Austria vs Congo - Kinshasa: GDP growth

GDP growth: 0.8% a year in Austria 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 9.3 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

AustriaCongo - KinshasaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Austria.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Austria at 0.8% a year and Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Austria	Congo - Kinshasa
2025	0.8	5.7
2024	-0.7	6.1
2023	-0.8	8.5
2022	5.3	9.3
2021	4.9	6.4
2020	-6.3	0.8
2019	1.8	0.6
2018	2.5	6.1
2017	2.3	4.2
2016	2.1	0.4
2015	1.3	6.4
2014	0.8	7.3
2013	-0.3	9.6
2012	0.6	8.7
2011	2.9	7.6
2010	1.8	7.8
2009	-3.6	0.6
2008	1.5	7.4
2007	3.8	8.5
2006	3.3	5.1
2005	2.3	9.8
2004	2.6	7.7
2003	1.1	6.6
2002	1.5	2.9
2001	1.3	-2.1
2000	3.2	-8.1
1999	3.8	-3.8
1998	3.5	-3.9
1997	2.1	-7.8
1996	2.4	-1.9
1995	2.7	2.8
1994	2.4	-6.1
1993	0.5	-13.5
1992	2.1	-10.5
1991	3.4	-8.4
1990	4.3	-6.6
1989	3.9	-1.3
1988	1	0.5
1987	1.7	2.7
1986	2.3	4.7
1985	2.2	0.5
1984	0.3	4.8
1983	2.8	1.4
1982	1.9	-0.5
1981	-0.1	0.9
1980	2.3	2.4

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Austria	Congo - Kinshasa
2026	0.6	5.2
2027	0.9	5.7
2028	1.2	5.5
2029	1	5.5
2030	0.8	5.5
2031	0.8	5.5

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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Deaths in conflictsAustria: 0 deaths in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022