Congo - Kinshasa vs Iran
Congo - Kinshasa vs Iran: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 22.5% in Congo - Kinshasa and 100% in Iran, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 77.5 percentage points, or 4.44 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.5 | 100 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 22.1 | 100 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 21.5 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 20.8 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 20.1 | 100 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 19.1 | 100 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 18.7 | 100 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 18 | 99.9 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 17.3 | 100 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 16.6 | 100 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 13.5 | 100 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 15.2 | 99.8 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 15.4 | 99.5 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 13.7 | 99.5 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 13 | 99.4 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 12.3 | 99.7 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 11.6 | 98.8 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 15.2 | 98.7 | 82 |
| 2006 | 10.2 | 98.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 6 | 98.4 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 9 | 98.3 | 80 |
| 2003 | 8.3 | 98.2 | 80 |
| 2002 | 7.7 | 98.1 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 7.1 | 98.1 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 6.7 | 97.9 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | – | 73.2 |
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
Congo - Kinshasa vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsCongo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025