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