Congo - Kinshasa vs Spain

Congo - Kinshasa vs Spain: GDP growth

GDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 2.6% a year in Spain in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 6.2 percentage points, or 3.62 times that in Spain.

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% a year · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs Spain: GDP growthGDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 2.6% a year in Spain in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 6.2 percentage points, or 3.62 times that in Spain.
Congo - KinshasaSpainIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Spain.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year and Spain at 1.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaSpain
20255.72.6
20246.13.7
20238.52.4
20229.36.4
20216.46.7
20200.8-10.9
20190.62
20186.12.4
20174.22.9
20160.42.9
20156.44.1
20147.31.5
20139.6-1.4
20128.7-2.9
20117.6-0.6
20107.80.1
20090.6-3.8
20087.40.8
20078.53.5
20065.14
20059.83.6
20047.73.1
20036.62.9
20022.92.8
2001-2.13.9
2000-8.15.1
1999-3.84.7
1998-3.94.5
1997-7.83.9
1996-1.92.4
19952.84.1
1994-6.12.3
1993-13.5-1.3
1992-10.50.9
1991-8.42.5
1990-6.63.8
1989-1.35
19880.55.3
19872.75.7
19864.73.4
19850.52.4
19844.81.7
19831.41.7
1982-0.51.2
19810.9-0.4
19802.41.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaSpain
20265.22.5
20275.71.8
20285.51.8
20295.51.7
20305.51.7
20315.51.7

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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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