GDP per capita — all countries

GDP per capita — Democratic Republic of the Congo

GDP per capita in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2025 — 807 US$. Ranked 179 in the world out of 186. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 266.6%.

2025 807 US$ +16.44% vs 2024
World rank 179of 186
Period maximum 807 US$2025
Period minimum 96 US$1999

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$ per capita

GDP per capita — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960–202502505007501,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 220 US$1962: 235 US$1964: 170 US$1966: 253 US$1968: 206 US$1970: 242 US$1972: 291 US$1974: 428 US$1976: 408 US$1978: 615 US$1980: 539 US$1982: 482 US$1984: 260 US$1986: 251 US$1988: 258 US$1990: 255 US$1992: 210 US$1994: 137 US$1996: 127 US$1998: 131 US$2000: 378 US$2002: 162 US$2004: 181 US$2006: 255 US$2008: 353 US$2010: 352 US$2012: 410 US$2014: 489 US$2016: 460 US$2018: 518 US$2020: 486 US$2022: 688 US$2024: 693 US$2025: 807 US$
Change over the period: +587 (+266.59%) Average annual rate: 2.02 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo 807 US$
World 14,406 US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,673 US$
Middle Africa computed 1,586 US$
Low-income countries computed 938 US$
GDP per capita — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 807 +114 +16.44%
2024 693 +33 +4.95%
2023 660 −28 −4%
2022 688 +92 +15.44%
2021 596 +109 +22.47%
2020 486 −18 −3.49%
2019 504 −14 −2.73%
2018 518 +87 +20.21%
2017 431 −29 −6.25%
2016 460 −36 −7.27%
2015 496 +7 +1.36%
2014 489 +29 +6.26%
2013 460 +50 +12.3%
2012 410 +37 +10.04%
2011 373 +20 +5.71%
2010 352 +72 +25.78%
2009 280 −73 −20.61%
2008 353 +59 +19.99%
2007 294 +39 +15.13%
2006 255 +41 +19.07%
2005 215 +34 +18.75%
2004 181 +19 +11.87%
2003 161 −1 −0.55%
2002 162 +20 +13.81%
2001 143 −235 −62.25%
2000 378 +282 +292.37%
1999 96 −35 −26.73%
1998 131 −1 −0.65%
1997 132 +5 +3.85%
1996 127 +0 +0.32%
1995 127 −10 −6.98%
1994 137 −127 −48.15%
1993 263 +54 +25.56%
1992 210 −44 −17.36%
1991 254 −1 −0.42%
1990 255 +1 +0.25%
1989 254 −3 −1.36%
1988 258 +28 +12.01%
1987 230 −21 −8.3%
1986 251 +21 +9.02%
1985 230 −30 −11.42%
1984 260 −116 −30.96%
1983 376 −105 −21.89%
1982 482 +26 +5.67%
1981 456 −83 −15.4%
1980 539 −43 −7.42%
1979 582 −33 −5.36%
1978 615 +106 +20.73%
1977 509 +101 +24.75%
1976 408 −36 −8.16%
1975 445 +17 +3.88%
1974 428 +68 +18.72%
1973 361 +70 +24.11%
1972 291 +20 +7.46%
1971 270 +28 +11.61%
1970 242 −15 −5.8%
1969 257 +51 +25.04%
1968 206 +22 +12.2%
1967 183 −69 −27.49%
1966 253 +21 +8.94%
1965 232 +62 +36.53%
1964 170 −206 −54.85%
1963 376 +141 +60.08%
1962 235 +38 +19.31%
1961 197 −23 −10.45%
1960 220

About the indicator

Gross domestic product divided by the mid-year population, in current US dollars. This is the most widely used indicator of the level of economic development. It does not account for price differences between countries — measured by nominal GDP per capita, expensive countries look richer than they do at purchasing power parity — and it says nothing about how income is distributed within a country.

Important: The aggregate for a group of countries is its total GDP divided by its total population, not an average of country values: a country counts in it in proportion to its population and its output.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.