2nd highest working hours2,534 hours · #2 of 130 · 2023
7th highest unemployment19.9% · #7 of 186 · 2025
18th lowest access to electricity53% · #18 of 209 · 2024
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Surprising facts about the Congo
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among the Congo’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
The Congo among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where the Congo sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like the Congo across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Congo
vs Angola 
vs Cameroon 
vs Central African Republic 
vs DR Congo 
vs Gabon