International Rankings of Congo Democratic Republic of The 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Congo, Democratic Republic of the, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Congo, Democratic Republic of the, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	179	4620	0
Internet users - percent of population	209	8.62 %	2018
Internet users - total	60	8.231 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2018
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	217	0	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	201	42.77	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	36	42.167 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	114	5.009 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	112	4.634 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	39	0.9 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	139	33.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	147	36.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	34	91.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	152	3.5	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	93	47.160 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	130	25.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	100	12.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	42	78.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	54	32.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	113	15.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	48	19.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	20	43.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	172	36.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	36	34.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2006
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	28	2.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	71	1.6 %	2017
Labor force	27	20.692 million US Dollars	2012
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	147	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	131	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	0
Population below poverty line	7	63	2014
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	94	95.291 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	194	1098 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	159	11.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	143	3.146 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	49	20000	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	66	17000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	54	180.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	107	7.430 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	69	422.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	79	2	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	3	98	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	112	20.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	106	2.587 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	105	9.046 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	89	991.100 million	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	118	21000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	115	21140 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	140	2.02 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	23	61.24 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	35	37.62 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	159	11.4	2018
Land use - arable land	131	3.1	2018
Land use - forest	15	67.9	2018
Land use - other	114	20.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	117	8	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	6	8.72 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	11	1.283 trillion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	134	71.900 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	94	146.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	79	464.900 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	10	4.33	2025
Urbanization - urban population	131	46.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	24	14.385 million tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	45	704876 tons	2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	72	4.9 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	14	2.267 million sq km	0
Area - total	14	2.345 million sq km	0
Area - water	11	7.781 million sq km	0
Coastline	164	37 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	47	726 meters	0
Irrigated land	127	110 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	8	11027 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	159	11.4	2018
Land use - arable land	131	3.1	2018
Land use - forest	15	67.9	2018
Land use - other	114	20.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	117	8	2018
Total renewable water resources	11	1.283 trillion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	46	19.42 %	6841
Age structure - 25-54 years	200	28.38 %	2912
Age structure - 55-64 years	197	3.36 %	9429
Birth rate	6	40.53 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	101	28.1 %	1718
Current Health Expenditure	76	3.3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	71	8.15 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	113	5.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	36	17 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	5	95.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	6	89.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	62	84.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	3	67.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	3	44.8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	7	15.7 % of population	0
Education expenditures	58	1.5 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	31	0.7	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	10	17000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	14	510000	2020
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	9	56.69 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	8	68.39 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	10	62.63 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	185	63.25 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	189	59.66 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	188	61.43 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	19	473	2017
Median age - female	161	16.8 years	2020
Median age - male	146	16.5 years	0
Median age - total	149	16.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	72	19.9	1314
Net migration rate	103	0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	124	6.7 %	2016
Physicians density	149	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	15	105.045 million	2021
Population growth rate	7	3.16 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	100	54.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	23	70.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	13	59.3 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	7	44.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	13	9 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	11	10 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	29	0.93	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.76 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	3	5.7 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	122	6.8	2012
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	84	11.3	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	110	8.7	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	10	4.33	2025
Urbanization - urban population	131	46.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	27	198	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	28	17	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	52	26	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	14	20	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	16	87	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	21	172	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	29	65	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	4	890000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	101	932043	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	89	13	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	20	8	2020
Railways - total	47	4007 km	2014
Roadways - paved	104	3047 km	2015
Roadways - total	31	152373 km	2015
Waterways	8	15000 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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