DR Congo, year by year

Every index this site holds for DR Congo, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.388 in 1990 to 0.522 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 62.1 years2024at birthUp 8.1 years from 54 years in 2005
Internet users: 20%2024of people onlineUp 19 points from 0% in 2006
Urban population: 45%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 7 points from 38% in 2006
Births per woman: 5.982024births per womanDown 0.55 from 6.53 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 96%2021of energy usedDown 2 points from 98% in 2004
Access to electricity: 23%2024of people with electricityUp 17 points from 6% in 2005
Infant mortality: 562024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 16 from 72 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.1 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 54%2023of land under forestDown 8 points from 62% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 4 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.388	48.5	—	—	6.65	92.0	—	99	0.1	66.4	—	—
1991	0.389	48.9	—	30.7	6.65	95.1	—	98	0.1	66.2	—	—
1992	0.387	49.3	—	31.1	6.64	95.9	—	97	0.0	65.8	—	—
1993	0.385	49.6	—	31.6	6.64	96.1	—	96	0.0	65.5	—	—
1994	0.382	49.9	—	32.0	6.64	96.6	—	95	0.1	65.3	—	—
1995	0.385	50.4	—	32.5	6.68	96.9	—	94	0.1	65.0	—	—
1996	0.386	49.4	0.0	32.9	6.67	97.0	—	118	0.1	64.7	—	—
1997	0.388	50.5	0.0	33.4	6.69	97.1	—	117	0.1	64.4	—	—
1998	0.385	49.7	0.0	33.9	6.70	96.8	—	111	0.1	64.1	—	—
1999	0.383	50.1	0.0	34.4	6.69	97.0	—	108	0.1	63.8	—	—
2000	0.391	51.9	0.0	34.9	6.70	97.9	7	105	0.0	63.5	—	—
2001	0.389	52.2	0.0	35.4	6.66	98.3	7	102	0.0	63.2	—	—
2002	0.392	52.4	0.1	35.9	6.61	98.3	8	99	0.0	62.9	—	—
2003	0.398	53.0	0.1	36.5	6.55	98.0	8	95	0.0	62.6	—	—
2004	0.403	53.5	0.2	37.0	6.53	97.9	9	92	0.0	62.3	—	—
2005	0.408	54.0	0.2	37.4	6.53	97.4	6	72	0.0	62.0	—	—
2006	0.413	54.5	0.3	37.8	6.55	97.3	10	69	0.0	61.7	255	545
2007	0.417	55.0	0.4	38.2	6.56	97.2	15	66	0.1	61.4	294	590
2008	0.426	55.4	0.4	38.6	6.58	97.0	12	64	0.0	61.1	353	627
2009	0.431	55.8	0.6	39.0	6.59	97.0	12	61	0.0	60.8	280	615
2010	0.440	56.4	0.7	39.4	6.59	96.8	13	60	0.0	60.5	352	654
2011	0.447	56.9	1.2	39.8	6.58	96.2	14	58	0.1	60.0	373	644
2012	0.451	57.4	1.7	40.2	6.56	95.5	15	57	0.0	59.5	410	648
2013	0.456	57.8	2.2	40.6	6.53	93.9	15	56	0.0	59.0	460	761
2014	0.467	58.2	3.0	41.0	6.48	92.9	14	55	0.1	58.6	489	859
2015	0.477	58.7	3.8	41.3	6.44	95.8	17	55	0.0	58.1	496	910
2016	0.487	59.1	10.1	41.7	6.39	97.0	17	55	0.0	57.6	460	950
2017	0.491	59.5	—	42.1	6.35	96.7	18	55	0.0	57.1	431	991
2018	0.497	59.9	11.7	42.5	6.30	96.4	19	56	0.1	56.6	518	1049
2019	0.501	60.2	13.0	42.9	6.25	96.3	19	57	0.1	56.1	504	1056
2020	0.506	60.4	14.5	43.3	6.21	96.2	20	57	0.1	55.6	486	1089
2021	0.508	60.0	16.2	43.6	6.16	96.3	21	58	0.1	55.2	596	1402
2022	0.514	61.0	18.0	44.0	6.11	—	22	58	0.1	54.7	688	1590
2023	0.522	61.9	19.0	44.4	6.05	—	22	57	0.1	54.2	660	1732
2024	—	62.1	19.7	44.8	5.98	—	23	56	0.1	—	693	1823
2025	—	—	—	45.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	807	1920
On the profile	0.522	62.1	19.7	45.1	5.98	96.3	—	—	0.1	54.2	807	1920

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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