Congo - Kinshasa vs Uganda
Congo - Kinshasa vs Uganda: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $568 in Congo - Kinshasa and $1,021 in Uganda, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by $453, or 1.8 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Uganda has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $568 | $1,021 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $554 | $986 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $540 | $956 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $514 | $933 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $485 | $919 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $471 | $917 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $483 | $921 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $495 | $895 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $483 | $871 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $481 | $875 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $496 | $863 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $482 | $846 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $465 | $829 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $409 | $824 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $389 | $817 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $404 | $769 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $384 | $749 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $394 | $723 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $378 | $685 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $359 | $650 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $352 | $604 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $342 | $585 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $330 | $565 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $322 | $547 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $322 | $520 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $340 | $509 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $377 | $510 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $407 | $487 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $425 | $478 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $458 | $468 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $471 | $441 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $488 | $407 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $532 | $395 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $637 | $378 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $737 | $378 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $832 | $370 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $920 | $359 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $962 | $348 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $989 | $332 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $994 | $330 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $979 | $338 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $1,008 | $360 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $987 | $371 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $1,005 | $359 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $1,040 | – | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $1,046 | – | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $1,056 | – | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $1,089 | – | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $1,187 | – | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $1,208 | – | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $1,310 | – | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $1,415 | – | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $1,410 | – | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $1,339 | – | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $1,373 | – | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $1,331 | – | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $1,373 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $1,292 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $1,276 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $1,326 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $1,278 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $1,301 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $1,370 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $1,337 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $1,132 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $1,303 | – | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, 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 Uganda
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Uganda: 18.7% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Uganda: $1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCongo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997Uganda: 4 million TIV in 2016