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Congo - Kinshasa

Headline economic indicators for Congo - Kinshasa, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Congo - Kinshasa
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 2.9% +2.14 (+287.8%)
Consumer price index · 133.9 +3.75 (+2.9%)
GDP deflator inflation · 7.8% -10.19 (-56.6%)

GDP

GDP — Congo - Kinshasa
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 5.8% -0.34 (-5.6%)
GDP per capita · 806.78 +113.89 (+16.4%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 844 +26.74 (+3.3%)
GDP · 91,030,531,316.99 +15,314,355,212 (+20.2%)
GDP, PPP · 216,618,320,622 +17,377,414,390 (+8.7%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 1,920 +96.55 (+5.3%)
GDP per capita growth · 2.4% -0.29 (-10.7%)
GNI per capita · 720 +40.00 (+5.9%)
Agriculture to GDP · 8.9% -1.15 (-11.4%)
Industry to GDP · 39.7% +0.74 (+1.9%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 7.9% -0.70 (-8.2%)
Services to GDP · 48.0% +0.68 (+1.4%)
Household consumption to GDP · 52.7% -1.11 (-2.1%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 31.7% +0.27 (+0.8%)
Gross savings to GDP · 28.7% +1.13 (+4.1%)

Labour

Labour — Congo - Kinshasa
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 4.4% +0.01 (+0.3%)
Labour force participation rate · 64.3% -0.11 (-0.2%)
Female labour force participation rate · 61.8% -0.04 (-0.1%)
Youth unemployment rate · 7.8% -0.10 (-1.3%)
Employment to population ratio · 61.5% -0.11 (-0.2%)
Employment in agriculture · 58.5% -0.37 (-0.6%)
Employment in industry · 8.0% +0.02 (+0.2%)
Employment in services · 33.5% +0.36 (+1.1%)

Money

Money — Congo - Kinshasa
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 15.1% +9.99 (+194.7%)
Broad money to GDP · 17.6% -4.62 (-20.7%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 11.3% +2.75 (+32.2%)
Lending rate · 24.1% +0.06 (+0.2%)
Bank deposit rate · 7.9% +4.15 (+110.8%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 4.9% -1.65 (-25.0%)
Official exchange rate · 2,693.24 +353.20 (+15.1%)

Trade

Trade — Congo - Kinshasa
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -4.3% -0.74 (-20.6%)
Exports to GDP · 43.4% -2.28 (-5.0%)
Imports to GDP · 43.9% -4.63 (-9.5%)
Trade to GDP · 87.3% -6.91 (-7.3%)
Exports of goods and services · 39,523,166,164.44 +4,923,177,150 (+14.2%)
Imports of goods and services · 39,977,700,113.29 +3,216,338,686 (+8.7%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -1,557,707,331.13 +336,205,741 (+17.8%)
Current account balance (annual) · -3,944,244,809.15 -1,224,798,285 (-45.0%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 2.1% -1.80 (-46.7%)
Remittances received to GDP · 3.6% +1.00 (+38.0%)
Total reserves, including gold · 5,104,181,646.55 +726,081,165 (+16.6%)
Reserves in months of imports · 1.7 +0.16 (+10.4%)
External debt to GNI · 18.3% -0.25 (-1.3%)

Government

Government — Congo - Kinshasa
Indicator Value Change
Government debt to GDP · 14.9% -137.25 (-90.2%)
Government revenue to GDP · 13.2% +3.34 (+33.7%)
Government expense to GDP · 12.4% +3.80 (+44.0%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 10.7% +2.79 (+35.5%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -2.1% -1.84 (-792.1%)
Government consumption to GDP · 15.9% -1.52 (-8.7%)
Education spending to GDP · 2.8% +0.18 (+6.9%)
Health spending to GDP · 3.7% -0.26 (-6.5%)

Demography

Demography — Congo - Kinshasa
Indicator Value Change
Population · 112,832,473 +3,556,208 (+3.3%)
Population, long-run history · 108,171 +3,404 (+3.2%)
Population growth · 3.2% -0.04 (-1.2%)
Life expectancy · 62.1 +0.18 (+0.3%)
Fertility rate · 5.98 -0.07 (-1.2%)
Birth rate · 40.9 -0.42 (-1.0%)
Death rate · 8.4 -0.10 (-1.2%)
Urban population share · 45.1% +0.37 (+0.8%)
Population aged 65 and over · 3.1% +0.01 (+0.3%)
Under-five mortality rate · 89.7 -1.60 (-1.8%)
Population density · 48.2 +1.54 (+3.3%)
Net migration · -27,309 -341.00 (-1.3%)
Gini index · 44.7 +2.60 (+6.2%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.

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