Country · COD
DR Congo · Finances and debt
Period
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · copied on 2026-11-11
Public finances and external accounts
A fiscal deficit of 2.4 % of GDP
DR Congo: in 2025, the general government spent 2.4 % of GDP more than it collected, public debt stood at 20.4 % of GDP, the current account showed a deficit of 3.7 % (IMF).
- Fiscal balance · 2025
- −2.4 %
- of GDP · +1.1 pt since 2020
- Public debt · 2025
- 20.4 %
- of GDP · +7.6 pt since 2020
- Current account · 2025
- −3.7 %
- of GDP · −1.4 pt since 2020
Fiscal balance, % of GDP
Negative: a deficit · dashed: estimates and projections
- DR Congo
- Central Africa
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · general government net lending or borrowing · group values weighted by GDP in dollars (Syli Atlas)
Current account, % of GDP
Trade, income and transfers with the rest of the world
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Currency
Congolese franc
The Congolese franc has no fixed peg: its value against the dollar and the euro moves with the market and the central bank's policy.
- Currency
- CDF
- Congolese franc
- Exchange regime
- —
- no fixed peg
- Inflation · 2025
- 7.4 %
- average annual change in consumer prices
Currency codes: ISO 4217 · fixed parities: central banks (BCEAO, BEAC, Central Bank of the Comoros, Bank of Cape Verde…) · inflation: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Debt
A debt owed first to multilateral lenders
At the end of 2025, DR Congo owed 9.2 bn$ in public external debt (World Bank). 38.0 % of it was owed to China, 58.5 % to multilateral institutions and 0.0 % to bond holders.
- Public debt · 2025
- 20.4 %
- of GDP · IMF
- External debt · 2025
- 15.3 bn$
- public and private · World Bank
- Public external debt · 2025
- 9.2 bn$
- owed or guaranteed by the State
- Debt service · 2024
- 1.1 %
- of exports of goods, services and income
Risk of debt distress
IMF and World Bank debt sustainability analysis
Latest analysis published on 2025-07-16: moderate.
Source: IMF, list of debt sustainability analyses of low-income countries, as of 2026-03-31 · imf.org
Public external debt by creditor
Share of the total at the end of each year
- Multilateral (IMF, World Bank, AfDB…)
- 58.5 %
- China
- 38.0 %
- Other countries
- 2.5 %
- Bonds (Eurobonds)
- 0.0 %
- Banks and other private lenders
- 1.0 %
Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics (updated 2026-11-05) · public and publicly guaranteed external debt, end of year · CC BY 4.0 · shares: Syli Atlas calculation