Angola vs Congo - Kinshasa

Angola vs Congo - Kinshasa: GDP growth

GDP growth: 3.1% a year in Angola in 2025 and 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 7.2 percentage points, or 6.46 times that in Angola.

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% a year · IMF

Angola vs Congo - Kinshasa: GDP growthGDP growth: 3.1% a year in Angola in 2025 and 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 7.2 percentage points, or 6.46 times that in Angola.
AngolaCongo - KinshasaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Angola.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Angola at 3.3% a year and Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAngolaCongo - Kinshasa
20253.15.7
202456.1
20231.38.5
20224.29.3
20212.16.4
2020-40.8
2019-0.20.6
2018-0.66.1
2017-0.14.2
2016-1.70.4
20150.86.4
20144.77.3
20134.99.6
20128.58.7
20113.67.6
20105.37.8
200920.6
200810.87.4
2007138.5
200611.85.1
200514.29.8
200411.47.7
20033.56.6
200213.72.9
20014.2-2.1
20003.1-8.1
19992.2-3.8
19984.7-3.9
19977.3-7.8
199611.2-1.9
199510.42.8
199410.5-6.1
199311-13.5
199211.4-10.5
199112.1-8.4
1990-3.5-6.6
19890-1.3
19886.10.5
19874.12.7
19862.94.7
19853.50.5
198464.8
19834.21.4
1982–-0.5
1981-4.40.9
19802.42.4
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAngolaCongo - Kinshasa
20264.45.2
20273.35.7
20283.25.5
20293.25.5
20303.35.5
20313.35.5

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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