Congo recorded a current account deficit of 3.3% of GDP in 2025, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). Current Account to GDP in Congo averaged -4.80 percent of GDP from 2002 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 5.10 percent of GDP in 2002 and a record low of -17.00 percent of GDP in 2008. source: Banque Centrale du Congo
Current Account to GDP in Congo is expected to reach -2.90 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Congo Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -2.50 percent of GDP in 2027 and -2.80 percent of GDP in 2028, according to our econometric models.