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Sovereign Investors Publications & Data

Ministry of Finance · Sovereign overview4 min · FR

Official presentation · Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ministry of Finance · Presented in French · 4 min

Macro snapshot

The five indicators that frame the sovereign credit story

GDP growth, inflation, FX reserves, debt-to-GDP and sovereign ratings. One consistent reference across the platform.

Open Market & Debt

Real GDP growth

5-yr avg 7.2%

5.6%

FY 2025

Among the fastest-expanding economies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Inflation, end of period

−7.3 pts YoY

4.3%

End 2025

Disinflation underway through coordinated fiscal-monetary policy.

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FX reserves

+$1.7B YoY

$7.9B

2025

≈ 3.0 months of imports.

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Debt-to-GDP

−0.3 pts

16.9%

2025

Well below the regional median (~57%).

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Sovereign ratings

B3 / B-

Latest ratings, 2026

Moody's B3 (stable) · S&P B- (positive).

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Economic potential

The structural fundamentals behind the sovereign story

Demographic scale, strategic mineral relevance, energy potential and a central regional position: the structural base on which the reform agenda and the sovereign credit narrative rest.

Population

109M

2025

A young, fast-growing domestic market with deep human capital.

Strategic minerals share

70%

Global cobalt supply

Global cobalt supply originating from the DRC.

Hydropower potential

100GW

National estimate

One of the largest untapped clean-energy reserves worldwide.

Arable land

80M ha

National estimate

A continental food and agro-industrial frontier.

Regional position

9neighbours

At the geographic centre of Sub-Saharan Africa, bordering nine countries across four sub-regions.

Medium-term growth outlook

Above 6%

IMF and World Bank projections place real GDP growth above 6% over the medium term, revised at each programme review.

Reform & IMF programme

Reform momentum anchors the sovereign credit story

An at-a-glance view of IMF engagement, the most recent reform milestones, and the official documents that frame the credibility narrative for sovereign investors, ratings agencies and multilaterals.

Open Reform Programme

IMF programme: reviews and disbursements

ECF reviews

RSF reviews

Disbursements

Cumulative (ECF)

≈ US$1.03bn

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s three-year programmes under the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) were approved by the IMF Executive Board on 15 January 2025. Since then, the country has successfully completed three consecutive ECF reviews and two RSF reviews, alongside its 2026 Article IV consultation. Staff-level agreement on the third ECF review and the second RSF review was reached together with the 2026 Article IV discussions, and the Executive Board formally approved them on 26 June 2026.

Programme performance was assessed as broadly satisfactory at each stage, with most quantitative targets met and structural reforms progressing satisfactorily. Each completed review has unlocked a disbursement:

July 2025
First ECF review
US$261.9m
SDR 190.4 million
December 2025
Second ECF review / first RSF review
≈ US$442m
Combined disbursement, per IMF Country Report No. 26/2
June 2026
Third ECF review / second RSF review
≈ US$348.5m
About US$258.2 million under the ECF and US$90.3 million under the RSF

In total, cumulative ECF disbursements now amount to about US$1.03 billion, strengthening the country’s external reserve position (US$7.7 billion at end-August 2026) and helping finance budget priorities such as climate adaptation and infrastructure.

Latest reform milestones

2025Milestone
Fiscal consolidation underway
Revenue mobilisation and expenditure discipline driving the primary balance trajectory.
2025Milestone
Governance & transparency reforms
Anti-corruption framework, procurement modernisation and public-finance reporting strengthened.
2026Milestone
Institutional modernisation
Digital public finance, treasury operations and reporting standards aligned with international practice.

News & UpdatesLatest reform updates

Official IMF documents

News & Updates

The latest official sovereign communications

Official announcements, reform updates, debt updates, bond issuance references and IMF-related news.

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FeaturedRisk & Resilience

DRC chairs World Bank diagnostic on disaster risk financing

The Minister of Finance chaired the presentation of the diagnostic on disaster risk financing, organised in collaboration with the World Bank, to strengthen the State's pre-arranged emergency response capacity.

April 30, 2026

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