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Least Developed Country Category: Democratic Republic of the Congo Profile

* Data from the 2024 triennial review

Democratic Republic of the Congo Snapshot in PDF

LDC status

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Inclusion: 1991

Reports and resolutions

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Inclusion

CDP report:
GA resolution:

Gross national income (GNI) per capita*

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Value:

$ 547

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Thresholds

Inclusion: $ 1,818
Graduation: $ 1,306

Human assets index (HAI)*

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Index:

59.5

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 60 or below
Graduation: 66 or above

HAI indicators

Under-five mortality rate
Lower secondary education completion rate
stat Value: 75.6 stat Value: 49.4
Index: 60.3 Index: 43.8
Source: UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation Source: UNESCO
Prevalence of stunting
Adult literacy rate
stat Value: 40.3 stat Value: 80.5
Index: 24.4 Index: 74.1
Source: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Source: UNESCO
Maternal Mortality Rate
Gender parity index for lower secondary education completion
stat Value: 547 stat Value: 1.1
Index: 54.6 Index: 100.0
Source: UN IAG for Maternal Mortality Source: UNESCO

Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*

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Index:

34.6

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 36 or above
Graduation: 32 or below

EVI indicators

Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones
stat Value: 19.9 stat Value: 0.0
Index: 32.1 Index: 0.0
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: CIESIN
Remoteness and landlockedness
Share of population living in drylands
stat Value: 56.4 stat Value: 0.2
Index: 58.0 Index: 0.2
Source: CDP Secretariat Source: CDP Secretariat
Merchandise export concentration
Instability of agricultural production
stat Value: 7.8 stat Value: 9.2
Index: 63.7 Index: 41.5
Source: UNCTAD Source: FAO
Instability of exports of goods and services
Victims of disasters
stat Value: 8.7 stat Value: 1.89
Index: 17.4 Index: 63.7
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: UNDRR

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