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Congo, 2024, ranked 147 of 192
40.0%
% of population
Since 2014
+16.0
percentage points, up from 24.0%
Congo, its region and the world
- Congo
- World
- Sub-Saharan Africa
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
WorldCongoSub-Saharan Africa View data table
| Year | Congo | World | Sub-Saharan Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40.0% | 75.4% | 22.9% |
| 2023 | 38.0% | 74.5% | 22.1% |
| 2022 | 36.0% | 73.7% | 21.3% |
| 2021 | 34.0% | 72.4% | 20.5% |
| 2020 | 32.0% | 71.3% | 19.5% |
| 2019 | 31.0% | 69.9% | 18.6% |
| 2018 | 29.0% | 68.7% | 17.5% |
| 2017 | 28.0% | 67.1% | 16.5% |
| 2016 | 27.0% | 65.6% | 15.5% |
| 2015 | 26.0% | 63.9% | 14.7% |
| 2014 | 24.0% | 62.4% | 14.0% |
| 2013 | 22.0% | 60.8% | 13.3% |
| 2012 | 20.0% | 59.4% | 12.7% |
| 2011 | 18.0% | 57.9% | 12.3% |
| 2010 | 17.0% | 56.7% | 12.0% |
| 2009 | 15.0% | 55.5% | 11.8% |
| 2008 | 14.0% | 54.3% | 11.3% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | 53.4% | 11.1% |
| 2006 | 13.0% | 52.8% | 10.7% |
| 2005 | 13.0% | 52.1% | 10.5% |
| 2004 | 13.0% | 51.2% | 10.1% |
| 2003 | 12.0% | 50.4% | 9.8% |
| 2002 | 13.0% | 49.6% | 9.6% |
| 2001 | 13.0% | 48.8% | 9.3% |
| 2000 | 12.0% | 47.8% | 9.1% |
Source: The World Bank, updated 13 Oct 2026. Annual national estimates compiled by the World Bank from IEA, IRENA, UN and national sources. The latest year typically lags by one to three years.
World and regions
- North America 100.0% 2024
- Europe & Central Asia 98.3% 2024
- Latin America & Caribbean 90.5% 2024
- East Asia & Pacific 87.0% 2024
- Middle East & North Africa 77.8% 2024
- World 75.4% 2024
- South Asia 74.3% 2024
- Sub-Saharan Africa 22.9% 2024
Years differ where countries report on different schedules.
Every economy
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Ranking of all 192 economies
| # | Economy | % of population | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 2 | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 3 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 4 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 5 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 6 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 7 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 8 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 9 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 10 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 11 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 12 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 13 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 14 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 15 | 🇫🇷 France | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 16 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 17 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 18 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 19 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 20 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 21 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 22 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 23 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 24 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 25 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 26 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 27 | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 28 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 29 | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 30 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 31 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 32 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 33 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 34 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 35 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 36 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 37 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 38 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 39 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 40 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 41 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 42 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 43 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 44 | 🇺🇸 United States | 100.0% | 2024 |
| 45 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 46 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 47 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 48 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 49 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 50 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 51 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 52 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 53 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 54 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 55 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 56 | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 57 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 58 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 59 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 60 | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 61 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 62 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 99.0% | 2024 |
| 63 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 98.0% | 2024 |
| 64 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 98.0% | 2024 |
| 65 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 98.0% | 2024 |
| 66 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 98.0% | 2024 |
| 67 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 98.0% | 2024 |
| 68 | 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | 98.0% | 2024 |
| 69 | 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98.0% | 2024 |
| 70 | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 98.0% | 2024 |
| 71 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 97.0% | 2024 |
| 72 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 97.0% | 2024 |
| 73 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 97.0% | 2024 |
| 74 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 97.0% | 2024 |
| 75 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 97.0% | 2024 |
| 76 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 96.0% | 2024 |
| 77 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 96.0% | 2024 |
| 78 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 96.0% | 2024 |
| 79 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 96.0% | 2024 |
| 80 | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 96.0% | 2024 |
| 81 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 96.0% | 2024 |
| 82 | 🇵🇼 Palau | 96.0% | 2024 |
| 83 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 96.0% | 2024 |
| 84 | 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 96.0% | 2024 |
| 85 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 96.0% | 2024 |
| 86 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 95.0% | 2024 |
| 87 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 95.0% | 2024 |
| 88 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 95.0% | 2024 |
| 89 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 95.0% | 2024 |
| 90 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 95.0% | 2024 |
| 91 | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 94.0% | 2024 |
| 92 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 94.0% | 2024 |
| 93 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 94.0% | 2024 |
| 94 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 93.0% | 2024 |
| 95 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 93.0% | 2024 |
| 96 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 93.0% | 2024 |
| 97 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 93.0% | 2024 |
| 98 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 93.0% | 2024 |
| 99 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 93.0% | 2024 |
| 100 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 92.0% | 2024 |
| 101 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 92.0% | 2024 |
| 102 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 91.0% | 2024 |
| 103 | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 91.0% | 2024 |
| 104 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 91.0% | 2024 |
| 105 | 🇨🇳 China | 90.0% | 2024 |
| 106 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 90.0% | 2024 |
| 107 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 90.0% | 2024 |
| 108 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 90.0% | 2024 |
| 109 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 89.0% | 2024 |
| 110 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 89.0% | 2024 |
| 111 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 89.0% | 2024 |
| 112 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 89.0% | 2024 |
| 113 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 88.0% | 2024 |
| 114 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 88.0% | 2024 |
| 115 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 88.0% | 2024 |
| 116 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 87.0% | 2024 |
| 117 | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 84.0% | 2024 |
| 118 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 82.0% | 2024 |
| 119 | 🇮🇳 India | 81.0% | 2024 |
| 120 | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 80.0% | 2024 |
| 121 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 76.0% | 2024 |
| 122 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 73.0% | 2024 |
| 123 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 73.0% | 2024 |
| 124 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 71.0% | 2024 |
| 125 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.0% | 2024 |
| 126 | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 65.0% | 2024 |
| 127 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 64.0% | 2024 |
| 128 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 63.0% | 2024 |
| 129 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 61.0% | 2024 |
| 130 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 59.0% | 2024 |
| 131 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 58.0% | 2024 |
| 132 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 57.0% | 2024 |
| 133 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 57.0% | 2024 |
| 134 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 56.0% | 2024 |
| 135 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 56.0% | 2024 |
| 136 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 56.0% | 2024 |
| 137 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 51.0% | 2024 |
| 138 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 51.0% | 2024 |
| 139 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 50.0% | 2024 |
| 140 | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 48.0% | 2024 |
| 141 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 47.0% | 2024 |
| 142 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 47.0% | 2024 |
| 143 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 46.0% | 2024 |
| 144 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 46.0% | 2024 |
| 145 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 46.0% | 2024 |
| 146 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 45.0% | 2024 |
| 147 | 🇨🇬 Congo | 40.0% | 2024 |
| 148 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 39.0% | 2024 |
| 149 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 37.0% | 2024 |
| 150 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 35.0% | 2024 |
| 151 | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 35.0% | 2024 |
| 152 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 32.0% | 2024 |
| 153 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 32.0% | 2024 |
| 154 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 31.0% | 2024 |
| 155 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 30.0% | 2024 |
| 156 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 29.0% | 2024 |
| 157 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 28.0% | 2024 |
| 158 | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 24.0% | 2024 |
| 159 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 22.0% | 2024 |
| 160 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 21.0% | 2024 |
| 161 | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 20.0% | 2024 |
| 162 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 19.0% | 2024 |
| 163 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 18.0% | 2024 |
| 164 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 15.0% | 2024 |
| 165 | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 14.0% | 2024 |
| 166 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 12.0% | 2024 |
| 167 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 11.0% | 2024 |
| 168 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 11.0% | 2024 |
| 169 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 11.0% | 2024 |
| 170 | 🇱🇦 Laos | 10.0% | 2024 |
| 171 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 10.0% | 2024 |
| 172 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 9.0% | 2024 |
| 173 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 8.0% | 2024 |
| 174 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 8.0% | 2024 |
| 175 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 7.0% | 2024 |
| 176 | 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe | 7.0% | 2024 |
| 177 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 6.0% | 2024 |
| 178 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 6.0% | 2024 |
| 179 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo | 5.0% | 2024 |
| 180 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 5.0% | 2024 |
| 181 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 3.0% | 2024 |
| 182 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 2.0% | 2024 |
| 183 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 2.0% | 2024 |
| 184 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 2.0% | 2024 |
| 185 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 2.0% | 2024 |
| 186 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 2.0% | 2024 |
| 187 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 2.0% | 2024 |
| 188 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 2.0% | 2024 |
| 189 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 1.0% | 2024 |
| 190 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 1.0% | 2024 |
| 191 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 0.0% | 2024 |
| 192 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 |