Central Africa
Republic of the Congo
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Republic of the Congo's #1 import source (world lens). Republic of the Congo is the EU's #103 goods supplier.
Republic of the Congo on the world stage
Total imports
$4.7bn
2023 annual
Total exports
$9.5bn
134 partners
#1 import source
China
27.6%
#1 export dest.
China
54.4%
2023 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Republic of the Congo and the EU
EU imports from
€1.2bn
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€1.1bn
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #103 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 0.93
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
714
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Subsidised fuel monocultureMarket model
State monopoly (SNE)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ARSEL (Agence de Regulation du Secteur de l'Electricite)
Oil and gas revenues subsidise electricity tariffs while SNE (state) underinvests. Gas-fired generation from Pointe-Noire and Imboulou hydro (120 MW) provide backbone, but distribution is poor outside Brazzaville and…
Tracked infrastructure
4 gas plants
534 MW
1 hydro plants
120 MW
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
12
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
18.4
→ 23.1 by 2050
Fertility
4.11
above replacement
Working-age
56.6%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5.3
→ 8.9 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 6.33M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +74% (11M)