DR Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Region
- Middle Africa
- Population, 2025
- 113 million
- Currency
- CDF
- Area
- 2,344,858 km²
Across DR Congo's 3 priced cities, one person needs about $2,634 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $350.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
26out of 100
- Purchasing power25%12
- Safety20%33
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%61
- Connectivity10%20
- Cost10%16
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
63.9
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
35.4
New York = 100
Purchasing power
15.2
New York = 100
One person
$2,634
A month, rent included
Net salary
$350
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$1,675
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$807
2025
Growth
+5.8%
2025
Unemployment
4.4%
2025
Inflation
2.9%
2016
Life expectancy
62.1 years
2024
Internet users
20%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 40%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 30%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 16%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 4%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 20.3%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 33.3
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 66.7
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people
- —
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #119 worldwide
- 47
- Mobile downloadMbps, median
- —
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- 0%
Cities in DR Congo
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Isiro | 59 | — | — | — | — | 255.4K | Low confidence |
| 2Bakwa | 58 | — | — | — | — | 100.6K | Low confidence |
| 3Butembo | 58 | — | — | — | — | 286.2K | Low confidence |
| 4Beni | 56 | — | — | — | — | 140.7K | Low confidence |
| 5Goma | 56 | — | — | — | — | 432.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 6Bunia | 56 | — | — | — | — | 399.3K | Low confidence |
| 7Kipushi | 56 | — | — | — | — | 169.6K | Low confidence |
| 8Kolwezi | 55 | — | — | — | — | 790.2K | Low confidence |
| 9Likasi | 55 | — | — | — | — | 635.8K | Low confidence |
| 10Bumba | 55 | — | — | — | — | 154.6K | Low confidence |
| 11Ilebo | 54 | — | — | — | — | 117.2K | Low confidence |
| 12Uvira | 54 | — | — | — | — | 407.1K | Low confidence |
| 13Kikwit | 54 | — | — | — | — | 509.4K | Low confidence |
| 14Gemena | 54 | — | — | — | — | 197.2K | Low confidence |
| 15Kabinda | 53 | — | — | — | — | 219.4K | Low confidence |
| 16Tshilenge | 53 | — | — | — | — | 116.1K | Low confidence |
| 17Kananga | 53 | — | — | — | — | 1.2M | Low confidence |
| 18Mbandaka | 53 | — | — | — | — | 455K | Low confidence |
| 19Kindu | 53 | — | — | — | — | 234.7K | Low confidence |
| 20Kisangani | 52 | — | — | — | — | 1.2M | Low confidence |
| 21Mwene-Ditu | 52 | — | — | — | — | 189.2K | Low confidence |
| 22Mwene | 52 | — | — | — | — | 295.7K | Low confidence |
| 23Kalemie | 52 | — | — | — | — | 161K | Low confidence |
| 24Lisala | 52 | — | — | — | — | 117.5K | Low confidence |
| 25Lubumbashi | 52 | 51.1 | $850 | $1,067 | 75.4 | 2.2M | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 26Kamina | 52 | — | — | — | — | 200.2K | Low confidence |
| 27Boma | 52 | — | — | — | — | 297K | Low confidence |
| 28Gandajika | 52 | — | — | — | — | 208.1K | Low confidence |
| 29Tshikapa | 52 | — | — | — | — | 634.5K | Low confidence |
| 30Matadi | 51 | — | — | — | — | 425.7K | Low confidence |
| 31Moanda | 51 | — | — | — | — | 128.8K | Low confidence |
| 32Bandundu Province | 51 | — | — | — | — | 202.9K | Low confidence |
| 33Bukama | 50 | — | — | — | — | 105.5K | Low confidence |
| 34Mbuji-Mayi | 50 | — | — | — | — | 2.1M | Low confidence |
| 35Mbanza-Ngungu | 42 | — | — | — | — | 142.8K | Low confidence |
| 36Bukavu | 42 | 38.9 | — | $500 | 25.7 | 816.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 37Inkisi | 42 | — | — | — | — | 115.3K | Low confidence |
| 38Masina | 40 | — | — | — | — | 485.2K | Low confidence |
| 39Kinshasa | 27 | 63.9 | $1,675 | $350 | 15.2 | 16M | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |