Country
GDP growth
3.8%
2025 · 2026 : 4.3% (projection)
Inflation
13.9%
2025 · 2026 : 9.0% (projection)
Public debt
86.0%
2025 · % of GDP
Fiscal balance
-3.8%
2025 · % of GDP · 2026 : -4.9% (projection)
Current account balance
-3.5%
2025 · % of GDP · 2026 : +0.9% (projection)
Nominal GDP
28.9 bn USD
2025 · 2026 : 41.2 bn USD (projection)
GDP per capita
1,318 USD
2025 · 2026 : 1,831 USD (projection)
Population
21.9 million
2025
En %
Source : IMF World Economic Outlook
| Observed or estimated | IMF projection | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,9 | — |
| 2016 | 3,8 | — |
| 2017 | 3,5 | — |
| 2018 | 4 | — |
| 2019 | 1,4 | — |
| 2020 | -2,8 | — |
| 2021 | 6,2 | — |
| 2022 | 5,2 | — |
| 2023 | 5,4 | — |
| 2024 | 3,8 | — |
| 2025 | 3,8 | 3,8 |
| 2026 | — | 4,3 |
| 2027 | — | 4,7 |
| 2028 | — | 5,1 |
| 2029 | — | 5,3 |
| 2030 | — | 5,3 |
| 2031 | — | 5,3 |
En %
Source : IMF World Economic Outlook
| Observed or estimated | IMF projection | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10,1 | — |
| 2016 | 17,9 | — |
| 2017 | 6,6 | — |
| 2018 | 7,5 | — |
| 2019 | 9,2 | — |
| 2020 | 15,7 | — |
| 2021 | 22 | — |
| 2022 | 11 | — |
| 2023 | 10,9 | — |
| 2024 | 15 | — |
| 2025 | 13,9 | 13,9 |
| 2026 | — | 9 |
| 2027 | — | 8 |
| 2028 | — | 7 |
| 2029 | — | 7 |
| 2030 | — | 7 |
| 2031 | — | 7 |
Sources: IMF World Economic Outlook (key figures, growth and inflation; estimates and projections from 2026); World Bank World Development Indicators (population and structural indicators). The latest available year is shown for each figure.
Economy · News
The framework agreement brings together FIS-RDC, EnPower, Gridworks and Trafigura around an interconnector of roughly 200 kilometres capable of importing up to 550 MW into the Congolese mining belt.
