Poverty & Inequality in Congo 27 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Congo. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys 2025 down 100.0% 147th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 100.0% 146th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 100.0% 147th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.16 live births per woman 2023 down 12.1% 24th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 877.7 kg per hectare 2023 up 5.6% 165th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 23.8% 75th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.0684 % change on previous year 2023 down 97.4% 96th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 7.83 2022 up 13.9% 168th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 7.8% 2022 up 13.9% 168th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 up 27.4% 85th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.97 % change on previous year 2022 up 153.1% 64th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -100 % change on previous year 2021 down 200.0% 144th Gender Inequality Index 0.565 2023 down 9.7% 20th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.4% 2023 up 21.8% 80th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1606 2023 down 14.0% 38th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1606 2023 down 14.0% 38th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1748 2023 down 12.5% 47th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.5511 2023 unchanged 5th Population living in slums 75.3% 2022 up 26.1% 7th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.426 2023 up 5.4% 125th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.426 2023 up 5.4% 125th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.426 2023 up 5.4% 125th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 21.13 2023 down 4.1% 156th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.1911 2024 up 128.2% 74th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.2% 2024 up 137.5% 69th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 5,747 2017 up 19.2% 111th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 0.5% 2012 up 24.0% 123rd