DR Congo

DR Congo climbed 3 places to 82nd in 2025, but most of the move was the currency rather than output. US$ GDP jumped 20.2% to US$91.0 billion while real growth was +5.8%; the gap of 14.5 percentage points was mostly exchange-rate and price effects.

Industry accounts for 39.7% of output and services 48.0%, with agriculture at 8.9% and manufacturing at 7.9% of GDP. Inflation was 7.4% and unemployment 4.4%. Government gross debt stands at 20.4% of GDP, according to the IMF.

Scale and income point in opposite directions. The 8th largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa has a population of 112.8 million, yet GDP per capita of US$807 ranks 186th of 196, and 189th in PPP terms at $1,920 international dollars. The economy is 4.8 times its 2000 size of US$19.1 billion and about the size of the Albany, NY metro area. The IMF projects GDP of US$158.4 billion by 2030, up 74%, which would place DR Congo 69th.