Congo - Kinshasa vs Mexico

Congo - Kinshasa vs Mexico: GDP growth

GDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 0.5% a year in Mexico 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 Mexico.

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% a year · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs Mexico: GDP growthGDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 0.5% a year in Mexico 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 Mexico.
Congo - KinshasaMexicoIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Mexico.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year and Mexico at 2.1% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaMexico
20255.70.5
20246.11.5
20238.53.1
20229.33.7
20216.46
20200.8-8.4
20190.6-0.4
20186.12
20174.21.9
20160.41.8
20156.42.7
20147.32.5
20139.60.9
20128.73.6
20117.63.4
20107.85
20090.6-6.3
20087.40.9
20078.52.1
20065.14.8
20059.82.1
20047.73.6
20036.61.2
20022.9-0.2
2001-2.1-0.5
2000-8.15
1999-3.82.8
1998-3.96.2
1997-7.87.2
1996-1.96.2
19952.8-5.9
1994-6.14.4
1993-13.52.9
1992-10.53.6
1991-8.44
1990-6.65.3
1989-1.33.6
19880.51.2
19872.72.1
19864.7-3.9
19850.51.9
19844.83.5
19831.4-4.6
1982-0.5-0.1
19810.99.6
19802.49.5
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaMexico
20265.21.5
20275.71.8
20285.52.2
20295.52.1
20305.52.1
20315.52.1

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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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