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

554,290 current LCU per person, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

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

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 Rwanda: GDP (current LCU), per capita

Democratic Republic of Congo

2.16 million current LCU per person

in 2025

Rwanda

1.61 million current LCU per person

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

35th

Rwanda rank

38th

GDP (current LCU), per capita over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Rwanda

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 2.16 million current LCU per person against 1.61 million current LCU per person in Rwanda, a difference of 554,290 current LCU per person.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.3 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 35th and Rwanda ranks 38th of 212 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0 current LCU per person	2,896 current LCU per person	2,896 current LCU per person	Rwanda
1970s	0 current LCU per person	10,212 current LCU per person	10,212 current LCU per person	Rwanda
1980s	0 current LCU per person	24,750 current LCU per person	24,750 current LCU per person	Rwanda
1990s	151.9 current LCU per person	51,641 current LCU per person	51,489 current LCU per person	Rwanda
2000s	106,034 current LCU per person	181,131 current LCU per person	75,097 current LCU per person	Rwanda
2010s	514,084 current LCU per person	521,541 current LCU per person	7,458 current LCU per person	Rwanda
2020s	1.53 million current LCU per person	1.14 million current LCU per person	389,061 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 Rwanda?: Democratic Republic of Congo, at 2.16 million current LCU per person against 1.61 million current LCU per person in Rwanda as of 2025.
What is the difference in gdp (current lcu), per capita between Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda?: 554,290 current LCU per person, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda rank globally for gdp (current lcu), per capita?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 35th and Rwanda ranks 38th 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.