The DR Congo vs Kuwait: Economic Indicators Comparison

Kuwait with a GDP of $140.6B ranked the 58th largest economy in the world, while the DR Congo ranked 87th with $47.2B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Kuwait and the DR Congo ranked 163rd vs 30th and 30th vs 188th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	DR Congo	Kuwait
GDP	$47.2B	$140.6B
GDP growth, 1 year	3.9%	1.7%
GDP growth, 5-years average	5.2%	0.5%
Population	86.8M	4.6M
GDP per capita	$562	$34k
GDP per capita growth	2.4%	-0.74%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	977.82	0.14
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.6	0.47
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$767	$67k
GNI, Atlas method	$41.5B	$141.9B
GNI per capita	$490	$34k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$75.6B	$348.6B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$900	$84k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	DR Congo	Kuwait
Income Tax Rate	30%	0%
Corporate Tax Rate	40%	15%
Inflation, consumer prices	29.3%	0.7%
Inflation, GDP deflator	30.1%	14.6%
Unemployment	4.2%	2.1%
Economic Freedom Index	49.5	63.2
Personal Freedom Index	5.46	6.24
Human Freedom Index	5.27	6.6
Property Rights Index	30.1	57.1
Judical Effectiveness Index	26.5	47
Business Freedom Index	51.2	61.3
Fiscal Health Index	98	99.6
Labor Freedom Index	41.6	62.2
Investment Freedom Index	30	55
Financial Freedom Index	20	60
Trade Freedom Index	64.6	76.4
Monetary Freedom Index	49.6	73.2
Government Spending Index	95.4	22.4
Tax Burden Index	74.4	97.7
Government Integrity Index	13.1	46
Corruption Perceptions Index	20	41
Life expectancy at birth, years	60	75.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	5.7	2.3
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	33.7	17.6
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	13.6	1.8
International tourism, number of arrivals	351k	8.5M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	DR Congo	Kuwait
Central government debt, % of GDP	15.7%	14.8%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	10.9%	N/A
External debt stocks	$5B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	14.6%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	2.4%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-4.4%	14.6%
Gross savings, % of GDP	21.1%	43.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	25.8%	25.2%
Total reserves including gold	$665.3M	$40.3B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$1.3B	-$21.4M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	DR Congo	Kuwait
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	33.6%	56.7%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	37.3%	43.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$2.2B	$24B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	11.4%	38.6%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$2.2B	$1.6M
Personal remittances received	$1.8B	$27.7M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	44.1%	59.6%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	19.1%	0.4%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$10.7M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$108.5M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	11.5%	52%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	12.4%	50.9%