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

0.377 → 0.481 (+0.104)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth54 → 62.1 (+8.1)

Internet users0 → 20 (+19)

Urban population38 → 45 (+7)

Births per woman6.53 → 5.98 (-0.55)

Renewable share of energy98 → 96 (-2)

Access to electricity6 → 23 (+17)

Infant mortality72 → 56 (-16)

CO2 emissions per person0 → 0.1 (+0)

Forest area62 → 54 (-8)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series 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	0.377	48.5	—	—	6.65	92	—	99	0.1	66.4	—	—
1991	0.377	48.9	—	31	6.65	95	—	98	0.1	66.2	—	—
1992	0.375	49.3	—	31	6.64	96	—	97	0.0	65.8	—	—
1993	0.372	49.6	—	32	6.64	96	—	96	0.0	65.5	—	—
1994	0.369	49.9	—	32	6.64	97	—	95	0.1	65.3	—	—
1995	0.372	50.4	—	32	6.68	97	—	94	0.1	65.0	—	—
1996	0.372	49.4	0	33	6.67	97	—	118	0.1	64.7	—	—
1997	0.374	50.5	0	33	6.69	97	—	117	0.1	64.4	—	—
1998	0.371	49.7	0	34	6.70	97	—	111	0.1	64.1	—	—
1999	0.368	50.1	0	34	6.69	97	—	108	0.1	63.8	—	—
2000	0.376	51.9	0	35	6.70	98	7	105	0.0	63.5	—	—
2001	0.373	52.2	0	35	6.66	98	7	102	0.0	63.2	—	—
2002	0.376	52.4	0	36	6.61	98	8	99	0.0	62.9	—	—
2003	0.382	53.0	0	36	6.55	98	8	95	0.0	62.6	—	—
2004	0.388	53.5	0	37	6.53	98	9	92	0.0	62.3	—	—
2005	0.392	54.0	0	37	6.53	97	6	72	0.0	62.0	—	—
2006	0.397	54.5	0	38	6.55	97	10	69	0.0	61.7	255	545
2007	0.401	55.0	0	38	6.56	97	15	66	0.1	61.4	294	590
2008	0.410	55.4	0	39	6.58	97	12	64	0.0	61.1	353	627
2009	0.416	55.8	1	39	6.59	97	12	61	0.0	60.8	280	615
2010	0.424	56.4	1	39	6.59	97	13	60	0.0	60.5	352	654
2011	0.432	56.9	1	40	6.58	96	14	58	0.1	60.0	373	644
2012	0.434	57.4	2	40	6.56	96	15	57	0.0	59.5	410	648
2013	0.440	57.8	2	41	6.53	94	15	56	0.0	59.0	460	761
2014	0.450	58.2	3	41	6.48	93	14	55	0.1	58.6	489	859
2015	0.457	58.7	4	41	6.44	96	17	55	0.0	58.1	496	910
2016	0.466	59.1	10	42	6.39	97	17	55	0.0	57.6	460	950
2017	0.469	59.5	—	42	6.35	97	18	55	0.0	57.1	431	991
2018	0.474	59.9	12	42	6.30	96	19	56	0.1	56.6	518	1049
2019	0.476	60.2	13	43	6.25	96	19	57	0.1	56.1	504	1056
2020	0.477	60.4	15	43	6.21	96	20	57	0.1	55.6	486	1089
2021	0.475	60.0	16	44	6.16	96	21	58	0.1	55.2	596	1402
2022	0.481	61.0	18	44	6.11	—	22	58	0.1	54.7	688	1590
2023	—	61.9	19	44	6.05	—	22	57	0.1	54.2	660	1732
2024	—	62.1	20	45	5.98	—	23	56	0.1	—	693	1823
2025	—	—	—	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	807	1920
Profile shows	0.481	62.1	20	45	5.98	96	—	—	0.1	54.2	807	1920

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; 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 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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