The Congo vs the Marshall Islands: Economic Indicators Comparison

The Congo with a GDP of $11.3B ranked the 141st largest economy in the world, while the Marshall Islands ranked 193rd with $221.3M. By GDP per capita, the Congo and the Marshall Islands ranked 143rd vs 123rd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Congo	Marshall Islands
GDP	$11.3B	$221.3M
GDP growth, 1 year	0.8%	3.62%
GDP growth, 5-years average	0.9%	N/A
Population	5.3M	53k
GDP per capita	$2.1k	$3.8k
GDP per capita growth	-1.55%	2.99%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	210.64	0.95
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.38	0.95
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$6.8k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$8.6B	$283.7M
GNI per capita	$1.6k	$4.9k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$26.5B	$297.6M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$5.1k	$5.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Congo	Marshall Islands
Income Tax Rate	45%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	34%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	1.2%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	22.2%	0.3%
Unemployment	10.4%	4.7%
Economic Freedom Index	41.8	58
Personal Freedom Index	6.41	6.2
Human Freedom Index	5.55	6.2
Property Rights Index	40.7	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	30	N/A
Business Freedom Index	37.5	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	0.6	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	35.3	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	45	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	30	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	56.8	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	83.2	N/A
Government Spending Index	56.2	N/A
Tax Burden Index	63.3	N/A
Government Integrity Index	23.1	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	19	64
Life expectancy at birth, years	64	65.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	5.9	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	27.4	5.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	9.3	4
International tourism, number of arrivals	156k	6.8k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Congo	Marshall Islands
Central government debt, % of GDP	98.5%	48.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	51.1%	N/A
External debt stocks	$5.1B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	71.9%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	3.2%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-40.4%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	-4.4%	17.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	18.2%	23.4%
Total reserves including gold	$423.6M	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$4.3B	$9.8M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Congo	Marshall Islands
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	98.9%	40.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	56%	85.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$3.6B	$53M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	23.3%	32.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$81.4M	$50.6M
Personal remittances received	$7.7M	$31.5M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	52.9%	12.8%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	7.1%	15.2%
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%	57.9%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	38.2%	N/A