Congo Republic

Congo Republic

The Republic of Congo's GDP was $15.72 billion in 2024, per World Bank WDI, with GDP per capita of $2,482.25 across a population of 6,332,961 the same year. The IMF WEO projects government debt at 91.3% of GDP for 2026, a high level relative to the GDP figure above. Reserves were reported at $758.55 million in 2024, per World Bank WDI.

Military and power indicators

SIPRI's 2025 data record Congolese military expenditure at $204.92 million, or 1.309% of GDP on SIPRI's own GDP accounting — a ratio drawn from SIPRI's internal GDP series, not the World Bank figure cited above, and the two should not be divided against each other. COW NMC lists 10,000 active personnel in 2022 and a CINC score of 0.00050404406 for that year.

Governance

V-Dem v15's 2025 scores place Congo's electoral democracy index at 0.243 and liberal democracy index at 0.115, with a state capacity score of 0.182 — low values on V-Dem's 0-to-1 scale across all three measures in this bundle.

Energy

Primary energy consumption was 0.048 exajoules in 2023, per Our World in Data, a modest figure in absolute terms. Electricity generation reached 5.46 terawatt-hours in 2024. Oil production, by contrast, is substantial and current: 159.295 terawatt-hours in 2024, per the same source. Gas production is listed at 15.184 terawatt-hours, but that figure is dated 2016 — nine years older than the 2024 oil-production figure in the same bundle — and should not be read as describing current gas output.

Overall, the bundle describes a government carrying debt projected at 91.3% of GDP (IMF WEO, 2026) alongside governance scores that register low across the board — 0.243 electoral democracy, 0.115 liberal democracy, 0.182 state capacity, all V-Dem v15, 2025 — while military expenditure, at 1.309% of GDP on SIPRI's own accounting, remains a comparatively small share of a hydrocarbon-producing economy.

Data gaps

The gas-production figure is markedly stale relative to the 2024 oil-production figure sitting beside it in the same dataset, creating an uneven picture of Congo's hydrocarbon sector: current for oil, outdated for gas. No inflation or trade-balance data appear in this bundle. As elsewhere, the 1.309% milex/GDP share reflects SIPRI's own GDP accounting and is not derived from, or comparable to, the World Bank's $15.72 billion GDP topline.

Sources: World Bank WDI, IMF WEO, SIPRI Milex, Correlates of War National Material Capabilities, V-Dem v15, Our World in Data (Energy).