Angola vs Congo - Kinshasa
Angola vs Congo - Kinshasa: Government debt
Government debt: 52.9% of GDP in Angola in 2025 and 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Angola, by 58.6 percentage points, or 4.41 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Angola at 55.1% of GDP and Congo - Kinshasa at 32.6% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Angola | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.9 | 20.4 |
| 2024 | 55 | 17.3 |
| 2023 | 75.7 | 17.2 |
| 2022 | 57.4 | 16.6 |
| 2021 | 75.5 | 15.6 |
| 2020 | 119.8 | 12.8 |
| 2019 | 100.8 | 9.7 |
| 2018 | 81.6 | 9.2 |
| 2017 | 59.6 | 8.4 |
| 2016 | 65.7 | 10.6 |
| 2015 | 50.4 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 35.3 | 8.7 |
| 2013 | 29.5 | 8.3 |
| 2012 | 23.8 | 7.6 |
| 2011 | 26.3 | 7.8 |
| 2010 | 32.6 | 31.8 |
| 2009 | 48.5 | 91.6 |
| 2008 | 28.1 | 80.3 |
| 2007 | 18.8 | 85.1 |
| 2006 | 16.7 | 107.5 |
| 2005 | 29.9 | 112 |
| 2004 | 41.6 | 164.1 |
| 2003 | 50.8 | 114.5 |
| 2002 | 65.1 | 136 |
| 2001 | 100.2 | 185.4 |
| 2000 | 118.2 | 135 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Angola | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51.5 | 23.7 |
| 2027 | 53.4 | 26.9 |
| 2028 | 53 | 28.4 |
| 2029 | 53.5 | 30 |
| 2030 | 54.1 | 31.5 |
| 2031 | 55.1 | 32.6 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Angola vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAngola: 2 million TIV in 2002Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997