Congo, Dem. Rep.'s GNI per capita (annual % growth) was -1.66% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.18 percentage points from 0.52% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -1.66% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -2.41% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.52% | 2015 |
| Highest | 21.18% | 2021 |
| Lowest | -10.92% | 2000 |
| Average since 2016 | 0.5% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -3.29% | 1995 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s GNI per capita (annual % growth) rose 0.98 percentage points on 2024 (from -2.64% to -1.66%).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2024), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.2 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 23.59 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.98 percentage points in 2022. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% 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 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep. had the 91st highest value of the 100 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. | -1.66% | 2025 |
| World | 1.54% | 2024 |
| Low income | 3.1% | 2025 |
Closest to Congo, Dem. Rep. in the 2025 ranking
- Ukraine — 88th of 100: -0.65%
- Haiti — 89th of 100: -1.38%
- Mexico — 90th of 100: -1.64%
- Brunei Darussalam — 92nd of 100: -2.07%
- Saudi Arabia — 93rd of 100: -2.22%
- Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 94th of 100: -2.33%
What this measures
Gross national income is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 31 values
| Year | GNI per capita (annual % growth) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -1.66 |
| 2024 | -2.64 |
| 2023 | -3.76 |
| 2022 | -0.7924 |
| 2021 | 21.18 |
| 2020 | -2.41 |
| 2019 | -7.34 |
| 2018 | -0.7009 |
| 2017 | 4.2 |
| 2016 | -1.1 |
| 2015 |
GNI per capita (annual % growth) in nearby economies
- Angola — 3.73% (2024)
- Benin — 5.41% (2025)
- Botswana — -4.18% (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 12.26% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 5.57% (2025)
- Cameroon — -0.13% (2025)
- Central African Republic — -0.05% (2025)
- Chad — 2.41% (2025)
- Comoros — 2.05% (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — -8.16% (2025)
- Côte d'Ivoire
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Congo, Dem. Rep.'s GNI per capita (annual % growth)?
- -1.66% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 1.63 percentage points from -3.29% in 1995. The highest value was 21.18% in 2021 and the lowest -10.92% in 2000.
- How does Congo, Dem. Rep. rank?
- 91st highest of 100 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in GNI per capita (annual % growth) unusual for Congo, Dem. Rep.?
- In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s GNI per capita (annual % growth) rose 0.98 percentage points on 2024 (from -2.64% to -1.66%). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2024), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.2 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 NY.GNP.PCAP.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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