Labor force | 35.983 million (2023 est.) |
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Industrial production growth rate | 14.56% (2023 est.) |
Industries | mining (copper, cobalt, gold, diamonds, coltan, zinc, tin, tungsten), mineral processing, consumer products (textiles, plastics, footwear, cigarettes), metal products, processed foods and beverages, timber, cement, commercial ship repair |
Population below poverty line | 63% (2014 est.) |
Taxes and other revenues | 11.41% (of GDP) (2022 est.) |
Fiscal year | |
Exchange rates | |
Currency | Congolese francs (CDF) per US dollar - |
Exchange rates 2021 | 1,989.391 (2021 est.) |
Exchange rates 2020 | 1,851.122 (2020 est.) |
Exchange rates 2019 | 1,647.76 (2019 est.) |
Exchange rates 2018 | 1,622.524 (2018 est.) |
Exchange rates 2017 | 1,464.418 (2017 est.) |
Debt - external | |
Debt - external 2022 | $5.383 billion (2022 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021 | $3.467 billion (2021 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020 | $747.655 million (2020 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019 | $1.194 billion (2019 est.) |
Current account balance | |
Current account balance 2021 | -$587.407 million (2021 est.) |
Current account balance 2020 | -$1.052 billion (2020 est.) |
Current account balance 2019 | -$1.693 billion (2019 est.) |
Public debt | |
Public debt 2022 | 15.99% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Budget | |
Revenues | $7.524 billion (2021 est.) |
Expenditures | $5.109 billion (2021 est.) |
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) | |
Remittances | |
Remittances 2023 | 2.05% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Remittances 2022 | 2.05% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Remittances 2021 | 2.44% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Household income | |
Lowest 10% | 2.1% (2020 est.) |
Highest 10% | 35.8% (2020 est.) |
Imports | |
Imports 2021 | $22.193 billion (2021 est.) |
Imports 2020 | $14.557 billion (2020 est.) |
Imports 2019 | $16.892 billion (2019 est.) |
Imports (partners) | China 33%, Zambia 10%, South Africa 10%, UAE 5%, India 4% (2022) |
Comodities Imports force | refined petroleum, sulfur, plastic products, trucks, stone processing machines (2022) |
Exports | |
Imports 2021 | $22.193 billion (2021 est.) |
Imports 2020 | $14.557 billion (2020 est.) |
Imports 2019 | $16.892 billion (2019 est.) |
Exports (partners) | China 55%, Singapore 5%, UAE 5%, Hong Kong 4%, Tanzania 4% (2022) |
Comodities Exports force | refined copper, cobalt, copper ore, raw copper, crude petroleum (2022) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) | |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023 | $154.012 billion (2023 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022 | $141.867 billion (2022 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021 | $130.244 billion (2021 est.) |
GDP (official exchange rate) | $66.383 billion (2023 est.) |
Real GDP Per capita | |
Real GDP per capita 2023 | $1,500 (2023 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2022 | $1,400 (2022 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2021 | $1,400 (2021 est.) |
GDP - composition, by sector of origin | |
Agriculture | 17.4% (2023 est.) |
Industry | 46.5% (2023 est.) |
Services | 33.5% (2023 est.) |
GDP - composition, by end use | |
Household consumption | 62.7% (2023 est.) |
Government consumption | 7.9% (2023 est.) |
Investment in fixed capital | 31.7% (2023 est.) |
Investment in inventories | 0.4% (2023 est.) |
Exports of goods and services | 44.2% (2023 est.) |
Imports of goods and services | -47% (2023 est.) |
Unemployment rate | |
Unemployment rate 2023 | 4.54% (2023 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2022 | 4.59% (2022 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2021 | 5.27% (2021 est.) |
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) | |
Total | 8.6% (2023 est.) |
Male | 10.9% (2023 est.) |
Female | 6.7% (2023 est.) |
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