Democratic Republic of the Congo's flag    Democratic Republic of the Congo


Official language: French
Currency: Congoleese Franc
Capital City: Kinshasa
Area: 2344858km2
Subregional membership(s): East Africa, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Economic Community of the Great Lakes countries , Southern African Development Community (SADC), Least developed countires, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Mineral-rich countries, CEPGL, Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)


105625114.5K
2024

Mid-year population
52.8B
2021

GDP at current prices, USD
75.6
2022

Under five mortality rate
122.4
2021

Primary enrolment ratio
Population and migration
United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)3.393.543.353.203.173.283.173.233.243.23
Population - Urban (%)42.7043.3043.90
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)56.757.257.758.158.357.857.057.558.559.2
Total fertility rate (per woman)6.46.46.46.36.36.26.26.16.16.0
Population - Urban (number)32,566,50834,098,24135,692,38437,348,93939,067,60840,848,44742,691,73244,598,62346,571,12748,611,843
Median age (years)15.715.715.715.715.615.615.615.615.615.6
Population - Male (number)38,997,29840,378,42541,799,53343,197,04544,600,41246,065,97847,574,85149,118,03550,732,47852,405,062
Population - Urban (%)42.7443.3143.8844.4645.0545.6446.2346.8447.4448.05
Population - Total (number)78,656,90481,430,97784,283,27387,087,35589,906,89192,853,16595,894,11999,010,212102,262,809105,625,115
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)58.559.159.459.960.359.759.259.760.661.2
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)60.360.961.161.862.261.761.562.162.863.3
Population - Female (%)50.4250.4150.4150.4050.3950.3950.3950.3950.39
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)4.604.574.544.504.464.414.374.334.294.25
Population - Female (number)39,659,60641,052,55242,483,74043,890,31045,306,47946,787,18748,319,26849,892,17751,530,33153,220,053
Population - Male (%)49.8749.8849.8949.9049.9149.92
Health
World Bank, World Health Organization, United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
87.985.082.179.476.673.871.368.7
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)
102.799.696.593.490.487.384.781.7
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)29.00
103.8100.597.394.291.388.485.5
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)23.10
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)15.2414.8014.3613.9313.5013.0813.0613.04
88.785.782.879.977.274.772.1
95.592.489.586.583.880.878.275.6
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)82.40
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)79.0077.0080.0080.00
96.593.490.387.284.481.779.0
Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)108.37118.54122.35126.15
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)56.2669.65
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)79.7184.8585.41
Mean years of schooling - Male (years)8.48.8
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)33.2
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)6,955,3228,735,1179,722,44310,395,185
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)0.20.3
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)6.87.1
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.6
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)3.44.2
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)0.40.4
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)0.60.6
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)2.22.7
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)72.63
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)77.0480.54
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)8.47
Primary completion rate - Female (%)53.7054.7055.6066.6757.4058.2079.19
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)6.56.66.87.1
Mean years of schooling - Female (years)5.35.5
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)1.00.9
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)6.56.97.17.3
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)2.83.4
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)66.5071.73
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)46.1756.89
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)73.29
Primary completion rate - Total (%)51.8052.2052.5067.1053.3053.7082.65
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)107.98113.98118.20122.39
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)7.828.37
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)6.61
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)0.30.3
Primary completion rate - Male (%)54.8056.1057.4066.2659.6060.7086.11
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)4.344.97
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)90.9690.9390.79
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)107.58109.43114.05118.64
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)35.9844.15
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)4.73
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, 15-24 years old (%)1.010.881.010.94
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)86.0484.9987.9088.10
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.6
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)74.00
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)1.00.91.0
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)6.57.17.37.6
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)88.5289.63
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)6.086.67
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)13,763,19616,807,01418,789,02020,169,275
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)6,807,8748,071,8979,066,5779,774,090
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)14.2
National accounts
United Nations Statistics Division, Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Construction (ISIC F) (US dollars)309,184,287351,379,819372,125,326492,816,899484,591,165488,233,040558,024,912602,864,668
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - National Currency (billions)35,11140,75355,124
Industry (%)45.10
Changes in inventories (US dollars)70,411,51187,181,78781,329,24299,166,514131,875,991158,660,517199,407,711268,844,838
Exports of goods and services (US dollars)10,512,913,7168,896,145,17713,401,980,11516,082,725,44215,173,264,35211,382,879,22621,651,294,18930,144,426,906
Industry (%)44.7643.1543.5445.9542.4040.71
Services (%)35.5336.2235.6534.0736.8237.73
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)31,970,605,61236,223,300,13531,256,002,13739,038,214,19936,823,933,89438,786,359,69140,844,540,24057,773,786,006
Manufacturing (ISIC D) (US dollars)6,494,813,9027,632,266,6107,402,463,3048,411,773,3809,468,368,4498,686,352,7069,406,846,40010,489,690,100
Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities (ISIC C-E) (US dollars)15,504,355,47015,905,232,25415,297,497,74020,289,394,86418,790,465,60717,549,257,78022,662,306,86729,774,550,093
Services (%)34.53
Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing (ISIC A-B) (US dollars)6,965,663,8827,772,422,6177,488,231,1699,034,013,9829,447,491,6249,551,827,73210,486,221,69210,933,344,310
Transport, storage and communication (ISIC I) (US dollars)3,868,745,3363,767,484,5223,253,456,4743,844,825,6644,061,537,7744,100,021,1424,661,103,7275,052,088,374
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - US dollars (billions)37.940.337.6
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)31,970,605,61231,899,603,32330,936,394,22831,651,161,66733,557,871,74532,450,733,71035,119,205,45236,777,589,999
GDP, PPP - Current, International dollar (millions)69,03675,92786,26793,46599,313102,254112,622
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US dollars)37,917,678,43838,827,767,37540,264,232,07742,593,567,81644,487,536,68645,259,531,04848,065,746,36352,172,352,271
Wholesale, retail trade, restaurants and hotels (ISIC G-H) (US dollars)3,999,201,0184,644,548,3464,568,914,2805,494,126,8905,886,111,6016,248,372,0626,318,364,2757,085,534,898
Gross fixed capital formation (including Acquisitions less disposals of valuables) (US dollars)7,348,391,4807,002,356,4227,746,217,6309,700,321,74211,857,369,0899,523,574,59911,339,145,8276,319,722,213
Prices
Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period0.773.1935.7329.274.6214.629.48
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year0.8411.2454.717.233.9120.675.40
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)0.773.1935.7329.274.6214.629.48
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)1,2071,4922,238
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100128.75132.86180.34233.12243.89279.56306.05
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)0.8923.6050.0029.274.7111.3510.89
Energy
African Union Commission, AfDB, AUC and ECA Joint African Statistical Yearbook, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)9,48510,17510,933
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)0.00.0
Conventional crude oil - Production, metric tons (thousands)1.01.01.21.31.2
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)
Conventional crude oil - Import, metric tons (thousands)
Conventional crude oil - Transfers and recycled products (terajoules)
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)212223
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)1614141415
Conventional crude oil - Import (terajoules)
Conventional crude oil - Transformation, metric tons (thousands)
Conventional crude oil - Export (terajoules)44,01641,83250,32256,02849,141
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)232425
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)2830313233
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)
Conventional crude oil - Transformation (terajoules)
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)7,3767,6117,859
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)373628976
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)7.397.51
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)2.52.73.13.2
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)7,2247,4577,702
Conventional crude oil - Energy industries own use (terajoules)
Conventional crude oil - Production (terajoules)44,01641,83250,32256,02849,141
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)8,9609,1439,81510,54911,339
Conventional crude oil - Total energy supply (terajoules)00000
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)1,5181,5801,648
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)8,9169,0999,77010,50311,292
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)2,5722,587
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)
Conventional crude oil - Change in stocks (terajoules)
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)8,9169,0999,770
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)161414
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)
Conventional crude oil - Export, metric tons (thousands)1.01.01.21.31.2
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)658,000693,000730,000
Tourism
World Bank, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), World Tourism Organization
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)1.371.50
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)1.631.80
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)00.04
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)0.14.36.060.5
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)127.060.0
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)
Transport

Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Paved Road (% of total) (%)
Total length of railways (kilometre)3,6413,6413,6413,641
Information society
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.000.000.000.00
20.0020.0040.0050.0054.0054.0055.00
3.8010.108.6211.7012.5013.60
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)48.0035.4841.9741.8841.2943.94
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)49.5236.6743.4643.3842.77
0.000.000.000.0040.0040.00
3.806.218.6211.7012.5013.60
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)37,752,78228,889,31735,375,24636,470,60037,123,208
0.33
0000.010.010.030.03
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.000.000.000.000.000.00
1,0001,0001,0004,62011,90031,00031,000
50.0050.0050.0052.0054.0070.0073.00
, 2018=100297,646,820127,781,15089,709,050172,520,55044,659,960116,323,220173,446,530
International trade
International Road Federation, World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Total trade - Import, current USD (millions)12,76714,43013,07617,77415,20114,56021,235
Total trade - Export, current USD (millions)10,45912,17611,66816,08213,33613,93521,651
Banking, insurance, financial statistics
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Interest rate - Lending (%)19.37
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)925.981,0101,4641,6231,648
Interest rate - Central bank (%)2.00
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)925.98
Deposit rate (%) (%)3.66
Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics
World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)3.74.03.42.37.22.2
Fiscal deficit (% of GDP)-142.5-185.6754.3-26.6-1,586.6-1,461.9-1,026.0-508.3
Net ODA - current USD (millions)2,5992,1022,280
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)17.0019.5319.1915.0515.0015.6212.6610.64
General government net lending/borrowing - as % of GDP (%)-0.41-0.491.36-0.04-2.01-1.43-0.01
International reserves - current USD (millions)1,216708.2695.4665.31,194747.73,467
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)34.1126.728.03
Total external debt (% of GNI) (%)20.2318.7118.7314.9315.4617.2019.79
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Balance of payments
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Economic Commission for Africa
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)1,9922,264
Errors and omissions - current USD (millions)-192.9
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)-3.91-4.11-3.27-3.55-3.21-2.25-1.03
Compensation of employees - current USD (millions)141.916.012.0
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Trade balance - current USD (millions)-289.8-228.5409.8
Financial Account net - current USD (millions)-1,486.4
Services Balance - current USD (millions)-2,018.3-1,685.0-1,849.4
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)1,6741,2051,3401,6171,4881,6471,870
Current account balance - current USD (millions)-1,483.8-1,334.1-1,213.0
Capital Account net - current USD (billions)0.30.00.5
Primary income (Net) - current USD (millions)-1,080.5-743.8-1,231.7
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)507.8272.3292.2209.2133.9148.8192.4
Portfolio Investment (Net) - current USD (millions)94.1
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)-5.93
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)19,98221,187
Secondary income (Net) - current USD (millions)1,9051,3231,458
Environment
World Bank, United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Carbon Dioxide Emissions - per Capita (metric tons)0.040.03
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)3.22.42.93.13.2
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)0.600.50
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)67.30
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)58.0857.5957.1056.6256.1355.65
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)12.6313.7613.7613.7613.7613.7613.78
Land area covered by forest (%)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)12.6313.76