DR CongoandUganda

30 June 1960 · 9 October 1962

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

DR Congo

30 June 1960 — Independence of the Congo from Belgian sovereignty

Dossier →Chronicle →

Uganda

9 October 1962 — Uganda becomes independent of Britain

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
43
Domains
9
Crossed events
2
Data through
2026-08-14

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

CODUGA
  • GDP
    $91 B2025$62 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $8072025$1,2062025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    5.8%20256.3%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    2.9%20163.6%2025
    Observed 2016 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    87.3%202550.2%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

CODUGA
  • Population
    113 m202551 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    62.1 yrs202468.5 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    45.1%202531.9%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    6.020244.22024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

CODUGA

Health

CODUGA
  • Health spending
    3.7%20234.2%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    0.2120220.192022
    Observed 2022 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    89.7202448.72024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    55.0%202490.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    11.9%202418.1%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

CODUGA
  • Adult literacy
    68.5%202377.0%2024
    Observed 2023 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Education spending
    2.8%20222.6%2022
    Observed 2022 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    117.6%2023106.2%2017
    Observed 2023 / 2017 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    55.5%202324.1%2007
    Observed 2023 / 2007 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    6.4%20204.6%2014
    Observed 2020 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded

Technology

CODUGA
  • R&D spending
    0.4%20150.4%2023
    Observed 2015 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    102015812023
    Observed 2015 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    19.7%20248.9%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    592024832024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    0.2%20231.9%2024
    Observed 2023 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

CODUGA
  • Land area
    2,267,050 km²2023200,520 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    54.2%202311.0%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    15.5%202371.9%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    0.120240.22024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    96.3%202190.9%2022
    Observed 2021 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

CODUGA
  • Resource rents
    38.8%20217.5%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.6%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    28.8%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    9.4%20217.5%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    22.5%202455.3%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Copper (mined)
    3.2 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Cobalt (mined)
    230 kt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded

Military

CODUGA
  • Military burden
    1.2%20241.9%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $899 M2024$1.1 B2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    134,000202046,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 1996–1997

    First Congo War

    A Rwanda- and Uganda-backed rebellion under Laurent-Désiré Kabila advances across the country against the collapsing Mobutu regime.

    War & Rupture · from the DR Congo chronicle · Mobutu's Zaire · REFS 2 — Kabila, Laurent-Désiré (1939–2001), Mobutu Sese Seko

  2. Aug 1998

    Second Congo War begins

    Kabila breaks with Rwanda and Uganda; nine nations and many militias are drawn into 'Africa's World War,' the deadliest conflict since 1945.

    War & Rupture · from the DR Congo chronicle · Africa's World War & After · REFS 1 — Second Congo War