Congo, Dem. Rep.
General information
Capital: Kinshasa
Currency unit: Congolese franc
Official language: French
Area: 2,267,050 km²
Population in million: 84,068,100.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 562
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 932
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 63.6
Annual growth rate of the population: 3.2 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 68.2 %
Life expectancy at birth: 60.0 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 77 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 47,227,500,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 19.1
Industry value added of GDP: 44.1
Services value added of GDP: 1.3
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 7,225,390.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 4,636,940.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides (2.75 %)
Diamonds (0.72 %)
Carbonates (0.06 %)
Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included (0.06 %)
Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols (0.06 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Wood in the rough (1.33 %)
Wood sawn (0.78 %)
Coffee (0.27 %)
Unmanufactured tobacco (0.20 %)
Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered (0.14 %)
Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator
The indicator highlights the scores of each of the three pillars of the sustainable competitiveness. A larger area means a higher score (0-100) and therefore a more favorable economic situation.
| 2020 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator | 37 | |
| National attractiveness Congo, Dem. Rep.: 20 | 20 | |
| Price competitiveness Congo, Dem. Rep.: 27 | 27 | |
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities Congo, Dem. Rep.: 64 | 64 | |
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances Congo, Dem. Rep.: - | - |
National attractiveness
| 2020 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | |
|---|---|---|
| National attractiveness | 20 | |
| Infrastructures Congo, Dem. Rep.: 14 | 14 | |
| Market Congo, Dem. Rep.: 27 | 27 | |
| Human and financial capital Congo, Dem. Rep.: 24 | 24 | |
| Political and economic governance Congo, Dem. Rep.: 17 | 17 |
Price competitiveness
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price competitiveness | 27 | |
| Macroeconomic competitiveness Congo, Dem. Rep.: 18 | 18 | |
| Products competitiveness Congo, Dem. Rep.: 77 | 77 |
Revealed competitivenes and economic performances
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances | - | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported primary products (except oil and ores) Congo, Dem. Rep.: 545 | 545 | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported manufactured products Congo, Dem. Rep.: >2,000 | >2,000 |