COUNTRIES / DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: EXTRACTIVE DATA SNAPSHOT


Oil Gas Diamonds Copper Cobalt
Proven Reserves 187 Mbbl
(EIA)
35 bcf
(EIA)
N/A N/A N/A
Production 19,700 bbl/day
(EIA)
...

28.5 M carats/year (EIU)

90,000 TPY (EIU)

10,841 TPY (EIU)

Revenue (EIU) $360MM $828MM $60MM $250MM
% Total Exports (EIU) 20 ... 46 3 14
% Total Government Revenue N/A ... N/A N/A N/A
Consumption

6,000 bbl/day (EIA)

... ... ... ...
Net Exports (Production Minus Consumption) 13,700 bbl/day ... N/A N/A N/A

 

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES COMPANIES


State-owned Major Private Multi-national
Oil and Gas Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo,La Congolaise des Hydrocarbures Heritage Oil, Perenco Oil, Teikoku
Mining Gecamines, Minières de Bakwanga, Entreprise Minière de Kisenge, Office des Mines d’Or de Kilo-Moto, Sengamines, Société Aurifère de Kivu et Maniema Anglogold Ashanti, Anvil, BHP World Exploration, DeBeers, Kinross Forrest Ltd.
Sources: EIA, EIU, USGS, OECD

 

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: KEY ECONOMIC AND GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

GDP
(IMF)
$8.5B
GDP per capita
(IMF)
$144
Population (millions)
(World Bank)
57.5
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
(UNDP)
45.8
% Population Living on < $2/day
(UNDP)
52.4
United Nations Human Development Value
(UNDP)
0.411
Gini Index Value N/A
Annual Population Growth Rate (%)
(UNDP)
3.0
TI Corruption Perceptions Index
(out of 179 countries)
168
Key World Bank Governance Indicators
(percentile, 0 to 100)*
World Bank Governance Matters
Voice and Accountability 5.8
Government Effectiveness 1.9
Regulatory Quality 6.3
Rule of Law 1.9
Control of Corruption 2.9
Political Stability 1.0
External Debt (% GDP)
(IMF)
135.2
Energy Depletion (% GNI)
(World Bank)
4.3
Mineral Depletion (% GNI)
(World Bank)
1.6
* Percentile rank indicates the percentage of countries worldwide that rank below DRC. Higher values indicate better governance.

 

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