Congo, Dem. Rep.'s chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) was 20.67% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 12.95 percentage points from 7.72% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 20.67% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 42.47% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 7.72% | 2012 |
| Highest | 42.47% | 2017 |
| Lowest | -21.08% | 2007 |
| Average since 2013 | 30.01% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 3.34% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) fell 10.6 percentage points on 2021 (from 31.27% to 20.67%).
Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2021), the average change was +1.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 17.58 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.23 percentage points in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 12% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2022, Congo, Dem. Rep. had the 4th highest value of the 18 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Congo, Dem. Rep. in the 2022 ranking
- Qatar — 1st of 18: 54.77%
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 2nd of 18: 25.17%
- Saudi Arabia — 3rd of 18: 21.86%
- Jordan — 5th of 18: 14.81%
- Indonesia — 6th of 18: 12.71%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 7th of 18: 12.58%
What this measures
Manufacturing of chemicals and chemical products includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) division 24. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D).
Limitations: In establishing classifications systems compilers must define both the types of activities to be described and the units whose activities are to be reported. There are many possibilities, and the choices affect how the statistics can be interpreted and how useful they are in analyzing economic behavior. The ISIC emphasizes commonalities in the production process and is explicitly not intended to measure outputs (for which there is a newly developed Central Product Classification). Nevertheless, the ISIC views an activity as defined by "a process resulting in a homogeneous set of products."
All 23 values
| Year | Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.67 |
| 2021 | 31.27 |
| 2020 | 36.53 |
| 2019 | 33.7 |
| 2018 | 38.08 |
| 2017 | 42.47 |
| 2016 | 34.72 |
| 2015 | 29.79 |
| 2014 | 17.27 |
| 2013 | 15.63 |
| 2012 |
Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Congo, Dem. Rep.
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) — US$28.48 billion (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) — 13.49 trillion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) — US$30.49 billion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) — 8.25 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$91.03 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 243.66 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$64.04 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 18.51 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$806.78 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU)
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Questions people ask
- What is Congo, Dem. Rep.'s chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing)?
- 20.67% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 17.33 percentage points from 3.34% in 2000. The highest value was 42.47% in 2017 and the lowest -21.08% in 2007.
- How does Congo, Dem. Rep. rank?
- 4th highest of 18 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) unusual for Congo, Dem. Rep.?
- In 2022, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) fell 10.6 percentage points on 2021 (from 31.27% to 20.67%). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2021), the average change was +1.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.MNF.CHEM.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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