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Surprising facts about the DR Congo
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among the DR Congo’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
The DR Congo among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where the DR 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 DR 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.
DR Congo
vs Angola 
vs Burundi 
vs Central African Republic 
vs Congo 
vs Rwanda 
vs South Sudan 
vs Tanzania 
vs Uganda 
vs Zambia