Congo - Kinshasa vs Guinea

Congo - Kinshasa vs Guinea: GDP growth

GDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 6.5% a year in Guinea in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 1.9 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Guinea.

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% a year · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs Guinea: GDP growthGDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 6.5% a year in Guinea in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 1.9 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Guinea.
Congo - KinshasaGuineaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Guinea.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year and Guinea at 8.9% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaGuinea
20246.16.5
20238.56.6
20229.34.5
20216.46.9
20200.86.2
20190.67.3
20186.17.6
20174.212.2
20160.49.5
20156.41.1
20147.36.9
20139.63.2
20128.77.8
20117.64.2
20107.83.6
20090.64.8
20087.45.6
20078.57.5
20065.12.6
20059.83.1
20047.72.4
20036.61.3
20022.95.4
2001-2.13.8
2000-8.12.6
1999-3.84
1998-3.93.8
1997-7.85.5
1996-1.94.7
19952.84.7
1994-6.14
1993-13.55
1992-10.53.3
1991-8.42.5
1990-6.64.3
1989-1.34
19880.56.3
19872.73.3
19864.73.1
19850.55
19844.81.4
19831.41.3
1982-0.51.8
19810.90.6
19802.42.6
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaGuinea
20255.76.9
20265.27.2
20275.77.8
20285.510.1
20295.510.2
20305.59.8
20315.58.9

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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.

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