Congo - Kinshasa vs United States: GDP growth

GDP growth: 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023 and 2.3% a year in United States in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 5.6 percentage points, or 2.92 times that in United States.

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% a year · IMF

Congo - KinshasaUnited StatesIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2020, when it overtook United States.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year and United States at 1.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	United States
2025	5.7	2.3
2024	6.1	3
2023	8.5	2.9
2022	9.3	2.4
2021	6.4	6.3
2020	0.8	-2.1
2019	0.6	2.6
2018	6.1	3
2017	4.2	2.5
2016	0.4	1.8
2015	6.4	2.9
2014	7.3	2.5
2013	9.6	2.1
2012	8.7	2.3
2011	7.6	1.6
2010	7.8	2.7
2009	0.6	-2.6
2008	7.4	0.1
2007	8.5	2
2006	5.1	2.8
2005	9.8	3.5
2004	7.7	3.8
2003	6.6	2.8
2002	2.9	1.7
2001	-2.1	1
2000	-8.1	4.1
1999	-3.8	4.8
1998	-3.9	4.5
1997	-7.8	4.4
1996	-1.9	3.8
1995	2.8	2.7
1994	-6.1	4
1993	-13.5	2.8
1992	-10.5	3.5
1991	-8.4	-0.1
1990	-6.6	1.9
1989	-1.3	3.7
1988	0.5	4.2
1987	2.7	3.5
1986	4.7	3.5
1985	0.5	4.2
1984	4.8	7.2
1983	1.4	4.6
1982	-0.5	-1.8
1981	0.9	2.5
1980	2.4	-0.3

12.3Projected

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

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	United States
2026	5.2	2.3
2027	5.7	2.3
2028	5.5	2.1
2029	5.5	1.9
2030	5.5	1.8
2031	5.5	1.8

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.
Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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