Income inequality: Atkinson index in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.4481 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: atkinson index in Democratic Republic of Congo stood at 0.4481. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 0.4481 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.4412, in 2010.
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 23rd of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Democratic Republic of Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.4412 | — |
| 2011 | 0.4412 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4412 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4481 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4481 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4481 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4481 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4481 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4481 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4481 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4481 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4481 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4481 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4481 | +0.0% |
Democratic Republic of Congo compared with similar countries
- Democratic Republic of Congo's 0.4481 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.3934, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Democratic Republic of Congo's 0.4481 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4461 | 0.4412 | 0.4481 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4481 | 0.4481 | 0.4481 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of Congo
- 20 Central African Republic 0.4547 compare
- 21 Cape Verde 0.4538 compare
- 22 Madagascar 0.4488 compare
- 24 Rwanda 0.4433 compare
- 25 Togo 0.4408 compare
- 26 Colombia 0.4399 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Democratic Republic of Congo
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 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 6.05 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 871.8 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.9963 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 9.33 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 9.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Democratic Republic of Congo was 0.4481 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4481 in 2013.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4412 in 2010.
- How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 23rd out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.