IndicatorCOGCongo, Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.33rank #121Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)19.3rank #189Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.16rank #120Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.11rank #140Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.37rank #115Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)28.4rank #185Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.33rank #121Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1.3%rank #94Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.19rank #106Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)57rank #151Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)34.9rank #181Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)38.1rank #184Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.18rank #126Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.24rank #114Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.12rank #124Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)34.3rank #170Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)14.6%rank #136Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.47rank #130Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)36.4%rank #42Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)10.1%rank #57Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Annual working hours per workerhoursOur World in Data2,534.2rank #2Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table68,432.3rank #120Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)11.6%rank #18Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT54.3%rank #117Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)44.9%rank #58Data 2024 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.7%rank #54Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)16.31Brank #138Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)3.1%rank #100Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)2,514.7rank #148Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)6,194.1rank #141Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)5,902.6rank #144Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)16.1%rank #105Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)29.4%rank #26Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)31.7%rank #29Data 2021 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)3.2%rank #106Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table2rank #111Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)35.6%rank #26Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)2.4%rank #74Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT67.8%rank #36Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.3%rank #147Data 2021 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.38%rank #55Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)127rank #76Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)6.5%rank #123Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)91.7%rank #57Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)19.9%rank #176Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT19.9%rank #175Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)75.9%rank #164Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)40.5%rank #175Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT40.5%rank #176Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)48%rank #40Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)43.6%rank #64Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)7.5Brank #115Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)7.9Brank #126Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)73.5%rank #147Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)20.6%rank #180Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data3.9rank #118Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,187.1rank #165Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF78%rank #22Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.3%rank #172Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)27rank #100Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)66rank #188Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)241rank #89Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)72%rank #28Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF72%rank #28Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF5.9%rank #28Data 2014 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.17rank #101Data 2022 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)36.5rank #172Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)29.7rank #118Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)16.2%rank #52Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF21.2%rank #22Data 2014 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)6.7rank #78Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)302rank #131Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF39.1rank #157Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)25%rank #73Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF8.2%rank #37Data 2014 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)76.1%rank #14Data 2005 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.3%rank #72Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)12.7rank #124Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)8.3rank #123Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)71.1%rank #121Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)87.9%rank #146Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)50.5%rank #128Data 2012 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)10.4%rank #119Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)30.4rank #28Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)4.1rank #24Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP18.3rank #191Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-0.16rank #104Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)6.48Mrank #110Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)2.4%rank #31Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP70.5rank #182Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP11,006.5rank #95Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP77.9rank #26Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)64.1%rank #99Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data8.84Mrank #113Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data1.4rank #139Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)53%rank #64Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber0%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber20.2%rank #77Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber0.18%rank #153Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber0%rank #104Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)271rank #130Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)64%rank #25Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch2.7rank #48Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber716.1rank #179Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data20.9%rank #109Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)71.4%rank #24Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch16.6rank #62Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)19.4%rank #69Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)72%rank #53Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)530.1rank #118Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)53,691.4rank #102Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)0.02%rank #1Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)36.6%rank #23Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)31.2%rank #120Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)1,760.5rank #124Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)873.7rank #162Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)108.3rank #98Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)0.29rank #186Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)95.5rank #121Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)16.6rank #198Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR9,431rank #120Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)39.2%rank #41Data 2011 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)65.6%rank #21Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)1.3rank #137Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.92rank #79Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.57rank #133Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)48.9rank #68Data 2011 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.65rank #107Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.43rank #109Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internally displaced personspeopleUNHCR26,875rank #4Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)47.3%rank #145Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data4.5rank #119Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.63rank #77Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.14rank #178Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.36rank #142Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.6rank #169Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.84rank #183Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR62,500rank #59Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR13,134rank #120Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT29.5%rank #149Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP3rank #3Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data319rank #23Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.6rank #38Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.6rank #43Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.8rank #48Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7rank #59Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.5rank #56Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.5rank #55Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.3rank #20Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP3rank #3Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.9rank #54Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.1rank #48Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.2rank #53Data 2026 · Status unspecified