Congo - Kinshasa vs France

Congo - Kinshasa vs France: GDP growth

GDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 0.9% a year in France in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 6.7 percentage points, or 4.69 times that in France.

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% a year · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs France: GDP growthGDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 0.9% a year in France in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 6.7 percentage points, or 4.69 times that in France.
Congo - KinshasaFranceIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2022, when it overtook France.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year and France at 1.1% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaFrance
20255.70.9
20246.11.4
20238.51.8
20229.32.8
20216.46.8
20200.8-7.6
20190.62.1
20186.11.6
20174.22.3
20160.40.7
20156.41
20147.31
20139.60.9
20128.70.2
20117.62.5
20107.81.8
20090.6-2.7
20087.40.3
20078.52.5
20065.12.9
20059.82
20047.72.5
20036.61
20022.91.1
2001-2.11.8
2000-8.14.4
1999-3.83.3
1998-3.93.5
1997-7.82.5
1996-1.91.3
19952.82.5
1994-6.12.4
1993-13.5-0.4
1992-10.51.4
1991-8.41.3
1990-6.62.8
1989-1.34.6
19880.54.7
19872.72.6
19864.72.3
19850.51.7
19844.81.7
19831.41.3
1982-0.52.4
19810.91.2
19802.41.8
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaFrance
20265.20.4
20275.70.7
20285.51.2
20295.51.1
20305.51.1
20315.51.1

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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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