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Development & Human Capital

153rd

of 196 countries placed

Placed from 2 of 3 key statistics

01The evidence

The 3 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Republic of the Congo on development & human capital — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys
  1. Key 1 of 3

    Social Protection Coverage

    International Labour Organization (ILO)

    Why it is a key: The share of people covered by at least one social protection benefit: whether the state catches anybody when they fall.

    Latest reading per country, 2015–2025 · CC BY 4.0

    No reading

    Population covered by at least one social protection benefit (%)

    Higher is better

    ILO publishes no reading from 2015–2025 for Republic of the Congo, so the standing rests on the other keys.

    Across the 208 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0 (Somalia) to 100 (Switzerland); the world median is 52.1.

    World median
    52.1
    Best in Middle Africa
    22.1 São Tomé and Príncipe
    Land neighbours
    Angola 8.7 · Central African Republic 3.5 · Cameroon 10 · DR Congo 5.2

    Each grey tick is one of 208 countries at its latest reading, 2015–2025.

  2. Key 2 of 3

    Maternal Mortality Ratio

    UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)

    Why it is a key: Whether a woman survives giving birth — the reach of a health system at the moment it is hardest to fake.

    2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    241.09

    Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births

    Lower is better

    Republic of the Congo: 241.09. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 0.11 (Cook Islands) to 992.83 (Nigeria); the world median is 46.65.

    World median
    46.65
    Best in Middle Africa
    75.36 São Tomé and Príncipe
    Land neighbours
    Angola 183.2 · Central African Republic 691.74 · Cameroon 258.23 · DR Congo 427.05 · Gabon 232.66

    Each grey tick is one of 195 countries in the 2023 edition.

  3. Key 3 of 3

    Human Development Index

    UNDP Human Development Report Office

    Why it is a key: The standard composite of health, schooling and income, carrying UNDP's own published rank.

    2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    0.649

    HDI score (0–1)

    Higher is better

    Ranked 138th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office

    Republic of the Congo: 0.649. Across the 193 countries in this edition, values run from 0.388 (South Sudan) to 0.972 (Iceland); the world median is 0.762.

    World median
    0.762
    Best in Middle Africa
    0.733 Gabon
    Land neighbours
    Angola 0.616 · Central African Republic 0.414 · Cameroon 0.588 · DR Congo 0.522 · Gabon 0.733

    Each grey tick is one of 193 countries in the 2023 edition.

03In context

Republic of the Congo beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 196 countries on development & human capital, never a place within the region.

Middle Africa
1st196thNot placed · 28 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on development & human capital

Republic of the Congo and the countries it borders

The standing is each country’s place among all 196 placed on the topic; the other columns are the publishers’ own values, read at the edition the standing used.

CountryStandingSocial Protection CoveragePopulation covered by at least one social protection benefit (%)Maternal Mortality RatioMaternal deaths per 100,000 live birthsHuman Development IndexHDI score (0–1)
Gabon=140th—232.660.733
Republic of the Congo153rd—241.090.649
Angola157th8.7183.20.616
Cameroon166th10258.230.588
DR Congo187th5.2427.050.522
Central African Republic193rd3.5691.740.414

“—” means the publisher gives no reading for that country in that edition. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed.

Placed either side on development & human capital

The countries immediately above and below Republic of the Congo in the topic’s list.

04Context, no vote

Where Republic of the Congo is ahead of the world, and behind

25 more statistics filed under development & human capital, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Behind the world median24

Statistics on which Republic of the Congo does worse than the middle country measured.

  • Completeness of Birth RegistrationUNICEF · 2025 · world median 98.495.9No earlier reading

    Republic of the Congo: 95.9 · world median 98.4 · Children under 5 whose birth is registered (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 2.7 to 100; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 2025 · world median 0.0390.112No real change since 2018

    Republic of the Congo: 0.112 · world median 0.039 · MPI (0–1). Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.517; lower is better.

    Position 42nd of 109 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Planetary pressures-adjusted HDIUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.6780.631▼ Worsened since 2013

    Republic of the Congo: 0.631 · world median 0.678 · PHDI (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.276 to 0.827; higher is better.

    Position 98th of 156 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3412.68▲ Improved since 2013

    Republic of the Congo: 12.68 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.

    Position 124th of 195 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.9338.323▼ Worsened since 2013

    Republic of the Congo: 8.323 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.

    Position 125th of 193 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 13.821.19No earlier reading

    Republic of the Congo: 21.19 · world median 13.8 · Children under 5 who are stunted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.518 to 52.8; lower is better.

    Position 58th of 162 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.7432.86No earlier reading

    Republic of the Congo: 32.86 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.

    Position 92nd of 136 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Violent Discipline of ChildrenUNICEF · 2025 · world median 75.882.5No earlier reading

    Republic of the Congo: 82.5 · world median 75.8 · Children aged 1-14 experiencing violent discipline (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 37.6 to 94; lower is better.

    Position 29th of 90 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Child MarriageUNICEF · 2025 · world median 17.127.3No earlier reading

    Republic of the Congo: 27.3 · world median 17.1 · Women 20–24 married before 18 (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.3; lower is better.

    Position 42nd of 143 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Account Ownership at a Financial InstitutionWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 72.8355.58▲ Improved since 2014

    Republic of the Congo: 55.58 · world median 72.83 · Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 14.83 to 99.85; higher is better.

    Position 100th of 139 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2626.98No real change since 2014

    Republic of the Congo: 26.98 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.

    Position 54th of 200 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • GNI per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 14,2735,151▼ Worsened since 2015

    Republic of the Congo: 5,151 · world median 14,273 · GNI per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1,181 to 116,633; higher is better.

    Position 76th of 102 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Inequality-adjusted Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.6090.426▼ Worsened since 2013

    Republic of the Congo: 0.426 · world median 0.609 · IHDI (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.226 to 0.923; higher is better.

    Position 128th of 169 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • GDP per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 17,2656,194▼ Worsened since 2015

    Republic of the Congo: 6,194 · world median 17,265 · GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1,067 to 139,593; higher is better.

    Position 141st of 185 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Coefficient of Human InequalityUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 17.0532.03No real change since 2013

    Republic of the Congo: 32.03 · world median 17.05 · Coefficient of Human Inequality (%). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 4.865 to 43.08; lower is better.

    Position 37th of 169 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Gender Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.9710.924▲ Improved since 2013

    Republic of the Congo: 0.924 · world median 0.971 · Gender Development Index (1.000 = parity). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.407 to 1.038; higher is better.

    Position 146th of 184 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.419▲ Improved since 2010

    Republic of the Congo: 0.419 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.

    Position 138th of 172 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2020 dataset

  • Under-Five Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 14.5439.11No real change since 2014

    Republic of the Congo: 39.11 · world median 14.54 · Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 1.26 to 115.65; lower is better.

    Position 40th of 200 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Country Policy and Institutional AssessmentWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.2462.842▼ Worsened since 2015

    Republic of the Congo: 2.842 · world median 3.246 · IDA Resource Allocation Index (1 = low to 6 = high). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1.617 to 4.225; higher is better.

    Position 63rd of 78 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 74.6365.77▼ Worsened since 2013

    Republic of the Congo: 65.77 · world median 74.63 · Years a newborn would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 54.46 to 86.37; higher is better.

    Position 192nd of 222 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.565▲ Improved since 2013

    Republic of the Congo: 0.565 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.

    Ranked 151st of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Cereal YieldFAO · 2023 · world median 3,072877.7No real change since 2013

    Republic of the Congo: 877.7 · world median 3,072 · Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 23 to 29,147; higher is better.

    Position 163rd of 179 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 10053▼ Worsened since 2014

    Republic of the Congo: 53 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Statistical Performance IndicatorsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 69.338.87▼ Worsened since 2016

    Republic of the Congo: 38.87 · world median 69.3 · SPI overall score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 27.12 to 94.14; higher is better.

    Position 179th of 188 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

No better end1

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

  • Net Official Development Assistance ReceivedOECD Development Assistance Committee · 2023 · world median 2.5792.746Moved since 2013

    Republic of the Congo: 2.746 · world median 2.579 · Net ODA received (% of GNI). OECD Development Assistance Committee, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from -0.001 to 101.78.

    Position 63rd of 130 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

No current reading for Republic of the Congo

Children with Functional Difficulties, Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) (last 2020), Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day (last 2011), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day (last 2011), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day (last 2011), Prosperity Gap (last 2011) and Social Protection Coverage. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.

05Country Index 2026

Development & Human Capital among Republic of the Congo’s 15 topics

Development & Human Capital is Republic of the Congo’s 7th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first; each marker sits at the position divided by that topic’s field, so fields of different sizes compare fairly.

On the profile
  1. Environment & Sustainability13th of 181
  2. Mobility & Trade76th of 147
  3. Digital & Technology144th of 198
  4. Education & Knowledge130th of 171
  5. Peace & Securityjoint 137th of 177
  6. Health & Wellbeing156th of 200
  7. Development & Human Capital153rd of 196
  8. Gender & Equality146th of 183
  9. Economy & Innovation142nd of 176
  10. Risk & Resilience157th of 192
  11. Energy158th of 193
  12. Democracy & Civil Liberties165th of 198
  13. Governance & Institutions175th of 194
  14. Work & Labour170th of 182
  15. Food & Agriculture169th of 175

No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.

06The top of the list

Who leads on development & human capital

The three countries placed highest of 196, and the leaders Republic of the Congo can most readily be measured against.

All 196 countries
  1. 1

    Cook Islands

    Polynesia

    1st of 196 · 2 of 3 keys

    Photo: Benedict Adam · CC BY 2.0, greyscale

  2. 2

    Norway

    Northern Europe

    2nd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys

    Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

  3. 3

    Denmark

    Northern Europe

    3rd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys

    Photo: User:Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

  1. Highest in Africa

    Seychelles74th3/3 keys
  2. Highest in Middle Africa

    São Tomé and Príncipe=136th3/3 keys
  3. This page

    Republic of the Congo153rd2/3 keys

Positions out of 196 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

08Questions

Republic of the Congo on development & human capital: questions answered

Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.

How does Republic of the Congo rank on development & human capital?

Republic of the Congo is placed 153rd of 196 countries on Development & Human Capital in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics (Maternal Mortality Ratio and Human Development Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.

What is the latest Maternal Mortality Ratio figure for Republic of the Congo?

241.09 in 2023 (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births), according to UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG). The world median in the same edition was 46.65.

What is the latest Human Development Index figure for Republic of the Congo?

0.649 in 2023 (hDI score (0–1)), according to UNDP Human Development Report Office. The world median in the same edition was 0.762.

How does Republic of the Congo compare with DR Congo on development & human capital?

DR Congo is placed 187th of 196, and Republic of the Congo 153rd. Maternal Mortality Ratio: DR Congo 427.05, Republic of the Congo 241.09; Human Development Index: DR Congo 0.522, Republic of the Congo 0.649.

How have Republic of the Congo’s development & human capital figures changed?

Maternal Mortality Ratio fell from 509.5 in 2000 to 241.09 in 2023; Human Development Index rose from 0.545 in 2000 to 0.649 in 2023.

Which development & human capital statistics are missing for Republic of the Congo?

No current reading is published for Republic of the Congo on Children with Functional Difficulties, Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Prosperity Gap and Social Protection Coverage. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.

10Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

Poverty lines, inequality and aid received are published here as context rather than as keys, often because they cover fewer countries or are measured too rarely. Development is also not the same as economic size or growth, which belong to Economy & Innovation.

About development & human capital, in full

How the Development & Human Capital standing is decided, step by step

A standing is a place in a list, not a mark out of anything. This one is part of the Country Index 2026, and it is worked out like this.

  1. A few key indicators decide it; the rest are context. 3 indicators on this topic are keys and 31 are charted alongside them without a vote. That split is the point: if every statistic voted, importing five more of one kind would quietly change what the topic is about.
  2. Each key is read at one edition. ⚠ The keys behind this standing do not all describe the same year — they run from 2023 to 2025, because publishers release on their own schedules. Read the standing as “how this country places now”, not as a snapshot of one year.
  3. Every country’s published value is turned into a place within that one key’s own field, and then expressed as a share of that field — how far down this key’s list the country sits, rather than how many countries are above it. Keys where a higher published number is worse (terrorism, hunger, disaster risk) are turned round first, so the good end is always the same end.
  4. Dividing by the field first is the whole reason this works. A place carries the size of its list inside it: 22nd of 44 and 108th of 215 are the same showing, and averaging the numbers 22 and 108 says loudly that they are not. Fields on this site run from about 44 countries to about 215, so averaging raw places would reward a country for happening to be measured in small ones. Dividing each place by its own field removes the size and leaves only the showing.
  5. The shares are averaged, plainly. One key, one vote — no key is weighted above another, because any weighting would be this site’s opinion presented as a measurement. Countries are then put in order by that average, and the average itself is never published. It is our arithmetic with nothing anchoring it, so printing it would invite it to be read as a measurement somebody made. The position it produces, the band, and the keys it was built from are all published instead — every one of them checkable against the tables on this page.
  6. A country needs 2 of this topic’s 3 keys — half, rounded up, and never fewer than 2. A standing built from one reading, printed beside one built from four, is two different things sharing a column heading. 196 countries clear the bar here.
  7. A key has to earn its vote every edition. It must measure at least 120 countries (below that it starts measuring who was surveyed rather than the world), it must not have more than 10% of its field tied at either end, and it must not repeat another key in the same topic — Spearman correlation above 0.92 counts as repeating. A topic needs at least 2 surviving keys to place anyone at all; this one has 3.
  8. A standing is relative, and the grouping is ours. It says where a country places against the others measured alongside it, so it moves when they move. The publishers listed on this page did not agree to be read together, and each measures its subject its own way: the underlying numbers are theirs, the ordering on top is this site’s — the same method as the rest of the Country Index, applied to one subject instead of all of them.

The key statistics and their licences

The other 25 statistics on this page come from 9 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Republic of the Congo’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Republic of the Congo: Development & Human Capital — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/republic-of-the-congo/development

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