Central Africa
DR 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 DR Congo's #3 import source (world lens). DR Congo is the EU's #79 goods supplier.
DR Congo on the world stage
Total imports
$25.5bn
2023 annual
Total exports
$27.7bn
179 partners
#1 import source
China
26.5%
#1 export dest.
China
57.6%
2023 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
DR Congo and the EU
EU imports from
€3.7bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€1.4bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #79 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.39
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
70
EUR/MWh
Consumer
60
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
27
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
97%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Conflict / governance collapseMarket model
State monopoly (SNEL)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ARE (Autorite de Regulation du secteur de l'Electricite)
Massive hydro potential (100+ GW, including 40 GW Grand Inga) sits undeveloped while SNEL provides power to only 19% of the population. Conflict, governance failures, and lack of financing keep the country in permanent…
Tracked infrastructure
0 solar farms
capacity n/a · 1 building
8 hydro plants
2.7 GW · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
78
12 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
53
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Copper, Gold, Other (poly)-metallic
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
no functioning national ambient monitoring; EITI portal…
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
15.8
→ 20 by 2050
Fertility
5.98
above replacement
Working-age
50.9%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
6
→ 6 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 109M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +100% (218M)