Congo, Dem. Rep.'s export unit value index (2015 = 100) was 191.5 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 91.5% from 100 in 2015 (6.71% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 191.5 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 123.3 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 100 | 2015 |
| Highest | 218.2 | 1980 |
| Lowest | 58.7 | 2002 |
| Average since 2016 | 147.91 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 218.2 | 1980 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s export unit value index (2015 = 100) rose 12.5 on 2024 (from 179 to 191.5).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.56 and a typical year strayed about 25.45 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 54.1 in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 101.4 in 1999. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 11.09 a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep. had the 16th highest value of the 202 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 191.5 | 2025 |
| World | 167.76 | 2018 |
Closest to Congo, Dem. Rep. in the 2025 ranking
- Yemen, Rep. — 13th of 202: 195.8
- Côte d'Ivoire — 14th of 202: 195.4
- Rwanda — 15th of 202: 192.6
- Chad — 17th of 202: 188.3
- Uzbekistan — 18th of 202: 188
- Slovenia — 19th of 202: 187.9
What this measures
Export unit value indices come from UNCTAD's trade database. Unit value indices are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna¬tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates. This indicator is an index series where 2015=100.
All 46 values
| Year | Export unit value index (2015 = 100) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 191.5 |
| 2024 | 179 |
| 2023 | 172 |
| 2022 | 184.5 |
| 2021 | 177.4 |
| 2020 | 123.3 |
| 2019 | 120.8 |
| 2018 | 124.5 |
| 2017 | 113 |
| 2016 | 93.1 |
| 2015 |
Export unit value index (2015 = 100) in nearby economies
- Angola — 137.6 (2025)
- Benin — 131.2 (2025)
- Botswana — 87.6 (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 250 (2025)
- Burundi — 211 (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 112.4 (2025)
- Cameroon — 153.6 (2025)
- Central African Republic — 152.7 (2025)
- Chad — 188.3 (2025)
- Comoros — 103.1 (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 131.7 (2025)
More private sector & trade data for Congo, Dem. Rep.
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 66.13% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$28.1 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$32.1 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 43.85% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 36.59% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) — 19.56% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Congo, Dem. Rep.'s export unit value index (2015 = 100)?
- 191.5 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is down 12.24% from 218.2 in 1980 (0.29% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 218.2 in 1980 and the lowest 58.7 in 2002.
- How does Congo, Dem. Rep. rank?
- 16th highest of 202 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in export unit value index (2015 = 100) unusual for Congo, Dem. Rep.?
- In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s export unit value index (2015 = 100) rose 12.5 on 2024 (from 179 to 191.5). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.56 and a typical year strayed about 25.45 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.UVI.MRCH.XD.WD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Handbook of Statistics and data files., UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctadstat.unctad.org 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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