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Congo rankings 2026: where Congo places in 56 global Top 10s

Congo is #3 in Countries with the highest oil rents as a share of GDP and inside the top 10 of 11 rankings. Every position, value and source, regenerated as the data refreshes.

Congo appears in 56 of the 491 live country rankings on Top10Earth. This guide walks through every one of them: where Congo is number one, where it makes the top 10, where it sits further down the table, and what has moved since the previous snapshot. Its best position is #3 in Countries with the highest oil rents as a share of GDP, where it is measured at 34.38 % of GDP (Oil rents) as of 2026-11-02. Congo finishes inside the top 10 in 11 rankings.

Top 10 finishes

Congo is inside the top 10 of 11 further rankings. Each entry names the country directly above it, which is the position to beat at the next refresh.

Congo by theme

The rankings are grouped by category below, so the economic picture, the health picture and the environmental picture can be read separately. Positions are out of the number of countries each source reports, which differs by ranking.

Environment and energy

In environment and energy, Congo holds 20 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries with the highest oil rents as a share of GDP (34.38 % of GDP), #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest CO2 emissions from flaring per person (0.57 tonnes per person), #16 of 50 in Countries with the most renewable freshwater per person (36.8k cubic metres per person) and #17 of 50 in Countries planting the most new forest each year (14 thousand hectares per year). 16 more rankings are listed below.

World and society

In world and society, Congo holds 13 positions: #5 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of urban people living in slums (75.34 %), #6 of 50 in Countries where beer makes up the most of alcohol consumption (90.07 %), #10 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people living in the capital city (57.25 %) and #16 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people at risk of catastrophic surgery costs (63.7 %). 9 more rankings are listed below.

Food and agriculture

In food and agriculture, Congo holds 12 positions: #7 of 50 in Countries where most people cannot afford enough calories (55.6 %), #7 of 50 in Countries with the highest lettuce yields (39.59 tonnes per hectare), #10 of 50 in Countries that drink the most beer per person (5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year) and #14 of 50 in Countries with the highest prevalence of undernourishment (26.4 %). 8 more rankings are listed below.

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing, Congo holds 9 positions: #7 of 50 in Countries with the highest tuberculosis death rates (98.42 per 100,000 people), #10 of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from natural disasters (0.47 per 100,000 people), #21 of 50 in Countries with the highest prevalence of anemia in children (60.8 %) and #21 of 50 in Countries with the most deaths attributable to alcohol (share) (7.68 %). 5 more rankings are listed below.

Finance and crypto

In finance and crypto, Congo holds 2 positions: #4 of 50 in Countries importing the largest share of their goods from China (52.2 %) and #18 of 50 in Countries with the largest current account surpluses relative to GDP (11.57 % of GDP).

What changed at the latest refresh

Comparing each ranking's newest snapshot with the one before it, Congo moved in 48 rankings:

Where Congo ranks lowest

A guide that only listed wins would be misleading. Congo's lowest current positions are 49th of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from ambient air pollution (66 per 100,000 people), 49th of 50 in Countries with the most mismanaged plastic reaching the ocean per person (0.13 kg per person per year) and 48th of 50 in Countries eating the most poultry per person (36.57 kg per person per year). Whether a low position is good or bad depends on the metric: being near the bottom of an emissions or mortality ranking is the better place to be.

Every ranking that includes Congo

How to read these numbers

Each ranking measures one metric from one named source at one time, so a #3 in one table and a #3 in another are not directly comparable. Countries also report in different years: the capture date is when Top10Earth fetched the data, while the source's own year is stated on each ranking page under methodology. For a side-by-side with another country on the same measures, open any ranking and use the head-to-head links, or visit Congo's entity page for the live table and rank-history chart.

Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.

Questions people ask about Congo

What is Congo's best ranking on Top10Earth?

#3 in Countries with the highest oil rents as a share of GDP, with 34.38 % of GDP (Oil rents) as of 2026-11-02.

How many rankings include Congo?

56 current country rankings out of 491 on the site.

Is Congo in the top 10 of anything?

Yes: 11 rankings, including #3 in Countries with the highest oil rents as a share of GDP, #4 in Countries importing the largest share of their goods from China and #5 in Countries with the highest share of urban people living in slums.

Where do the numbers come from?

From Our World in Data. Each ranking page names its source, metric definition and capture date.

When was this guide last updated?

The newest snapshot used here was captured on 2026-11-02. The guide is regenerated automatically as rankings refresh.

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