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Congo - Brazzaville

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

Prices

Prices — Congo - Brazzaville
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 2.4% -0.69 (-22.3%)
Consumer price index · 146.5 +3.44 (+2.4%)
GDP deflator inflation · -3.4% -3.88 (-850.2%)

GDP

GDP — Congo - Brazzaville
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 3.1% +0.98 (+46.8%)
GDP per capita · 2,514.73 +32.48 (+1.3%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 4,188 +19.48 (+0.5%)
GDP · 16,306,633,778.77 +586,647,702 (+3.7%)
GDP, PPP · 47,002,081,000 +2,648,161,061 (+6.0%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 7,248 +244.78 (+3.5%)
GDP per capita growth · 0.7% +0.99 (+311.2%)
GNI per capita · 2,280 +10.00 (+0.4%)
Agriculture to GDP · 10.1% +0.67 (+7.1%)
Industry to GDP · 35.6% -4.51 (-11.2%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 12.9% +3.28 (+34.3%)
Services to GDP · 54.3% +9.26 (+20.6%)
Household consumption to GDP · 51.3% +3.85 (+8.1%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 29.4% +2.54 (+9.5%)
Gross savings to GDP · 31.7% -4.64 (-12.8%)

Labour

Labour — Congo - Brazzaville
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 19.9% -0.02 (-0.1%)
Labour force participation rate · 67.8% -0.02 (-0.0%)
Female labour force participation rate · 65.6% -0.03 (-0.0%)
Youth unemployment rate · 40.5% -0.08 (-0.2%)
Employment to population ratio · 54.3% -0.00 (-0.0%)
Employment in agriculture · 36.4% -0.41 (-1.1%)
Employment in industry · 19.5% -0.04 (-0.2%)
Employment in services · 44.2% +0.45 (+1.0%)

Money

Money — Congo - Brazzaville
Indicator Value Change
Broad money to GDP · 28.4% +4.00 (+16.4%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 13.8% +1.02 (+8.0%)
Bank deposit rate · 2.5% +0.00 (+0.0%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 15.2% -1.61 (-9.5%)
Official exchange rate · 581.93 -24.42 (-4.0%)

Trade

Trade — Congo - Brazzaville
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · 11.6% -0.99 (-7.9%)
Exports to GDP · 48.0% -4.76 (-9.0%)
Imports to GDP · 43.6% +3.24 (+8.0%)
Trade to GDP · 91.7% -1.52 (-1.6%)
Exports of goods and services · 7,830,871,682.15 -466,080,857 (-5.6%)
Imports of goods and services · 7,117,259,247.19 +765,051,970 (+12.0%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · 3,264,867,177.8 +1,873,547,733 (+134.7%)
Current account balance (annual) · 1,715,906,879.17 +275,275,951 (+19.1%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 3.7% -0.18 (-4.8%)
Remittances received to GDP · 0.3% +0.19 (+169.2%)
Total reserves, including gold · 758,550,233.07 +43,159,181 (+6.0%)
Reserves in months of imports · 1.6 -2.46 (-60.5%)
External debt to GNI · 44.9% -2.33 (-4.9%)

Government

Government — Congo - Brazzaville
Indicator Value Change
Government debt to GDP · 25.5% -34.74 (-57.7%)
Government revenue to GDP · 20.1% +1.31 (+7.0%)
Government expense to GDP · 16.1% -1.66 (-9.3%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 6.5% -1.82 (-21.8%)
Government budget balance to GDP · 1.3% +6.99 (+123.0%)
Government consumption to GDP · 14.9% +1.50 (+11.2%)
Education spending to GDP · 3.3% +0.61 (+22.5%)
Health spending to GDP · 3.3% +1.00 (+43.4%)

Demography

Demography — Congo - Brazzaville
Indicator Value Change
Population · 6,484,437 +151,476 (+2.4%)
Population, long-run history · 5,655 +127.50 (+2.3%)
Population growth · 2.4% -0.03 (-1.4%)
Life expectancy · 66.0 +0.23 (+0.3%)
Fertility rate · 4.11 -0.05 (-1.2%)
Birth rate · 30.4 -0.20 (-0.7%)
Death rate · 6.2 -0.05 (-0.7%)
Urban population share · 64.1% +0.24 (+0.4%)
Population aged 65 and over · 3.1% +0.08 (+2.5%)
Under-five mortality rate · 39.1 -1.20 (-3.0%)
Population density · 18.5 +0.44 (+2.4%)
Net migration · -2,999 -508.00 (-20.4%)
Gini index · 48.9 +1.60 (+3.4%)

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 - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.

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