🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo Economy - GDP, Inflation, Population & Key Indicators

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo CD / COD #11

Nomad Score 34.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Francophone, Africa, Africa, Middle Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency CDF

📊 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

Pop. Growth (2031) 3.3% →

Gini Index (2020) 44.7

Govt Debt (2031) 33.5% of GDP

Current Account (2031) -1.7% of GDP

FDI Inflows (2024) $2.9B

Life Expectancy (2024) 62.1 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 3.7% of GDP

Internet Users (2024) 19.7%

Mobile Subs (2024) 58.5/100

Trade Openness (2024) 100.6% of GDP

Exchange Rate (2023) 2,340.04/USD

Foreign Reserves (2023) $5.1B

Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2031.

💰 GDP OVERVIEW

👤 GDP PER CAPITA (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

📉 INFLATION (CPI)

👷 UNEMPLOYMENT

ILO modeled estimate

👥 POPULATION

🏛 FISCAL & TRADE

Govt Debt (2031) 33.5% of GDP

Current Account (2031) -1.7% of GDP

FDI Inflows (2024) $2.9B

⚖️ 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 (2020) 0.04/1k

Tax Revenue (2022) 10.7% of GDP

Services Sector (2024) 46.6% of GDP

🏧 FINANCIAL ACCESS & COSTS

ATMs per 100k (2018) 1.4

Bank Branches per 100k (2019) 0.7

ICT Service Exports (2024) 1.3%

Goods & Services Tax (2022) 3.8%

📋 HISTORICAL 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	$2,134	5.7%	7.4%	4.4%	106.6M	-	20.2%	-3.7%	-	-	-	-	-
2024	$76.7B	$1,821	6.1%	17.7%	4.4%	103.2M	-	15.8%	-4.2%	$2.9B	62.1	-	19.7%	-
2023	$69.8B	$1,731	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	$606	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	$573	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	$584	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	$550	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	$508	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	$484	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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