Congo - Kinshasa vs Congo - Brazzaville: GDP growth

GDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 0.8% a year in Congo - Brazzaville in 2022, by IMF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 8.5 percentage points, or 11 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.

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% a year · IMF

Congo - KinshasaCongo - BrazzavilleIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Congo - Brazzaville.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year and Congo - Brazzaville at 4% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Congo - Brazzaville
2023	8.5	1.4
2022	9.3	0.8
2021	6.4	-1.4
2020	0.8	-6.1
2019	0.6	1.7
2018	6.1	-2.3
2017	4.2	-5.6
2016	0.4	-8.7
2015	6.4	0.4
2014	7.3	6.6
2013	9.6	-0.7
2012	8.7	9.9
2011	7.6	2.2
2010	7.8	9.9
2009	0.6	11.6
2008	7.4	6.3
2007	8.5	-6.6
2006	5.1	8
2005	9.8	9.2
2004	7.7	-0.2
2003	6.6	0.5
2002	2.9	1
2001	-2.1	-4.8
2000	-8.1	11.8
1999	-3.8	-3.7
1998	-3.9	9
1997	-7.8	-1
1996	-1.9	3.5
1995	2.8	4
1994	-6.1	-1.4
1993	-13.5	1.3
1992	-10.5	4.2
1991	-8.4	3.4
1990	-6.6	1
1989	-1.3	21.3
1988	0.5	21.9
1987	2.7	2.3
1986	4.7	2.3
1985	0.5	2.4
1984	4.8	2.4
1983	1.4	2.4
1982	-0.5	2.4
1981	0.9	2.6
1980	2.4	12.7

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2024–2031

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Congo - Brazzaville
2024	6.1	1.9
2025	5.7	2.4
2026	5.2	3.5
2027	5.7	3.6
2028	5.5	3.7
2029	5.5	3.9
2030	5.5	4
2031	5.5	4

Each country on its own

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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