Sub-Saharan Africa · Partial data: missing GF10, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
21.7%
-5.9 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
1.23%
-0.6 pts since 2001
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
100.4%
of GDP · +100 pts since 1995
Population · 2025
6.5m
135.8% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Congo, Rep. yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare rose from 0.5% to 1.7% of GDP between 2000 and 2020, then fell to 1.1% by 2023.
Defence rose from 1.8% to 4.6% of GDP between 2001 and 2016, then fell to 1.3% by 2025.
Education fell from 4.9% to 1.7% of GDP between 1995 and 2005, then rose to 3.3% by 2023.
Total spending rose from 27.6% to 48.6% of GDP between 1995 and 2014, then fell to 21.7% by 2024.
Gross debt rose from 0.0% to 185.3% of GDP between 1995 and 2003, then fell to 100.4% by 2025.
Population grew from 2.7 million in 1995 to 6.5 million in 2025; the UN projects 11.0 million by 2050.