Congo, Dem. Rep.'s trade in services (% of GDP) was 6.11% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.23 percentage points from 5.89% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 6.11% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 6.07% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.89% | 2015 |
| Highest | 13.75% | 2011 |
| Lowest | 4.88% | 2017 |
| Average since 2016 | 6.51% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 11.99% | 2005 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s trade in services (% of GDP) fell 2.43 percentage points on 2024 (from 8.54% to 6.11%).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −0.18 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 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 2.29 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.03 percentage points in 2012. 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 0.28 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 48% 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 129th highest value of the 135 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. | 6.11% | 2025 |
| World | 15.19% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.77% | 2024 |
| Low income | 9.42% | 2024 |
Closest to Congo, Dem. Rep. in the 2025 ranking
- Angola — 125th of 135: 7.02%
- Brazil — 126th of 135: 7%
- United States — 127th of 135: 6.98%
- Bolivia — 129th of 135: 5.6%
- Algeria — 130th of 135: 5.54%
- Russian Federation — 131st of 135: 5.51%
What this measures
Total trade in services includes services provided by residents to non-residents plus services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 21 values
| Year | Trade in services (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.11 |
| 2024 | 8.54 |
| 2023 | 8.2 |
| 2022 | 7.2 |
| 2021 | 6.97 |
| 2020 | 6.07 |
| 2019 | 5.13 |
| 2018 | 6.25 |
| 2017 | 4.88 |
| 2016 | 5.74 |
| 2015 |
Trade in services (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 7.02% (2025)
- Benin — 10.17% (2023)
- Botswana — 11.79% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 9.09% (2024)
- Burundi — 16.48% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 42.18% (2025)
- Cameroon — 7.9% (2024)
- Comoros — 21.95% (2023)
- Congo, Rep. — 13.13% (2021)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 9.01% (2024)
- Eswatini — 20.27% (2025)
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 trade in services (% of GDP)?
- 6.11% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is down 5.88 percentage points from 11.99% in 2005. The highest value was 13.75% in 2011 and the lowest 4.88% in 2017.
- How does Congo, Dem. Rep. rank?
- 129th highest of 135 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in trade in services (% of GDP) unusual for Congo, Dem. Rep.?
- In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s trade in services (% of GDP) fell 2.43 percentage points on 2024 (from 8.54% to 6.11%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −0.18 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 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 BG.GSR.NFSV.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 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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