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🇨🇩 DR Congo

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Policy rate not yet covered
Headline inflation 3.36% Aug 2026
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Tier 1 · Markets

The Market Now

Series Per US$1 As of Source
Official not yet covered
Marketparallel 2,390.00 27 Sep 2026, 00:30 UTC Bybit P2P
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Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

9201,8102,70020142017202020232025

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

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Inflation

Series YoY Period Source
Headline 3.36% Aug 2026 Source

As of 12 Sep 2026, 19:49 UTC

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Yield curve

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Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

15 of 26 indicators improving mixed

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

112.8M · 2025

81M95.5M110M201520172019202120232025

↑ 34.4M since 2014

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GDP per capita (PPP)

$1,920 · 2025

$910$1,405$1,900201520172019202120232025

↑ $1,060 since 2014

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GDP per capita growth

2.4% · 2025

-4%0%6%201520172019202120232025

↓ 1.3 pts since 2014

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Life expectancy

62.1 years · 2024

586062201420162018202020222024

↑ 3.8 years since 2014

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Child mortality

89.7 per 1,000 · 2024

899193201420162018202020222024

↓ 3 since 2014

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Internet users

19.7% · 2024

3%11.5%20%201420162018202020222024

↑ 16.7 pts since 2014

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Manufacturing share of GDP

7.9% · 2025

7.8%12.4%17%201520172019202120232025

↓ 7.2 pts since 2014

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Electricity access

22.5% · 2024

13%17.5%22%201420162018202020222024

↑ 9 pts since 2014

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Adult literacy

68.5% · 2023

65%71%77%201620202023

↓ 8.5 pts since 2016

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Debt service / exports

1.3% · 2024

1.3%2.5%3.6%201420162018202020222024

↓ 1.5 pts since 2014

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Exports of goods and services

$36.4B · 2025

$10B$23B$36B201520172019202120232025

↑ $23.8B since 2014

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GDP growth

5.8% · 2025

0.4%4.8%9.3%201520172019202120232025

↓ 1.5 pts since 2014

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GDP

$91B · 2025

$37B$64B$91B201520172019202120232025

↑ $52.7B since 2014

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Unemployment

4.4% · 2025

4.4%4.9%5.4%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0 pts since 2014

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FDI inflows

$1.9B · 2025

$930M$1.9B$2.9B201520172019202120232025

↑ $369.1M since 2014

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Remittances

$3.3B · 2025

$590M$1.9B$3.3B201520172019202120232025

↑ $2.6B since 2014

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External debt

$12.5B · 2024

$5.2B$8.6B$12B201420162018202020222024

↑ $6.8B since 2014

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Agriculture share of GDP

8.9% · 2025

8.9%11.4%14%201520172019202120232025

↓ 3.6 pts since 2014

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Services share of GDP

48% · 2025

42%45.5%49%201520172019202120232025

↑ 6.6 pts since 2014

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Investment rate

28.8% · 2025

21%29%37%201520172019202120232025

↓ 2.4 pts since 2014

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Terms of trade

142.40 · 2024

94.00122.00150.00201420162018202020222024

↑ 36.20 since 2014

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FX reserves

$5.1B · 2023

$660M$2.9B$5.1B2014201820202023

↑ $3.5B since 2014

includes gold

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Lending rate

23.3% · 2021

18%22.5%27%201420182021

↑ 4.6 pts since 2014

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Deposit rate

5.7% · 2021

3.3%4.8%6.2%201420182021

↑ 1.7 pts since 2014

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Health expenditure

3.7% · 2023

3.2%3.7%4.2%2014201820202023

↓ 0 pts since 2014

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Physicians

0.2 per 1,000 · 2022

0.160.1850.212019202020212022

↑ 0 since 2019

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Tertiary enrollment

6.4% · 2020

5.9%6.2%6.4%20162017201820192020

↑ 0.5 pts since 2016

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Tourist arrivals

351,000 · 2016

330,000340,000350,000201420152016

↑ 17,000 since 2014

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Account ownership

39.2% · 2024

17%28%39%201420162018202020222024

↑ 21.7 pts since 2014

Findex · every 3–4 years

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Exports per capita derived

$322.79 · 2025

$120$220$320201520172019202120232025

↑ $161.62 since 2014

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Median age

15.8 years · 2023

1515.5162014201820202023

↓ 0.1 years since 2014

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Government revenue / GDP

14.6% · 2026

9.9%12.9%16%201620182020202220242026

↓ 2.8 pts since 2014

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Debt to GDP

24.6% · 2026

8.4%16.7%25%20142017202020232026

↑ 15.9 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Gross debt (national currency)

CDF 68.3T · 2026

CDF 3.1TCDF 35.5TCDF 68.0T20142017202020232026

↑ CDF 65.2T since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Current account / GDP

-2% · 2026

-5.3%-3.1%-1%20142017202020232026

↑ 2.5 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Budget balance / GDP

-3.5% · 2026

-4%0%4%20142017202020232026

↓ 7.3 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Electoral democracy

0.31 · 2025

0.300.330.35201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.01 since 2014

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Trade profile

Exports

$36.4B · 2025

$10B$23B$36B20142017202020232025

↑ $23.8B since 2014

Imports

$38B · 2025

$12B$25B$38B20142017202020232025

↑ $22.2B since 2014

Balance derived

−$1.6B · 2025

$-4B$0$160.7M201420202025

↑ $1.6B since 2014

Top exports · 2023

Products

  1. Copper $18.4B · 66.5%
  2. Inorganic chemicals $4.8B · 17.2%
  3. Ores, slag and ash $2.5B · 9.0%
  4. Pearls, precious stones and metals $1.4B · 5.1%
  5. Mineral fuels $169.9M · 0.6%
  6. Cocoa and cocoa preparations $144.5M · 0.5%
  7. Other base metals $54.1M · 0.2%
  8. Wood and wood articles $50M · 0.2%
  9. Zinc $31.3M · 0.1%
  10. Coffee, tea, spices $18.9M · 0.1%

Partners

  1. China $16B · 57.6%
  2. South Africa $2.4B · 8.6%
  3. Hong Kong $2.3B · 8.4%
  4. Mozambique $1.6B · 5.7%
  5. Singapore $1.4B · 4.9%
  6. Tanzania $1.2B · 4.3%
  7. United Arab Emirates $1B · 3.7%
  8. M49 757 $584.8M · 2.1%
  9. Vietnam $392.6M · 1.4%
  10. Zambia $325.1M · 1.2%

Top imports · 2023

Products

  1. Mineral fuels $9.3B · 36.5%
  2. Machinery and mechanical appliances $4B · 15.5%
  3. Salt, earths, stone, cement $2.2B · 8.6%
  4. Articles of iron or steel $1.5B · 6.0%
  5. Electrical machinery and equipment $1.5B · 5.8%
  6. Vehicles other than railway $1.4B · 5.7%
  7. Plastics $560.2M · 2.2%
  8. Inorganic chemicals $516.6M · 2.0%
  9. Iron and steel $429.8M · 1.7%
  10. Other made-up textile articles $332.4M · 1.3%

Partners

  1. China $6.8B · 26.5%
  2. United Arab Emirates $3B · 11.8%
  3. South Africa $2.1B · 8.2%
  4. India $1.7B · 6.5%
  5. Belgium $1.3B · 5.0%
  6. Saudi Arabia $1B · 4.1%
  7. Tanzania $889.9M · 3.5%
  8. Bahrain $823.4M · 3.2%
  9. United States $621.2M · 2.4%
  10. Zambia $531.2M · 2.1%

2025 filings are still arriving — this page updates as each country reports

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