Social Development in Congo 66 indicators covering social development for Congo. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Political Rights Rating 7 2025 up 16.7% 1st Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 62,500 2025 up 39.0% 59th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 13,134 2025 down 11.1% 57th Electoral democracy 0 2025 — 116th Liberal democracy 1 2025 unchanged 87th Liberal Democracy Index 0.115 2025 up 12.7% 131st Electoral democracy 1 2025 unchanged 87th Human Rights Index 0.326 2025 up 2.2% 144th Participatory Democracy Index 0.188 2025 up 42.4% 116th Key features of human rights 0.326 2025 up 2.2% 144th Key features of electoral democracy 0.243 2025 down 2.4% 131st Key features of liberal democracy 0.115 2025 up 12.7% 131st Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.326 2025 up 2.2% 144th Electoral Democracy Index 0.243 2025 down 2.4% 131st Executive Corruption Index 0.8 2025 down 3.1% 25th Judicial Corruption Score -2.48 2025 down 96.2% 174th Freedom of Association Index 0.433 2025 up 5.9% 127th Public Sector Corruption Index 0.684 2025 down 2.7% 56th Freedom of Expression Index 0.373 2025 down 2.6% 135th Key features of democracy 0.243 2025 down 2.4% 131st Varieties of democracy 0.243 2025 down 2.4% 131st Deliberative Democracy Index 0.163 2025 up 2.5% 132nd Egalitarian Democracy Index 0.107 2025 up 3.9% 155th Government Effectiveness Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.243 2025 down 2.4% 130th Key media freedoms -2.13 2025 down 13.4% 162nd Media Corruption Score -0.828 2025 down 507.9% 142nd Direct Democracy Index 0.104 2025 down 31.1% 58th Academic Freedom Index 0.255 2025 down 36.7% 131st Legislative Corruption Score -1.46 2025 up 8.1% 145th Physical Integrity Rights Score -0.4605 2019 down 185.4% 150th Democracy Index -4 2018 unchanged 138th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 9,431 2025 up 131.7% 62nd Political Rights Score 2 2025 down 66.7% 168th Freedom Score 17 2025 down 39.3% 166th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 8,109 2025 up 86.8% 61st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Full democracy 0 2025 — 78th Distribution of Democracy Index 6 2018 unchanged 138th Political Corruption Index 0.841 2025 up 0.7% 22nd Equal Rights Protection Index 0.084 2025 down 24.3% 169th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.841 2025 up 0.7% 22nd Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.208 2025 up 6.7% 156th Number of armed conflicts 4 conflicts 2025 — 5th Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 — 1st Number of state-based conflicts 2 conflicts 2025 — 2nd LGBT+ Rights Index 0.0719 2019 unchanged 123rd Forcibly displaced people 70,609 2025 up 23.7% 88th Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 1 number 2024 unchanged 89th Corruption Perceptions Index 23 2024 unchanged 150th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Self-reported life satisfaction 4.46 2025 up 5.2% 124th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 4.46 2025 up 5.2% 124th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Homicides 546.09 deaths 2021 up 15.2% 82nd Homicide rate 9.36 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.5% 43rd States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Civil Rights Score 2 2025 down 33.3% 99th Freedom of Expression Score 3 2025 unchanged 74th Page 1 of 2 Next →