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IndicatorCODCongo, Dem. Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.42rank #112
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile17.2rank #192
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.21rank #105
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.16rank #122
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.6rank #90
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile18.4rank #197
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.42rank #112
Military spending% GDP1.2%rank #96
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.2rank #103
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile29.7rank #199
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile34.6rank #186
Rule of Law0-100 percentile29rank #196
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.11rank #142
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.31rank #100
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.12rank #124
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile35.6rank #165
Women in parliament% seats12.8%rank #145
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.55rank #117
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment58.5%rank #14
Agriculture value added% GDP8.9%rank #64
Annual working hours per workerhours1,841rank #78
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker10,743.6rank #165
Current account balance% GDP-4.3%rank #78
Employment-to-population ratio%61.3%rank #62
External debt stocks% GNI18.3%rank #13
FDI net inflows% GDP2.1%rank #45
GDPcurrent US$91.03Brank #80
GDP growth%5.8%rank #36
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$806.8rank #179
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $1,640.6rank #180
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $1,431rank #188
Government expenditure% GDP12.4%rank #104
Gross capital formation% GDP31.7%rank #15
Gross savings% GDP28.7%rank #17
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0.2%rank #151
Human capital indexindex1.7rank #133
Industry value added% GDP39.7%rank #14
Inflation%2.9%rank #121
Labour force participation rate%64.1%rank #69
Personal remittances received% GDP3.6%rank #34
R&D expenditure% GDP0.41%rank #63
Researchers in R&Dper million10.1rank #90
Tax revenue% GDP10.7%rank #104
Trade openness% GDP87.3%rank #61
Unemployment% labor force4.4%rank #72
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%4.5%rank #74
Vulnerable employment% employment81.5%rank #173
Youth unemployment% ages 15-247.8%rank #48
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-247.9%rank #50
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop35.7%rank #172
Basic sanitation access% pop16.3%rank #173
Child mortalityper 1009rank #149
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,014.8rank #172
DTP3 immunization coverage%65%rank #34
Health spending% GDP3.7%rank #162
Infant mortalityper 1k births56.4rank #141
Life expectancyyears62.1rank #205
Maternal mortalityper 100k427rank #105
Measles immunization% children55%rank #39
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%55%rank #39
Physiciansper 1k0.21rank #96
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m335.8rank #170
Road traffic deathsper 100k34.9rank #132
Smoking prevalence% adults12.3%rank #36
Suicide mortality rateper 100k8.8rank #113
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k377rank #138
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births89.7rank #188
Undernourishment% pop38.5%rank #79
Education
Adult literacy%68.5%rank #30
Education spending% GDP2.8%rank #126
Expected years of schoolingyears10.9rank #160
Mean years of schoolingyears7.4rank #135
Primary completion rate% relevant age75.7%rank #118
Primary enrollment% gross117.6%rank #12
Secondary enrollment% gross55.5%rank #130
Tertiary enrollment% gross6.4%rank #128
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00040.9rank #5
Fertility ratebirths/woman6rank #3
Median age of populationyears15.8rank #212
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.14rank #102
Populationpeople112.83Mrank #15
Population growth%3.2%rank #10
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years65.9rank #205
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands218,246.1rank #8
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age96.7rank #5
Urban population%45.1%rank #150
Climate
CO₂ emissionst5.9Mrank #132
CO₂ per capitat0.05rank #205
Electricity access% pop22.5%rank #75
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation84.2%rank #13
Electricity from solar% generation15.8%rank #21
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita128.5rank #138
Forest area% land54.2%rank #41
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita2.5rank #44
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh27.6rank #6
Renewable electricity%100%rank #1
Renewable energy share%96.3%rank #1
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e260.5rank #158
Society
Asylum seekerspeople168,421rank #170
Extreme poverty% pop85.3%rank #35
Female labor participation%61.8%rank #39
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.03rank #149
Gender Development Indexratio0.89rank #91
Gender Inequality Index0-10.6rank #143
Gini indexindex44.7rank #59
Human Development Index0-10.52rank #138
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.34rank #125
Internally displaced personspeople5.67Mrank #36
Internet users% pop19.7%rank #170
Life satisfaction0-103.8rank #137
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.52rank #106
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.31rank #185
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.69rank #151
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.87rank #183
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.96rank #204
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people503,732rank #18
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people1.18Mrank #170
Youth NEET rate%30%rank #152
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year4,525rank #38
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths29,291rank #51
Hazard & exposure0-108.3rank #70
Human hazard & exposure0-1010rank #74
INFORM risk score0-108rank #63
Lack of coping capacity0-108.1rank #68
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-108rank #67
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-108.2rank #60
Natural hazard & exposure0-104rank #27
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year9,172rank #51
Socio-economic vulnerability0-107.2rank #68
Vulnerability0-107.7rank #61
Vulnerable groups0-108.1rank #70
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