Congo - Kinshasa
Inflation in Congo - Kinshasa
Inflation in Congo - Kinshasa: 40% a year in 1980 and 7.4% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 7.4% a year
- Since 1980
- −32.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 30 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 7% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 7% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 23,770% a year in 1994, the lowest 0.7% a year in 2015.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.4 |
| 2024 | 17.7 |
| 2023 | 19.9 |
| 2022 | 9.3 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2020 | 11.4 |
| 2019 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 29.3 |
| 2017 | 35.7 |
| 2016 | 3.2 |
| 2015 | 0.7 |
| 2014 | 1.2 |
| 2013 | 0.9 |
| 2012 | 0.9 |
| 2011 | 15 |
| 2010 | 23.5 |
| 2009 | 46.1 |
| 2008 | 18 |
| 2007 | 16.7 |
| 2006 | 12.9 |
| 2005 | 21.6 |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2003 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 25.3 |
| 2001 | 357.3 |
| 2000 | 550 |
| 1999 | 284.9 |
| 1998 | 29.1 |
| 1997 | 199 |
| 1996 | 617 |
| 1995 | 541.8 |
| 1994 | 23,770 |
| 1993 | 1,987 |
| 1992 | 4,129 |
| 1991 | 2,154 |
| 1990 | 81.3 |
| 1989 | 104.1 |
| 1988 | 82.8 |
| 1987 | 90.4 |
| 1986 | 46.7 |
| 1985 | 23.5 |
| 1984 | 52.6 |
| 1983 | 76.7 |
| 1982 | 37.1 |
| 1981 | 34.9 |
| 1980 | 40 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.3 |
| 2027 | 7.4 |
| 2028 | 7 |
| 2029 | 7 |
| 2030 | 7 |
| 2031 | 7 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Congo - Kinshasa in numbers
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- Military spending1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per person$11 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel134,000 people in 2020
- National power0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports22 million TIV in 1997