Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa
Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 13.4% in Chad and 22.5% in Congo - Kinshasa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 9.1 percentage points, or 1.68 times that in Chad.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Congo - Kinshasa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- In 2024, Chad ranked 212 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 207 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Chad | Congo - Kinshasa | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.4 | 22.5 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 12 | 22.1 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 11.7 | 21.5 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 11.3 | 20.8 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 10.9 | 20.1 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 8.4 | 19.1 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 10.1 | 18.7 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 10.9 | 18 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 9.2 | 17.3 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 7.7 | 16.6 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 8.4 | 13.5 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 8.1 | 15.2 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 7.8 | 15.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 9 | 13.7 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 6.4 | 13 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 6.3 | 12.3 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 5.9 | 11.6 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 5.5 | 15.2 | 82 |
| 2006 | 5.1 | 10.2 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 4.8 | 6 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 3.5 | 9 | 80 |
| 2003 | 4.1 | 8.3 | 80 |
| 2002 | 3.8 | 7.7 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 3.1 | 6.7 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 2.8 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 2.4 | – | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 2.3 | – | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997