Congo - Kinshasa vs Ghana

Congo - Kinshasa vs Ghana: GDP growth

GDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 6% a year in Ghana in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 5.4 percentage points, or 2.73 times that in Ghana.

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% a year · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs Ghana: GDP growthGDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 6% a year in Ghana in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 5.4 percentage points, or 2.73 times that in Ghana.
Congo - KinshasaGhanaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Ghana.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year and Ghana at 5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaGhana
20255.76
20246.15.8
20238.53.1
20229.33.8
20216.45.1
20200.80.5
20190.66.5
20186.16.2
20174.28.1
20160.43.4
20156.42.1
20147.32.9
20139.67.2
20128.78.4
20117.614
20107.87.8
20090.65.7
20087.49
20078.54.1
20065.15.8
20059.86.2
20047.75.4
20036.65.1
20022.94.6
2001-2.13.8
2000-8.13.6
1999-3.84.5
1998-3.95
1997-7.85.8
1996-1.94.8
19952.84.2
1994-6.13.5
1993-13.54.8
1992-10.54.5
1991-8.44.8
1990-6.63.6
1989-1.34.5
19880.56.5
19872.76.7
19864.76.2
19850.56.4
19844.89.4
19831.4-6.2
1982-0.5-8.3
19810.9-3.8
19802.40.5
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaGhana
20265.25.7
20275.75.2
20285.55
20295.55
20305.55
20315.55

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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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