DR Congo

In brief

Home broadband per 100 people: 0 (2024). World rank 200 of 208 (1 = best); in Africa, 48 of 54. Access to electricity: 22.5% (2024). World rank 208 of 214 (1 = best); in Africa, 48 of 54. Renewable share of energy use: 96.3% (2021). World rank 1 of 212 (1 = best); in Africa, 1 of 54. From 2014 to 2024: using the internet 3% → 19.7%, mobile subscriptions per 100 people 47 → 59, and access to electricity 13.5% → 22.5%. Better than all its neighbours (Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia): renewable share of energy use and electricity from fossil fuels.