 9.0% 5.3% 93.8M - 14.0% -1.0% $1.7B 60.0 3.9% 16.2% 1,989.39
2020 $46.7B $1,089 0.8% 11.4% 5.4% 90.8M 44.7 11.6% -2.3% $1.5B 60.4 4.0% 14.5% 1,851.12
2019 $46.8B $1,056 0.6% 4.7% 4.6% 87.9M - 9.7% -3.5% $1.4B 60.2 3.5% 13.0% 1,647.76
2018 $46.7B $1,049 6.1% 29.3% 4.6% 85.1M - 9.2% -3.6% $1.4B 59.9 3.2% 11.7% 1,622.52
2017 $37.5B $991 4.2% 35.7% 4.6% 82.4M - 8.4% -3.3% $1.0B 59.5 4.0% - 1,464.42
2016 $38.1B $950 0.4% 3.2% 4.5% 79.8M - 10.6% -3.9% $932.4M 59.1 4.2% 10.1% 1,010.30
2015 $40.2B $910 6.4% 0.7% 4.4% 77.3M - 10.2% -3.7% $1.2B 58.7 3.8% 3.8% 925.99
2014 $38.4B $859 7.3% 1.2% 4.4% 74.9M - 8.7% -4.5% $1.5B 58.2 3.7% 3.0% 925.23
2013 $34.9B $761 9.6% 0.9% 4.5% 72.6M - 8.3% -8.9% $1.7B 57.8 3.3% 2.2% 919.57
2012 $30.1B $648 8.7% 0.9% 4.5% 70.3M 42.1 7.6% -4.2% $2.9B 57.4 3.2% 1.7% 919.76
2011 $26.4B $644 7.6% 14.9% 4.3% 68.1M - 7.8% -4.9% $1.6B 56.9 3.2% 1.2% 919.49
2010 $22.3B $654 7.8% 23.5% 4.1% 65.9M - 31.8% -9.7% $2.7B 56.4 3.7% 0.7% 905.91
2009 $18.6B $615 0.6% 46.1% 3.9% 63.8M - 91.6% -5.9% -$243.2M 55.8 4.5% 0.6% 809.79
2008 $22.7B $627 7.4% 18.0% 3.6% 61.8M - 80.3% -0.6% $1.7B 55.4 4.3% 0.4% 559.29
2007 $18.6B $590 8.5% 16.7% 3.4% 59.8M - 85.1% 2.8% $1.8B 55.0 3.9% 0.4% 516.75
2006 $15.4B $545 5.1% 12.8% 3.2% 57.9M - 107.5% 0.3% $256.1M 54.5 4.1% 0.3% 468.28
2005 $12.7B $519 9.8% 21.5% 3.0% 56.1M - 112.0% 1.0% $180.0M 54.0 4.0% 0.2% 473.91
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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