Country
DR Congo
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- ISO code
- CD · COD
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 113M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 1,641 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 62.1 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.1 t CO₂
Population
- Population 113M 2025 15th of 214
- Population density 48 people/km² 2024 151st of 212
- Population growth 3.20 % per year 2025 10th of 214
- Natural increase 32.8 per 1,000 people 2023 4th of 228
- Net migration -0.2 per 1,000 people 2025 100th of 214
- Fertility rate 5.98 births per woman 2024 3rd of 214
- Urban population 45.1 % 2025 159th of 214
- Median age 15.8 years 2023 223rd of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.1 % 2025 188th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.1 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 175th of 214
- Children under 15 46.0 % 2025 5th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 62.1 years 2024 202nd of 214
- Life expectancy, women 64.2 years 2024 199th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 60.0 years 2024 204th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.3 years 2024 144th of 214
- Infant mortality 56.4 per 1,000 births 2024 9th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 89.7 per 1,000 births 2024 8th of 195
- Maternal mortality 427 per 100,000 births 2023 13th of 193
- Health spending per person 23 USD 2023 187th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 58 $ (PPP) 2023 189th of 191
- Physicians 0.21 per 1,000 people 2022 151st of 179
- Hospital beds 0.8 per 1,000 people 2006 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 55 % 2024 181st of 191
- Undernourishment 39.5 % 2024 6th of 165
- Tobacco use 12.3 % 2024 114th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,015 kcal per day 2023 171st of 175
- Meat supply 3.5 kg per person per year 2023 175th of 175
Economy
- GDP 91B USD 2025 80th of 185
- GDP per capita 807 USD 2025 178th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 1,641 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 179th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 844 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 162nd of 165
- GDP growth 5.8 % 2025 36th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 2.4 % 2025 95th of 185
- Inflation 2.9 % 2016 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Unemployment 4.4 % 2025 109th of 181
- Youth unemployment 7.8 % 2025 134th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 31.4 % 2020 20th of 150
- Trade 94 % of GDP 2024 68th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 44.7 2020 17th of 151
- Extreme poverty 85.3 % 2020 1st of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 10.1 % of GDP 2024 66th of 187
- Women in the labour force 61.8 % 2025 39th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.522 2023 170th of 192
- Literacy rate 68.5 % 2023 100th of 122
- Education spending 2.8 % of GDP 2022 125th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 55 % 2023 128th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 6 % 2020 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 76 % 2023 116th of 135
- Women in parliament 12.8 % 2025 155th of 183
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 20 % 2024 172nd of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 53 per 100 people 2023 166th of 172
- Fixed broadband 0.0 per 100 people 2023 165th of 169
- Access to electricity 22.5 % 2024 206th of 212
- Safe drinking water 12 % 2024 143rd of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 13 % 2024 132nd of 140
- Research and development 0.41 % of GDP 2015 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 6.2 Mt CO₂ 2024 130th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.1 t CO₂ 2024 192nd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.05 t CO₂ 2024 212th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.2 Gt CO₂ 2024 125th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 0.5 t CO₂e 2024 195th of 201
- Forest area 61.5 % of land 2024 29th of 208
- Water stress 0 % 2022 172nd of 176
- Arable land 7.3 % of land 2024 119th of 205
- Renewable energy 96.3 % of final energy 2021 1st of 210
- Renewable electricity 100.0 % of electricity 2024 1st of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 15.8 % of electricity 2024 22nd of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 28 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 187th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 146 kWh 2024 169th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 35.8 µg/m³ 2023 31st of 199
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- Languages of the worldFrench · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldCongolese franc (CDF)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+1 … UTC+2 · 2 time zonesSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, D, E · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world5 national dishes
- Plants of the world10 characteristic plants
- Volcano & earthquake map4 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
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