Congo - Kinshasa vs Vietnam
Congo - Kinshasa vs Vietnam: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 22.5% in Congo - Kinshasa and 100% in Vietnam, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 77.5 percentage points, or 4.44 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.5 | 100 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 22.1 | 99.8 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 21.5 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 20.8 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 20.1 | 99.8 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 19.1 | 99.4 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 18.7 | 100 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 18 | 100 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 17.3 | 99.2 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 16.6 | 99.3 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 13.5 | 99.2 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 15.2 | 98.5 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 15.4 | 97.9 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 13.7 | 99 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 13 | 97.4 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 12.3 | 96.1 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 11.6 | 93.8 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 15.2 | 93.1 | 82 |
| 2006 | 10.2 | 96 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 6 | 96.1 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 9 | 91 | 80 |
| 2003 | 8.3 | 90.3 | 80 |
| 2002 | 7.7 | 89.1 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 7.1 | 88.9 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 6.7 | 88.2 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 87 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 86.2 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | – | 78.4 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, 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 Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCongo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018