The Congo vs Djibouti: Economic Indicators Comparison

The Congo with a GDP of $11.3B ranked the 141st largest economy in the world, while Djibouti ranked 168th with $3B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, the Congo and Djibouti ranked 157th vs 19th and 143rd vs 136th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Congo	Djibouti
GDP	$11.3B	$3B
GDP growth, 1 year	0.8%	6.7%
GDP growth, 5-years average	0.9%	6.5%
Population	5.3M	957k
GDP per capita	$2.1k	$3.1k
GDP per capita growth	-1.55%	3.83%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	210.64	94
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.38	0.53
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$6.8k	$3.8k
GNI, Atlas method	$8.6B	$3.1B
GNI per capita	$1.6k	$3.2k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$26.5B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$5.1k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Congo	Djibouti
Income Tax Rate	45%	30%
Corporate Tax Rate	34%	25%
Inflation, consumer prices	1.2%	-0.1%
Inflation, GDP deflator	22.2%	1.3%
Unemployment	10.4%	11.1%
Economic Freedom Index	41.8	52.9
Personal Freedom Index	6.41	3.9
Human Freedom Index	5.55	3.9
Property Rights Index	40.7	58.8
Judical Effectiveness Index	30	31.7
Business Freedom Index	37.5	62.3
Fiscal Health Index	0.6	10.9
Labor Freedom Index	35.3	60.6
Investment Freedom Index	45	80
Financial Freedom Index	30	50
Trade Freedom Index	56.8	49.8
Monetary Freedom Index	83.2	76.5
Government Spending Index	56.2	53.6
Tax Burden Index	63.3	75.3
Government Integrity Index	23.1	25.5
Corruption Perceptions Index	19	31
Life expectancy at birth, years	64	65.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	5.9	6.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	27.4	24.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	9.3	6.5
International tourism, number of arrivals	156k	63k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Congo	Djibouti
Central government debt, % of GDP	98.5%	67.4%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	51.1%	157.6%
External debt stocks	$5.1B	$3.3B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	71.9%	53.7%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	3.2%	57.8%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-40.4%	-1.8%
Gross savings, % of GDP	-4.4%	25.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	18.2%	48.3%
Total reserves including gold	$423.6M	$454.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$4.3B	$265M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Congo	Djibouti
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	98.9%	148.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	56%	178.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$3.6B	-$293.6M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	23.3%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$81.4M	$120.4M
Personal remittances received	$7.7M	$59M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	52.9%	12.4%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	7.1%	1.4%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$3.8M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$1.6M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	20.1%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	38.2%	39.3%