Congo, Rep.'s ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) was 1.78% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.19 percentage points from 0.59% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.78% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 1.35% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.59% | 2013 |
| Highest | 2.61% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 0.56% | 2016 |
| Average since 2014 | 1.39% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 0.99% | 2007 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Congo, Rep.'s ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) rose 0.72 percentage points on 2022 (from 1.06% to 1.78%).
Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2022), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.53 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above 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 0.9 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.07 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.14 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 35% 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 2023, Congo, Rep. had the 31st highest value of the 34 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, Rep. | 1.78% | 2023 |
| World | 13.42% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.2% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 6.82% | 2024 |
Closest to Congo, Rep. in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Information and communication technology goods imports include computers and peripheral equipment, communication equipment, consumer electronic equipment, electronic components, and other information and technology goods (miscellaneous).
Limitations: Detailed trade data are widely available from country trade statistics. These are collected by the UNSD and published in their UN COMTRADE database. The ICT goods trade indicators are usually compiled by interested international and national agencies using COMTRADE data. Concepts are therefore consistent with those applying to the COMTRADE database. The main statistical issue associated with this indicator appears to be the different treatment of re-exports and re-imports by countries, depending on whether the Special or General Trade System is used.2 Re-imports are separately reported for some countries and the value of ICT re-imports (which is included in the value of ICT imports for those…
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 17 values
| Year | ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.78 |
| 2022 | 1.06 |
| 2021 | 1.54 |
| 2020 | 2.61 |
| 2019 | 2.24 |
| 2018 | 1.35 |
| 2017 | 1.46 |
| 2016 | 0.56 |
| 2015 | 0.62 |
| 2014 | 0.66 |
| 2013 |
ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) in nearby economies
- Angola — 2.72% (2024)
- Benin — 2.37% (2024)
- Botswana — 2.77% (2023)
- Burkina Faso — 1.38% (2024)
- Burundi — 1.84% (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 2.74% (2024)
- Cameroon — 1.66% (2023)
- Central African Republic — 3.23% (2024)
- Comoros — 1.42% (2021)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 1.7% (2024)
More infrastructure data for Congo, Rep.
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 17,604 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.29 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 6.05 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 95.53 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1,545 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 147,084 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0 (2023)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 65.88% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 47.25% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Congo, Rep.'s ICT goods imports (% total goods imports)?
- 1.78% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2007?
- It is up 0.79 percentage points from 0.99% in 2007. The highest value was 2.61% in 2020 and the lowest 0.56% in 2016.
- How does Congo, Rep. rank?
- 31st highest of 34 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) unusual for Congo, Rep.?
- In 2023, Congo, Rep.'s ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) rose 0.72 percentage points on 2022 (from 1.06% to 1.78%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2022), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.53 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above 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 TM.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNCTADstat database, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx 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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