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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
DR Congo: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
DR Congo is placed 166th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.393 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 25.62 (2025).
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166th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.393GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 25.62Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- -0.869Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 2.36Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place DR Congo on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.393
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
DR Congo: 0.393. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Middle Africa
- 0.593 Angola
- Land neighbours
- Angola 0.593 · Burundi 0.413 · Central African Republic 0.187 · Republic of the Congo 0.165 · Rwanda 0.829 · South Sudan 0.163 · Tanzania 0.88 · Uganda 0.792 · Zambia 0.602
25.62
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 144th of 195 by Oxford Insights
DR Congo: 25.62. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Middle Africa
- 34.91 Cameroon
- Land neighbours
- Angola 27.09 · Burundi 17.22 · Central African Republic 12.8 · Republic of the Congo 18.6 · Rwanda 48.54 · South Sudan 12.2 · Tanzania 41.45 · Uganda 35.76 · Zambia 43.9
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
-0.869
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
DR Congo: -0.869. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Middle Africa
- 0.383 Gabon
- Land neighbours
- Angola -0.295 · Burundi -1.523 · Central African Republic -1.238 · Republic of the Congo -0.94 · Rwanda 0.619 · South Sudan -1.436 · Tanzania 0.35 · Uganda -0.107 · Zambia 0.391
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
2.36
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
DR Congo: 2.36. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Middle Africa
- 37.94 Republic of the Congo
- Land neighbours
- Angola 29.98 · Burundi 34.01 · Republic of the Congo 37.94 · Rwanda 6.894 · Uganda 12.09 · Zambia 20.02
02Over time
Which way DR Congo is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
DR CongoWorld median
DR Congo rose from 23.8 in 2020 to 25.62 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year DR Congo World median 2025 26 40.2 2024 22 43.3 2023 21 41.4 2022 20 40.3 2021 23 44.1 2020 24 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
DR CongoWorld median
DR Congo rose from -1.374 in 2000 to -0.869 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year DR Congo World median 2025 -0.87 0.20 2024 -0.74 0.11 2023 -1.79 0.14 2022 -2.09 0.16 2021 -1.82 0.12 2020 -2.21 0.12 2019 -1.37 0.10 2018 -1.37 -0.05 2017 -1.37 -0.08 2016 -1.37 -0.10 2015 -1.37 -0.17 2014 -1.37 -0.21 2013 -1.37 -0.21 2012 -1.37 -0.25 2011 -1.37 -0.32 2010 -1.37 -0.31 2009 -1.37 -0.50 2008 -1.37 -0.51 2007 -1.37 -0.51 2006 -1.37 -0.55 2005 -1.37 -0.55 2004 -1.37 -0.55 2003 -1.37 -0.55 2002 -1.37 -0.51 2001 -1.37 -0.51 2000 -1.37 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
DR CongoWorld median
DR Congo fell from 32.75 in 2010 to 2.36 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year DR Congo World median 2024 2.4 25.42 2023 6.3 26.03 2022 5.1 26.04 2021 4.5 29.80 2020 4.9 29.47 2019 2.8 18.36 2018 5.6 20.09 2017 11.1 18.32 2016 8.3 18.15 2015 8.5 19.57 2014 7.5 21.00 2013 12.2 20.50 2012 29.2 19.56 2011 19.3 19.21 2010 32.7 19.88
03In context
DR Congo beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
DR Congo and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tanzania | 63rd | 0.88 | 41.45 | 0.35 | — |
 Rwanda | 83rd | 0.829 | 48.54 | 0.619 | 6.894 |
 Zambia | 94th | 0.602 | 43.9 | 0.391 | 20.02 |
 Uganda | 104th | 0.792 | 35.76 | -0.107 | 12.09 |
 Angola | =106th | 0.593 | 27.09 | -0.295 | 29.98 |
 Burundi | 149th | 0.413 | 17.22 | -1.523 | 34.01 |
 Republic of the Congo | =155th | 0.165 | 18.6 | -0.94 | 37.94 |
| DR Congo | 166th | 0.393 | 25.62 | -0.869 | 2.36 |
 Central African Republic | 192nd | 0.187 | 12.8 | -1.238 | — |
 South Sudan | 197th | 0.163 | 12.2 | -1.436 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Middle Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below DR Congo in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where DR Congo is ahead of the world, and behind
16 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which DR Congo does better than the middle country measured.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3520.8232.35No earlier reading
DR Congo: 20.82 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 123rd of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median12
Statistics on which DR Congo does worse than the middle country measured.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-0.0190.505▲ Improved since 2015
DR Congo: -0.019 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 102nd of 176 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-0.786-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
DR Congo: -0.786 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 119th of 176 · derived.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6537.0751.65▲ Improved since 2014
DR Congo: 37.07 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 71st of 98 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-0.4621.023▲ Improved since 2015
DR Congo: -0.462 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 128th of 176 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.3510.206▲ Improved since 2015
DR Congo: 0.351 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 24th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.459.115.45No real change since 2025
DR Congo: 9.1 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0532.0883.05No earlier reading
DR Congo: 32.08 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 130th of 140 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7820.678.78No earlier reading
DR Congo: 20.6 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 133rd of 140 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.110.485No real change since 2013
DR Congo: 0.11 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 165th of 170 · derived.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6854.3691.68No earlier reading
DR Congo: 54.36 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 137th of 140 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.223.90364.22No earlier reading
DR Congo: 3.903 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3911.762.39No earlier reading
DR Congo: 11.7 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 178th of 181 · derived.
No better end3
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,454108,033141,454Moved since 2020
DR Congo: 108,033 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,67066,43884,670Moved since 2020
DR Congo: 66,438 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,71474,386148,714Moved since 2020
DR Congo: 74,386 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
No current reading for DR Congo
Anthropic AI Usage Index, ICT Goods Exports (last 2023), ICT Services Exports (last 2023), Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching and Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes (last 2016). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among DR Congo’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is DR Congo’s 7th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability8th of 1864/4 keys
- Energy53rd of 1653/3 keys
- Gender & Equality130th of 1834/4 keys
- Work & Labour137th of 1824/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties159th of 1984/4 keys
- Peace & Security144th of 1774/4 keys
- Digital & Technology166th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience180th of 1934/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions182nd of 1944/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade167th of 1773/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital187th of 1963/3 keys
- Economy & Innovation172nd of 1764/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture181st of 1844/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 197th of 2004/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality157th of 1593/3 keys
No standing on Education & Knowledge: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders DR Congo can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
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South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Mauritius20th4/4 keysHighest in Middle Africa
Angola=106th4/4 keysThis page
DR Congo166th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
DR Congo on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does DR Congo rank on digital & technology?
DR Congo is placed 166th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for DR Congo?
0.393 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for DR Congo?
25.62 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does DR Congo compare with Tanzania on digital & technology?
Tanzania is placed 63rd of 198, and DR Congo 166th. GovTech Maturity Index: Tanzania 0.88, DR Congo 0.393; Government AI Readiness Index: Tanzania 41.45, DR Congo 25.62; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Tanzania 0.35, DR Congo -0.869.
How have DR Congo’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 23.8 in 2020 to 25.62 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -1.374 in 2000 to -0.869 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports fell from 32.75 in 2010 to 2.36 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for DR Congo?
No current reading is published for DR Congo on Anthropic AI Usage Index, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching and Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 16 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
DR Congo’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- DR Congo (banner) — Christina Bergey derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). DR Congo: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/dr-congo/digital