Comparing China and the Democratic Republic of Congo using

indicators of development

DR Congo (Low HDI) China (Medium HDI)

Poverty Level
71% 2.8%
GINI Index (Inequility)
No Data 41.5
Infant Mortality Rate
78.43 6.06
deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000
live births live births
Nutrition (% undernourished)
52% 11%
Literacy Rate
67.2% 92.2%
Population Growth Rate
2.614% 0.493%

Dependency Ratio
88.7 35.9
Unemployment Rate
No Data 6.5%
Resource endowment
Cobalt, Coal, iron ore,
copper, petroleum,
niobium, natural gas,
tantalum, mercury, tin,
petroleum, tungsten,
industrial and antimony,
gem diamonds, manganese,
gold, silver, molybdenum,
zinc, vanadium,
manganese, magnetite,
tin, uranium, aluminum,
coal, lead, zinc, rare
hydropower, earth
timber elements,
uranium,
 hydropower
potential
Colonised and if so by which
Yes, by Belgium A few small
countries
areas, by
Germany, UK,
France, Japan,
Russia and US.
Land Size
2,345,409 km2 9,671,018 km
Population Size
71,712,867 1,339,724,852
Ethnic or Religious tensions?
Tutsi and Hutu Uighur muslims
ethnic tensions are considered
contributed to repressed by
First and Han Chinese
Second Congo majority. Also
War. Tibet is
considered to
be an occupied
country.
Structure of industry
Mainly Mainly
agricultural manufacturing
and services
Per Capita Income
$328 $8,394