Congo - Kinshasa vs Pakistan
Congo - Kinshasa vs Pakistan: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 4.5 years in Congo - Kinshasa and 5.1 years in Pakistan, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 0.5 years, or 1.12 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
- In 2020, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 157 and Pakistan ranked 146 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 2018 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 2017 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Congo - Kinshasa vs Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCongo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025Pakistan: $1,669 in 2025
- GDP growthCongo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023Pakistan: 2.6% a year in 2024
- InflationCongo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025Pakistan: 4.5% a year in 2025
- Government debtCongo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023Pakistan: 72.8% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCongo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025