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Congo, Democratic Republic vs Rwanda

112 shared metrics.

Congo, Democratic RepublicLeads in 62

vs112 shared

RwandaLeads in 50

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Congo, Democratic Republic

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

DR Congo anchors much of the Congo Basin, the world's second-largest tropical rainforest after the Amazon.

UNESCO

Rwanda

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Rwanda.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Rwanda's life expectancy has risen dramatically since 2000.

World Bank IDA

Analysis

Congo, Democratic Republic leads in 62 of 112 shared metrics, while Rwanda leads in 50.

Congo, Democratic Republic's Forest Area is 439.3x that of Rwanda (1.23M km² vs 2.8K km²).

Congo, Democratic Republic's Land Area is 90.9x that of Rwanda (2.27M km² vs 24.7K km²).

Congo, Democratic Republic's Foreign Patents is 54.0x that of Rwanda (110 vs 2.0).

Congo, Democratic Republic's Airports is 32.4x that of Rwanda (267 vs 8.0).

Congo, Democratic Republic's Inflation Rate is 22.1x that of Rwanda (41.5% vs 1.8%).

Key Comparisons

Forest AreaCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Congo, Democratic Republic

1.23M km²

Rwanda

2.8K km²

Land AreaCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Congo, Democratic Republic

2.27M km²

Rwanda

24.7K km²

Foreign PatentsCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Congo, Democratic Republic

110

Rwanda

2.0

AirportsCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Congo, Democratic Republic

267

Rwanda

8.0

Inflation RateCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Congo, Democratic Republic

41.5%

Rwanda

1.8%

Electricity GenerationCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Rwanda

35.18% of adults

159% higher

Comparison of Congo, Democratic Republic and Rwanda across 112 metrics
				Winner
Forest Area	1.23M km²	2.8K km²	43933% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Land Area	2.27M km²	24.7K km²	9090% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Foreign Patents	110	2.0	5400% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Airports	267	8.0	3238% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Inflation Rate	41.5%	1.8%	2206% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Electricity Generation	15.9 TWh	1.1 TWh	1400% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Land Border Length	11.0K km	930 km	1086% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Electric Generating Capacity	3.23M kW	294.0K kW	998% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Population	119.04M	13.62M	774% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Domestic Patents	72	14	414% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
GDP (Nominal)	$70,962,185,790.71	$14,251,642,235.1	398% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Forest Coverage (%)	54.19%	11.31%	379% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Solar Electricity Share	15.77%	3.5%	345% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Armed Forces Personnel	134.0K	35.0K	283% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Freedom of Expression Index	0.60	0.17	252% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Teen Birth Rate	106.88 per 1k	30.78 per 1k	247% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Credit Card Ownership	2.0% of adults	0.73% of adults	179% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Firms Making Informal Payments	25.91% of firms	9.4% of firms	176% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Total CO2 Emissions	6.2 Mt CO2e	2.3 Mt CO2e	169% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Can Raise Emergency Money	90.95% of adults	35.18% of adults	159% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	5.0 sites	2.0 sites	150% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.21 per 1k	0.09 per 1k	133% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Firms Asked for Bribes	28.54% of firms	12.32% of firms	132% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Border Neighbors	9.0	4.0	125% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Political Corruption Index	0.89	0.42	112% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Broadband Access (%)	0.02 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	100% lower	Rwanda
Water Stress (%)	0.08%	6.4%	99% lower	Rwanda
High-Tech Exports (%)	0.20%	4.8%	96% lower	Rwanda
Population Density	46.66 /km²	565.65 /km²	92% lower	Rwanda
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	130.67 kWh/person	68.13 kWh/person	92% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Electricity Carbon Intensity	27.64 gCO2/kWh	353.98 gCO2/kWh	92% lower	Rwanda
Capital Elevation	240 m	1.6K m	85% lower	Rwanda
Child Mortality	73.2 per 1k births	40 per 1k births	83% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Agricultural Land (%)	15.48%	76.33%	80% lower	Rwanda
Women in Parliament (%)	13%	63.75%	80% lower	Rwanda
Sanitation Access (%)	16.3%	81.33%	80% lower	Rwanda
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.01 per 100k people	0.05 per 100k people	80% lower	Rwanda
Official Languages Count	1.0	4.0	75% lower	Rwanda
Spirits Consumption	0.05 L/person/yr	0.16 L/person/yr	69% lower	Rwanda
Fertility Rate	5.4 children/woman	3.2 children/woman	69% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Beer Consumption	0.45 L/person/yr	1.4 L/person/yr	68% lower	Rwanda
Health Spending Per Capita	$24.39	$76.84	68% lower	Rwanda
Corruption Perceptions Index	20 pts	58 pts	66% lower	Rwanda
Electricity Access (%)	22.1%	63.9%	65% lower	Rwanda
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	1.4 per 100k	4.0 per 100k	65% lower	Rwanda
Protected Land (%)	14.9%	9.1%	64% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Unemployment Rate	4.6%	11.99%	62% lower	Rwanda
CO2 Per Capita	0.05 t/person/yr	0.14 t/person/yr	62% lower	Rwanda
Electoral Democracy Index	0.31	0.19	59% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Exports (% GDP)	48.75% of GDP	30.82% of GDP	58% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Government Debt (% GDP)	16% of GDP	37.3% of GDP	57% lower	Rwanda
Birth Rate	38.8 per 1k	25.05 per 1k	55% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Insufficient Physical Activity	14.87% of adults	9.6% of adults	55% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Youth Unemployment Rate	7.8% of youth labor force	16.41% of youth labor force	52% lower	Rwanda
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	7.9% of GDP	52% lower	Rwanda
Death Rate	7.4 per 1k	4.9 per 1k	51% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$1,821.05	$3,710.86	51% lower	Rwanda
Urban Population (%)	44.75%	29.89%	50% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Infant Mortality	44.5 per 1k births	30.5 per 1k births	46% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Food Waste per Person	102.91 kg/person/yr	181.48 kg/person/yr	43% lower	Rwanda
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	53 per 100 people	91.46 per 100 people	42% lower	Rwanda
Road Traffic Death Rate	16.3 per 100k	11.6 per 100k	41% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.8% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	39% lower	Rwanda
Dependency Ratio	96.5% of working-age pop.	70.32% of working-age pop.	37% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
GNI Per Capita	$670	$1,040	36% lower	Rwanda
Scientific Publications	237.5	352.94	33% lower	Rwanda
Alcohol Consumption	1.9 L/adult/yr	2.9 L/adult/yr	33% lower	Rwanda
University Enrollment Rate	6.4%	9.4%	32% lower	Rwanda
Imports (% GDP)	51.8% of GDP	39.13% of GDP	32% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
GDP Growth Rate	6.1%	8.9%	31% lower	Rwanda
Tobacco Use Prevalence	12.1% of adults	9.3% of adults	30% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Liberal Democracy Index	0.12	0.09	28% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Firms Hit by Power Outages	77.36% of firms	60.59% of firms	28% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Obesity Rate	5.8%	4.6%	26% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Air Passengers	1.15M	1.54M	25% lower	Rwanda
Youth Population (%)	46.03%	37.36%	23% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Elderly Population (%)	3.1%	3.9%	22% lower	Rwanda
Renewable Energy (%)	96.3%	79.9%	21% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	10.66% of GDP	13.51% of GDP	21% lower	Rwanda
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	15 days/yr	20% lower	Rwanda
Median Age	15.8 years	19.4 years	19% lower	Rwanda
Firms with Female Top Manager	22.74% of firms	28.1% of firms	19% lower	Rwanda
Adult Literacy Rate	65.69%	78.76%	17% lower	Rwanda
Smoking Rate	12.2%	14.3%	15% lower	Rwanda
Average Weekly Work Hours	33.54 hrs/week	29.2 hrs/week	15% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	26.65 µg/m³	31.29 µg/m³	15% lower	Rwanda
Irrigated Land	110 km²	96 km²	15% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Inequality (Gini)	44.7	39.4	13% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Mobile Money Accounts	35.12% of adults	31.11% of adults	13% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Highest Elevation	5.1K m	4.5K m	13% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Women's Political Empowerment	0.55	0.63	12% lower	Rwanda
Hypertension Prevalence	34.3% of adults	30.5% of adults	12% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Water Withdrawal	0.68 B m³	0.61 B m³	12% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Human Development Index	0.52	0.58	10% lower	Rwanda
Seafood Consumption per Person	4.0 kg/person/yr	4.5 kg/person/yr	10% lower	Rwanda
Internet Users (%)	31%	34%	9% lower	Rwanda
Life Expectancy	61.9 years	67.8 years	9% lower	Rwanda
Informal Employment Share	97.34% of employed people	90.06% of employed people	8% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Energy Use (Per Capita)	390.9 kg oil eq/person	372.99 kg oil eq/person	5% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Digital Payments Used	37.07% of adults	38.92% of adults	5% lower	Rwanda
Women in Senior Management	29.58% of managers	30.78% of managers	4% lower	Rwanda
Military Spending	1.2% of GDP	1.2% of GDP	2% lower	Rwanda
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	4.1% of GDP	4.0% of GDP	2% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Suicide Rate	8.8 per 100k	8.7 per 100k	1% higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Congo, Democratic Republic
Coastline Length	37 km	0 km	ranked higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Coal Electricity Share	0%	15.04%	ranked lower	Rwanda
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
Lowest Elevation	0 m	950 m	ranked lower	Rwanda
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-3.7% of GDP	-13% of GDP	ranked higher	Congo, Democratic Republic
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Congo, Democratic Republic

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Analysis

Congo, Democratic Republic leads in 62 of 112 shared metrics, while Rwanda leads in 50.

Congo, Democratic Republic's Forest Area is 439.3x that of Rwanda (1.23M km² vs 2.8K km²).

Congo, Democratic Republic's Land Area is 90.9x that of Rwanda (2.27M km² vs 24.7K km²).

Congo, Democratic Republic's Foreign Patents is 54.0x that of Rwanda (110 vs 2.0).

Congo, Democratic Republic's Airports is 32.4x that of Rwanda (267 vs 8.0).

Congo, Democratic Republic's Inflation Rate is 22.1x that of Rwanda (41.5% vs 1.8%).

Key Comparisons

Forest AreaCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Congo, Democratic Republic

1.23M km²

Rwanda

2.8K km²

Land AreaCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Congo, Democratic Republic

2.27M km²

Rwanda

24.7K km²

Foreign PatentsCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Congo, Democratic Republic

110

Rwanda

2.0

AirportsCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Congo, Democratic Republic

267

Rwanda

8.0

Inflation RateCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Congo, Democratic Republic

41.5%

Rwanda

1.8%

Electricity GenerationCongo, Democratic Republic leads

Congo, Democratic Republic

15.9 TWh

Rwanda

1.1 TWh

Forest Area

1.23M km²

2.8K km²

Land Area

2.27M km²

24.7K km²

Foreign Patents

110

2.0

Airports

267

8.0

Inflation Rate

41.5%

1.8%

Electricity Generation

15.9 TWh

1.1 TWh

Land Border Length

11.0K km

930 km

Electric Generating Capacity

3.23M kW

294.0K kW

Population

119.04M

13.62M

Domestic Patents

GDP (Nominal)

$70,962,185,790.71

$14,251,642,235.1

Forest Coverage (%)

54.19%

11.31%

Solar Electricity Share

15.77%

3.5%

Armed Forces Personnel

134.0K

35.0K

Freedom of Expression Index

0.60

0.17

Teen Birth Rate

106.88 per 1k

30.78 per 1k

Credit Card Ownership

2.0% of adults

0.73% of adults

Firms Making Informal Payments

25.91% of firms

9.4% of firms

Total CO2 Emissions

6.2 Mt CO2e

2.3 Mt CO2e

Can Raise Emergency Money

90.95% of adults

35.18% of adults

Congo, Democratic Republic vs Rwanda

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Forest Area

Land Area

Foreign Patents

Airports

Inflation Rate

Electricity Generation

Land Border Length

Electric Generating Capacity

Population

Domestic Patents

GDP (Nominal)

Forest Coverage (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Armed Forces Personnel

Freedom of Expression Index

Teen Birth Rate

Credit Card Ownership

Firms Making Informal Payments

Total CO2 Emissions

Can Raise Emergency Money

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Doctors (per 1,000)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Border Neighbors

Political Corruption Index

Broadband Access (%)

Water Stress (%)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Population Density

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Capital Elevation

Child Mortality

Agricultural Land (%)

Women in Parliament (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Official Languages Count

Spirits Consumption

Fertility Rate

Beer Consumption

Health Spending Per Capita

Corruption Perceptions Index

Electricity Access (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Protected Land (%)

Unemployment Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Electoral Democracy Index

Exports (% GDP)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Birth Rate

Insufficient Physical Activity

Youth Unemployment Rate

Health Spending (% GDP)

Death Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Urban Population (%)

Infant Mortality

Food Waste per Person

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

Dependency Ratio

GNI Per Capita

Scientific Publications

Alcohol Consumption

University Enrollment Rate

Imports (% GDP)

GDP Growth Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Liberal Democracy Index