Republic of the Congo
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Republic of the Congo has no mining or refining share on record for the ten materials. In 2024 it imported $8.8M and exported $1.9bn of them, by value (CEPII BACI).
$1.9bn
exports of the ten materials in 2024, by value; most of it copper
ANNUAL 2024
Exports of the ten materials
$1.9bn
2024; most of it copper; 20 partner countries
Grid emissions intensity
716gCO2e/kWh
2024
Imports of the ten materials
$8.8M
2024; most of it copper; 5 partner countries
Trade partners on record
1
countries in the largest recorded flows of the ten materials
Overview
Trade partners
1 recorded flow, 2024
- Recorded trade flow; a thicker line is a larger value
- Republic of the Congo
Lines join the middle of each country. They are not shipping routes.
| Partner | Material | Year | Value, US$ | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Export toMalaysia | CobaltRefine | 2024 | $26M |
Reconciled customs data (CEPII BACI), by value. The data holds only the largest flows of each material, so this is not the country’s full trade.
Key facts
- Country code
- COG
- GDP
- $16bn (2025)
- Mineral rents, share of GDP
- 0% (2021)
- Ores and metals, share of goods exports
- 1.2% (2023)
- Mining area, all commodities
- 10 km² (2019; rank 112 of 144)
- Named in the sources as
- Congo
Map
- Republic of the Congo
Sites are those in the open sources. A site missing here is missing from the sources, not from the world.
Supply chain
Every figure the sources give for this country, its trade partners per material, and where its sites are.
Production, refining and reserves
No data yet. No production, refining or reserves figure names this country.
Trade partners
1 recorded flow, 2024
- Recorded trade flow; a thicker line is a larger value
- Republic of the Congo
Lines join the middle of each country. They are not shipping routes.
| Partner | Material | Year | Value, US$ | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Export toMalaysia | CobaltRefine | 2024 | $26M |
Reconciled customs data (CEPII BACI), by value. The data holds only the largest flows of each material, so this is not the country’s full trade.
0 sites, deposits and projects on record are listed with the map in the Overview →
Money
What the trade data and the World Bank record in money terms. Every value is a reported figure with its own year.
All recorded trade flows of 2024 under the customs codes that isolate one of the ten materials, by value (CEPII BACI, reconciled estimates, current US dollars). Codes that mix several materials are left out, so trade in those materials is understated; gallium and germanium have no usable code at all. Each material lists its five largest partners. Why trade data blurs some materials
Exports of the ten materials
$1.9bnin 2024, with 20 partner countries
Imports of the ten materials
$8.8Min 2024, with 5 partner countries
The economy around mining
World Bank indicators. Each has its own latest year, shown next to the value; mineral rents are often several years old.
GDP (current US$)
$16bn
Year 2025
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
0%
Year 2021
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)
1.2%
Year 2023
Government revenue from extractives
EITI, reportedWhat government agencies reported receiving from extractive companies, per fiscal year, as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) publishes it in US dollars. A total covers every sector the country's report covers and is not split by mineral.
$2.2bnlatest reported fiscal year, 2017
Sectors in the report: mining, oil, gas · Period: 2017-01-01 – 2017-12-31
All 11 reported years
| Fiscal year | Government revenue (US$) | Sectors in the report | Country file | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20172017-01-01 – 2017-12-31 | 2 160 818 769 | mining, oil, gas | — | |
| 20162016-01-01 – 2016-12-31 | 1 415 005 647 | mining, oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20152015-01-01 – 2015-12-31 | 2 093 211 000 | mining, oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20142014-01-01 – 2014-12-31 | 5 243 748 000 | mining, oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20132013-01-01 – 2013-12-31 | 5 787 211 198 | mining, oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20122012-01-01 – 2012-12-31 | 6 094 680 000 | mining, oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20112011-01-01 – 2011-12-31 | 5 463 449 168 | mining, oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20102010-01-01 – 2010-12-31 | 3 114 637 315 | mining, oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20092009-01-01 – 2009-12-31 | 2 176 927 862 | oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20082008-01-01 – 2008-12-31 | 4 362 277 314 | mining, oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20072007-01-01 – 2007-12-31 | 2 596 481 160 | mining, oil, gas | summary file |
EITI reports lag by two to four years. The figure is the report's own total and is not adjusted for inflation. Republished under EITI's Content Use Policy with credit to the EITI International Secretariat, eiti.org. These figures are kept in a file of their own and are not part of the atlas's ODbL data. EITI open data
Investment pipeline
announced figuresPlanned and under-construction projects in Republic of the Congo with a publicly announced capital cost, public financial backing, or both. Each line is one statement by the named publisher on the given date; the atlas adds nothing to it.
No data yet. The atlas has read no announcement of this kind for a project in Republic of the Congo. The list is short and hand-read; a missing project is missing from the list, not from the world.
A short, hand-read list, not a census: 19 projects in all. Announced amounts are not spending, a letter of interest or a conditional commitment is not a loan, and amounts stay in the currency of the announcement.
Public support instruments
Stockpiles, price floors, offtake and purchasing programmes and public funds of Republic of the Congo's government, as dated policy events of the type "public support". Each is one statement by its publisher.
No data yet. The atlas has read no public support instrument of Republic of the Congo's government. The list is short and hand-read.
These figures are informational, not financial advice.
Sustainability
Four indicators, the same on every profile. Each is a figure with its unit, year and source, or a plain statement that there is none.
Carbon
Emissions intensity of the country's electricity grid.
716gCO2e/kWh
Higher than 96% of the other 208 countries with a grid figure.
- It describes the national grid, not mining or refining. Sites may run on their own power.
Water
Share of the country's mine sites on record that lie in high or extremely high baseline water stress.
No mine or brine site with a water-stress class is on record in this country.
- Counted by site, not by tonnage: it is not a share of production.
- "Arid and Low Water Use" is a class of its own in the source and is not counted as high.
Land
Land visibly used by mining in the country, every commodity together.
10km²
Higher than 22% of the other 143 countries with a mapped mining area.
- Rank 112 of 144 countries by area.
- Mapped from satellite images for all mining in a country. It cannot be attributed to one material or one site.
Circularity
Recycling's share of demand.
Not available per country: recycling rates in the atlas are published per material, for the EU as a whole.
There is no overall score: the four figures measure different things and are not added up. How to read these figures
Risks & policy
Export controls in force
Compiled by USGS, effective January 2026. Not a live feed.
USGS Table 4 lists no export control by this country for the materials in the atlas.
Chokepoints at sea
The atlas has no record of which minerals pass through which sea passage, so no chokepoint figure is attached to this profile. Current ship counts for the main passages are on the Live page. Open the Live page
Gaps
What the atlas is missing for Republic of the Congo
Computed from the data. Each line names a record that exists and one that does not. It marks missing data, not missing industry.
None of the checks finds a missing record. That does not mean the record is complete.
- Trade is partial by design: the atlas holds only each material's largest flows. 1 of them name this country.
Sources
Every source this profile uses, with its licence, the years its figures describe and how sure the figures are. Each chip on the profile opens the single record.
- CEPII BACI 202601 ↗3 records used
- Licence
- Etalab Open Licence 2.0
- As of
- 2024
- Confidence
- Estimated
- World Bank WDI ↗3 records used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2021–2025
- Confidence
- Reported
- Ember Yearly Electricity Data ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2024
- Confidence
- Reported
- Maus et al. 2022 (mining areas v2) ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC-BY-SA-4.0
- As of
- 2019
- Confidence
- Estimated
The mining-area figure comes from a share-alike source (CC-BY-SA-4.0). It is kept in its own file under that licence, apart from the rest of the atlas's data.
History & talk
Revision history and discussion are coming soon.
Every change to a figure will be listed here with its source, its credit and its review, and each profile will have a place to discuss it. Until then the data changes only when a source is updated, and every figure links to that source.
What we don't know yet
No open source we may use gives these figures. Nothing is estimated to fill them. If you know a public source, add it.
- Materials with a production share: No production table names this country.Add data: Materials with a production share: No production table names this country.
- Sites on record: No mine or plant on record here.Add data: Sites on record: No mine or plant on record here.
- Mining companies headquartered here: Wikidata tags none. Its coverage is uneven, so this is a gap in the tagging, not a finding.Add data: Mining companies headquartered here: Wikidata tags none. Its coverage is uneven, so this is a gap in the tagging, not a finding.
- Import dependence: no open per-country series is loaded yet.Add data: Import dependence: no open per-country series is loaded yet.
- Recycling rates: Eurostat publishes them for the EU as a whole, not for one country.Add data: Recycling rates: Eurostat publishes them for the EU as a whole, not for one country.