Democratic Republic of the Congo: Short-term government debt
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Short-term government debt, percent of total |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 0.39 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 2015 - 2023 |
| Average | 0.26 |
| Min - Max | 0.01 - 0.48 |
| Source | The World Bank |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2023 is 0.39 percent, a decline from 0.4 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 8.23 percent, based on data from 133 countries. Historically, the average for Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2015 to 2023 is 0.26 percent. The minimum value, 0.01 percent, was reached in 2015 while the maximum of 0.48 percent was recorded in 2021.
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| Recent values | Democratic Republic of the Congo: Short-term government debt |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.39 |
| 2022 | 0.40 |
| 2021 | 0.48 |
| 2016 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 0.01 |
Definition: General government debt with maturity of twelve months or less as percent of total government debt. Source: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Government spending, percent of GDP | 15.94 | 2025 | percent |
| Government spending, in dollars | 14.51 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | -1.48 | 2024 | percent |
| Primary budget balance | -1.00 | 2024 | percent |
| Tax revenue | 10.66 | 2022 | percent |
| Taxes on goods and services | 19.55 | 2022 | percent |
| Taxes on international trade | 6.54 | 2022 | percent |
| Income and profits taxes | 38.83 | 2022 | percent |
| Foreign aid | 4,347.29 | 2023 | million U.S. dollars |
| Government debt | 22.55 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term government debt | 0.39 | 2023 | percent |