Colombia vs Congo - Kinshasa

Colombia vs Congo - Kinshasa: GDP growth

GDP growth: 2.6% a year in Colombia 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 7.7 percentage points, or 10 times that in Colombia.

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% a year · IMF

Colombia vs Congo - Kinshasa: GDP growthGDP growth: 2.6% a year in Colombia 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 7.7 percentage points, or 10 times that in Colombia.
ColombiaCongo - KinshasaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Colombia.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Colombia at 2.9% a year and Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearColombiaCongo - Kinshasa
20252.65.7
20241.56.1
20230.88.5
20227.39.3
202110.86.4
2020-7.20.8
20193.20.6
20182.66.1
20171.44.2
20162.10.4
201536.4
20144.57.3
20135.19.6
20123.98.7
20116.97.6
20104.57.8
20091.10.6
20083.37.4
20076.78.5
20066.75.1
20054.49.8
20045.37.7
20033.96.6
20022.52.9
20011.7-2.1
20002.9-8.1
1999-4.2-3.8
19980.6-3.9
19973.4-7.8
19962.1-1.9
19955.22.8
19945.1-6.1
19935.7-13.5
19924.4-10.5
19912.4-8.4
19904.3-6.6
19893.4-1.3
19884.10.5
19875.42.7
19865.84.7
19853.10.5
19843.44.8
19831.61.4
19820.9-0.5
19812.30.9
19804.42.4
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearColombiaCongo - Kinshasa
20262.25.2
20272.35.7
20282.45.5
20292.65.5
20302.85.5
20312.95.5

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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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