Congo - Kinshasa
Safe drinking water in Congo - Kinshasa
Safe drinking water in Congo - Kinshasa: 12.2% in 2000 and 11.6% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 11.6%
- Since 2000
- −0.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 130 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
What the numbers say
- The highest was 12.2% in 2000, the lowest 11.2% in 2020.
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.6 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 11.4 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 11.2 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 11.3 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 11.4 | 71 |
| 2017 | 11.5 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 11.6 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 11.7 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 11.8 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 11.8 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 11.9 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 11.9 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 12 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 12 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 12.1 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 12.1 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 12.1 | 64 |
| 2005 | 12.2 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 12.2 | 63 |
| 2003 | 12.2 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 12.2 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 12.2 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 12.2 | 60.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
- Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, 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 in numbers
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Military
- 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