Brazil vs Congo - Kinshasa

Brazil vs Congo - Kinshasa: GDP growth

GDP growth: 2.3% a year in Brazil 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 5.3 percentage points, or 2.63 times that in Brazil.

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% a year · IMF

Brazil vs Congo - Kinshasa: GDP growthGDP growth: 2.3% a year in Brazil 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 5.3 percentage points, or 2.63 times that in Brazil.
BrazilCongo - KinshasaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Brazil.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 2.5% a year and Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBrazilCongo - Kinshasa
20252.35.7
20243.46.1
20233.28.5
202239.3
20214.86.4
2020-3.30.8
20191.20.6
20181.86.1
20171.34.2
2016-3.30.4
2015-3.56.4
20140.57.3
201339.6
20121.98.7
201147.6
20107.57.8
2009-0.10.6
20085.17.4
20076.18.5
200645.1
20053.29.8
20045.87.7
20031.16.6
20023.12.9
20011.4-2.1
20004.4-8.1
19990.5-3.8
19980.3-3.9
19973.4-7.8
19962.2-1.9
19954.42.8
19945.3-6.1
19934.7-13.5
1992-0.5-10.5
19911-8.4
1990-4.2-6.6
19893.2-1.3
19880.30.5
19873.62.7
19867.54.7
19857.90.5
19845.34.8
1983-3.41.4
19820.6-0.5
1981-4.40.9
19809.22.4
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBrazilCongo - Kinshasa
20262.25.2
20271.95.7
20282.45.5
20292.55.5
20302.55.5
20312.55.5

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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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