Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Congo
Congo: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men was 0.1748 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Congo, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Congo is 0.1748, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Congo peaked at 0.4523 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.1748, in 2023.
Congo ranks 47th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.4523 | — |
| 1951 | 0.4441 | -1.8% |
| 1952 | 0.436 | -1.8% |
| 1953 | 0.4278 | -1.9% |
| 1954 | 0.4193 | -2.0% |
| 1955 | 0.4103 | -2.2% |
| 1956 | 0.4014 | -2.2% |
| 1957 | 0.3921 | -2.3% |
| 1958 | 0.3829 | -2.3% |
| 1959 | 0.374 | -2.3% |
| 1960 | 0.3655 | -2.3% |
| 1961 | 0.3575 | -2.2% |
| 1962 | 0.3497 | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 0.3424 | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 0.3356 | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 0.329 | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 0.3228 | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 0.3186 | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.3116 | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 0.3062 | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 0.3015 | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.297 | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.293 | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.2892 | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.2857 | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.282 | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.2788 | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.2754 | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.2727 | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.2699 | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 0.2671 | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.2643 | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2617 | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.2589 | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.2565 | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.2542 | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.2523 | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.2511 | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.2504 | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.2507 | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.2519 | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.2542 | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.2563 | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.2605 | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2651 | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.2663 | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.2694 | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.3371 | +25.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3007 | -10.8% |
| 1999 | 0.2804 | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 0.2708 | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.266 | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.2614 | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.254 | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 0.2457 | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2384 | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2309 | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.226 | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2195 | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.2159 | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2116 | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2064 | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.2024 | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1998 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.1957 | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1926 | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.1901 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.187 | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.1843 | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.195 | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 0.1786 | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 0.1802 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.1774 | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.1748 | -1.5% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 0.1748 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1713, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Congo's 0.1748 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2002, 87% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +25.1% | 0.2694 | 0.3371 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.414 | 0.374 | 0.4523 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3339 | 0.3062 | 0.3655 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2845 | 0.2699 | 0.3015 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2567 | 0.2504 | 0.2671 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2742 | 0.2519 | 0.3371 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2429 | 0.2159 | 0.2708 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1965 | 0.1843 | 0.2116 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1778 | 0.1748 | 0.1802 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More poverty & inequality data for Congo
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.16 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 877.7 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.0684 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 7.83 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 7.8% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Congo?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Congo was 0.1748 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4523 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1748 in 2023.
- How does Congo rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Congo ranks 47th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.