Economy & Growth in Democratic Republic of the Congo 155 indicators covering economy & growth for Democratic Republic of the Congo. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Annual broad money growth 35.8% 2018 down 35.0% 4th 15.4.2 Mountain area: Total — Value 243,388 km2 2021 unchanged 6th 15.4.2 Mountain area: Remaining moutain area — Value 238,607 km2 2021 unchanged 5th Total government revenue (budgetary central government) as a 18.4% 2022 down 0.2% 8th Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers 0.0878 Index 2025 unchanged 1st Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and 0.119 Index 2025 unchanged 1st Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions 0.0637 Index 2025 unchanged 1st Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system 0.0368 Index 2025 unchanged 1st Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Intellectual property 0.0433 Index 2025 unchanged 1st Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index 0.3507 Index 2025 unchanged 1st Digital STRI Heterogeneity Indices — Services trade restrictiveness 0.2639 Index 2025 down 51.3% 2nd Total trade of tracked Environmentally Sound Technologies 2.58 billion 2023 up 185.7% 8th 2.5.1b Number of local breeds for which sufficient genetic resources 0 No 2025 — 5th 2.5.1b Number of transboundary breeds for which sufficient genetic 0 No 2025 — 4th Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods, services and 1.6% 2023 down 44.3% 12th External debt stocks as a proportion of GNI 18.3% 2024 up 6.4% 8th Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP 0.4% 2015 up 600.8% 6th 15.4.2 Mountain area: Montane — Value 4,698 km2 2021 unchanged 9th Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average 30.21 Percentage of taxable income 2025 up 23.2% 1st Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal 43.54 Percentage of taxable income 2025 up 26.4% 1st Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban — Value — All age 46.65 % 2018 up 92.8% 4th Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural — Value — All age 12.11 % 2018 up 109.5% 4th Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban — Value — All age 71.43 % 2018 up 22.7% 4th Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural — Value — All age 38.8 % 2018 up 136.9% 4th Revenue Statistics in Africa - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues 10.93 Percentage of GDP 2023 up 14.3% 2nd Completion rate, primary education, urban — Value — All age ranges or 81.13 % 2018 up 20.3% 5th Completion rate, primary education, rural — Value — All age ranges or 53.15 % 2018 up 77.6% 5th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 22 - Returns on direct 1.14 Percent per annum 2020 up 47.6% 17th Average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a 3.1% 2025 down 47.9% 9th Employed persons in the tourism industries 1.51 million 2022 up 115.8% 6th 15.4.2 Mountain area: Alpine — Value 83 km2 2021 unchanged 5th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 28 - International trade 533.86 Percentage of merchandise value 2020 down 15.8% 1st GDP and main aggregates - international data cooperation - annual data 204.91 Constant prices, index 2010=100 2022 up 79.2% 3rd Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights 1 2025 unchanged 1st Proportion of traded wildlife that was poached or illicitly trafficked 12.6% 2021 — 1st ← Previous Page 3 of 3