Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a country located at Middle Africa, it has an area of 2,344,860 Km2 and it may be considered a large country.

Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a population of 95,894,118 people, it is ranked at 16º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 41 people per km2.

It's capital is Kinshasa and its currency is Congolese francs

Democratic Republic of the Congo is holding the 88 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2020 was 7,036 millions of euros (8,030 millions of dollars), ( 16.49% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €78 euros per inhabitant$88 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.479 points in 2021, leaving it in 179th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Democratic Republic of the Congo are business, you must know it's in the 183th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Democratic Republic of the Congo, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Democratic Republic of the Congo Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2021€46,801M
Annual GDP [+]2021$55,351M
GDP per capita [+]2021€488
GDP per capita [+]2021$577
Debt (M.€.) [+]20207,036
Debt ($M) [+]20208,030
Debt (%GDP) [+]202016.49%
Debt Per Capita [+]2020€78
Debt Per Capita [+]2020$88
Deficit (M.€) [+]2020-608
Deficit ($M) [+]2020-694
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2020-1.43%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20204,428.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]20205,054.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2017489.3
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2017552.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201714.01%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017133.1
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017150.3
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20173.33%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2021262.9
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2021310.9
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20214.33%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202010.38%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2020€49
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2020$56
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2017€6
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2017$7
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€2
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$2
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021€3
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021$3
S&P Rating [+]01/28/2022B-
Corruption Index [+]202220
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019139º
Fragile States Index [+]2018110.7
Labour
NMW [+]2021$92.5
Business
Doing Business [+]2020183º
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201424.44
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]20207.3%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202040.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2016351,000
Exports [+]2021€16,825.9M
Exports [+]2021$19,900.0M
Exports % GDP [+]202135.95%
Imports [+]2021€8,117.0M
Imports [+]2021$9,600.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202117.34%
Trade balance [+]2021€8,708.9M
Trade balance [+]2021$10,300.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202118.61%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202141
Global Peace Ranking [+]2022158º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201717.1
% Immigrant [+]20191.10%
% Emigrant [+]20191.92%
Birth Rate [+]202042.31‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201767.2
Crude death rate [+]20209.54‰
Fertility Rate [+]20206.21
% risk of poverty [+]201263.9%
Population [+]202195,894,118
Immigrant stock [+]2019963,833
Emigrant stock [+]20191,684,615
HDI [+]20210.479
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2022144º
Life expectancy [+]202059.74
Suicides [+]20157,577
Suicide rate [+]20159.81
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.04
Annual crude oil production [+]202122
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021180.0
Consumption GWh [+]20218,920
Generation GWh [+]202111,040
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/21/20231,464
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/21/202395,814
Fully vaccinated [+]03/05/202310,929,306
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/21/202315.27
Doses administered [+]03/05/202313,518,662