What is the difference in gdp (current lcu), per capita between Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria?

300,650 current LCU per person, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as GDP (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Nigeria: GDP (current LCU), per capita

Democratic Republic of Congo

2.16 million current LCU per person

in 2025

Nigeria

1.86 million current LCU per person

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

35th

Nigeria rank

36th

GDP (current LCU), per capita over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Nigeria

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 2.16 million current LCU per person against 1.86 million current LCU per person in Nigeria, a difference of 300,650 current LCU per person.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nigeria ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 35th and Nigeria ranks 36th of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Democratic Republic of Congo averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0 current LCU per person	76.84 current LCU per person	76.84 current LCU per person	Nigeria
1970s	0 current LCU per person	347.18 current LCU per person	347.18 current LCU per person	Nigeria
1980s	0 current LCU per person	2,343 current LCU per person	2,343 current LCU per person	Nigeria
1990s	151.9 current LCU per person	23,460 current LCU per person	23,308 current LCU per person	Nigeria
2000s	106,034 current LCU per person	154,393 current LCU per person	48,359 current LCU per person	Nigeria
2010s	514,084 current LCU per person	524,571 current LCU per person	10,487 current LCU per person	Nigeria
2020s	1.53 million current LCU per person	1.36 million current LCU per person	169,259 current LCU per person	Democratic Republic of Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp (current lcu), per capita, Democratic Republic of Congo or Nigeria?: Democratic Republic of Congo, at 2.16 million current LCU per person against 1.86 million current LCU per person in Nigeria as of 2025.
What is the difference in gdp (current lcu), per capita between Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria?: 300,650 current LCU per person, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria rank globally for gdp (current lcu), per capita?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 35th and Nigeria ranks 36th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as GDP (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: GDP (current LCU), per capita
Unit: current LCU per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 213 places, 11,862 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 27 August 2026

GDP (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.