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African Tax Observatory · Country brief · CongoData pulled 14 October 2026 · taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/COG

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Gazetteer · Central Africa · Lower middle income

Congo

Collected 7.6% of GDP in tax in 2024, 34 of 38 reporting members.

7.6%

Tax, % of GDP, 2024

+2.1

Points since 2019

1.14

Tax buoyancy

over 6 years

$519

Tax per person

PPP dollars

Plate I·Over time

Fifteen years, against the continent

Over time

Congo against the continent

0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%10111213141516171819202122232425
CongoCentral Africa medianATAF median and middle half
The shaded band is the middle half of ATAF members each year (25th to 75th percentile); the dashed line is the median of Central Africa. The members reporting change from year to year, so the band can move because the set of countries changed; the CSV gives the count for each year.
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YearCongoCentral Africa medianATAF medianATAF 25th percentileATAF 75th percentileMembers reporting
201011.1614.3410.6716.4326
201111.9014.8410.9916.6233
201212.5315.0711.4516.7533
201313.0513.8311.2316.8932
201413.5614.2611.8717.1332
201512.3315.0812.3318.5533
201612.3214.3812.4017.4333
20179.2114.7511.5016.9535
20188.7314.1810.8616.1036
20195.517.6613.5711.5117.2338
20207.6710.9213.2710.8516.0738
20216.689.5012.7210.4416.0640
20226.8912.2814.1811.3418.1639
20237.3912.3914.4311.3018.8237
20247.619.8114.3012.1718.0538
202510.9013.7412.1820.5334

Plate II·Peers, 2024

Each tax beside the medians

Against its peers, 2024

Each tax as a share of GDP, beside the medians

0%2%4%6%8%10%12%14%16%Tax-to-GDPDomestic taxesCustoms taxesVATPITCIT
The line joins Congo (orange) to the ATAF median (grey); the blue tick is the Central Africa median. All three are for 2024.
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MeasureCongoCentral Africa medianATAF median
Tax-to-GDP7.619.8114.30
Domestic taxes6.767.309.01
Customs taxes0.863.044.87
VAT2.612.705.20
PIT1.461.292.04
CIT3.233.232.72

Plate III·Tax heads

How Congo's tax is made up

Tax heads

What each tax brings in, as a share of GDP

0%2%4%6%8%192021222324
Domestic VATCorporate income taxPresumptive taxOther domestic taxesVAT on importsImport dutyExcise on importsOther customs taxesNot attributed to a headPersonal income taxWithholding tax
Each bar stacks the tax heads ATAF publishes for that year. Where the heads do not add up to total tax revenue, the gap is drawn in light grey and labelled, never spread across the heads. A head missing from a year was not reported for that year.
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YearTax headRevenue (PPP $)% of GDP
2019Domestic VAT3997741181.24
2019Corporate income tax4263096461.32
2019Presumptive tax33785310.01
2019Other domestic taxes2148441610.67
2019VAT on imports2349495370.73
2019Import duty2629291800.82
2019Excise on imports81983400.03
2019Other customs taxes1828760660.57
2019Not attributed to a head447704460.14
2020Domestic VAT3267328281.19
2020Personal income tax5438078941.98
2020Corporate income tax3902295221.42
2020Withholding tax4078080.00
2020Presumptive tax37477320.01
2020Other domestic taxes1845023330.67
2020VAT on imports3132714361.14
2020Import duty2812788541.02
2020Excise on imports44626200.02
2020Other customs taxes1959609910.71
2021Domestic VAT4179538831.14
2021Personal income tax5818837141.58
2021Corporate income tax2760174250.75
2021Withholding tax475768630.13
2021Presumptive tax21778840.01
2021Other domestic taxes2020543170.55
2021VAT on imports2761497480.75
2021Import duty3392343630.92
2021Excise on imports61084250.02
2021Other customs taxes2312247820.63
2021Not attributed to a head780316300.21
2022Domestic VAT5177583651.26
2022Personal income tax4287074371.04
2022Corporate income tax6094455891.48
2022Withholding tax479128390.12
2022Presumptive tax29532830.01
2022Other domestic taxes2490297310.61
2022VAT on imports2836606030.69
2022Import duty3726011990.91
2022Excise on imports55417340.01
2022Other customs taxes2545885260.62
2022Not attributed to a head614771260.15
2023Domestic VAT5433336031.36
2023Personal income tax6409304831.60
2023Corporate income tax10870536322.72
2023Withholding tax2649021570.66
2023Presumptive tax70491250.02
2023VAT on imports3312263750.83
2023Not attributed to a head758313900.19
2024Domestic VAT7584010871.76
2024Personal income tax6315357671.46
2024Corporate income tax13964022383.23
2024Presumptive tax30806810.01
2024Other domestic taxes384321640.09
2024VAT on imports3695672590.86
2024Not attributed to a head913655490.21

The mix in 2024

Every shilling, franc or rand of tax, by head

Corporate income tax42.5%Domestic VAT23.1%Personal income tax19.2%VAT on imports11.2%
Rectangle areas are proportional to revenue in 2024 (US dollars at purchasing-power parity). Total tax revenue: $3.3bn.
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Tax headRevenue (PPP $)Share of tax revenue
Domestic VAT7584010870.23
Personal income tax6315357670.19
Corporate income tax13964022380.42
Presumptive tax30806810.00
Other domestic taxes384321640.01
VAT on imports3695672590.11
Not attributed to a head913655490.03

Every published number

Congo in the ATAF Databank

All 23 freely available indicators, exactly as ATAF publishes them. A blank cell means ATAF has no figure for that year; nothing is filled in.

Congo: ATAF Databank indicators by year
Indicator2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Nominal GDP (PPP)$32.2bn$27.5bn$36.8bn$41.1bn$39.9bn$43.2bn
Real GDP4,691,100.0m4,399,900.0m4,466,000.0m4,545,500.0m4,548,800.0m4,628,800.0m
Final Consumption (PPP)$12.9bn$12.8bn$16.9bn$19.0bn$11$11.6bn
Total Tax Revenues (PPP)$1.8bn$2.1bn$2.5bn$2.8bn$3.0bn$3.3bn
Total Number Of Registered Taxpayers
Non-Tax-Revenues (PPP)$112.0m$85.2m$5.0m$233.5k
Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)$1.1bn$1.3bn$1.6bn$1.9bn$2.6bn$2.9bn
Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)$689.0m$795.0m$852.7m$916.4m$331.2m$369.6m
Revenue From Agriculture, Forest & Fishing (PPP)
Revenue From Mining & Quarrying (PPP)
Revenue From Secondary Sector (PPP)
Revenue From Tertiary Sector (PPP)
Domestic VAT Revenues (PPP)$399.8m$326.7m$418.0m$517.8m$543.3m$758.4m
VAT Refunded (PPP)
PIT Revenues (PPP)$543.8m$581.9m$428.7m$640.9m$631.5m
CIT Revenues (PPP)$426.3m$390.2m$276.0m$609.4m$1.1bn$1.4bn
Withholding Tax Revenues (PPP)$407.8k$47.6m$47.9m$264.9m
Presumptive Tax Revenues (PPP)$3.4m$3.7m$2.2m$3.0m$7.0m$3.1m
Other Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)$214.8m$184.5m$202.1m$249.0m$38.4m
VAT On Import Revenues (PPP)$234.9m$313.3m$276.1m$283.7m$331.2m$369.6m
Import Duty Revenues (PPP)$262.9m$281.3m$339.2m$372.6m
Excises on Imports Revenues (PPP)$8.2m$4.5m$6.1m$5.5m
Other Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)$182.9m$196.0m$231.2m$254.6m

Values are rounded for display; the CSV has them exactly as published. Revenue and GDP are US dollars at purchasing-power parity.

Data-quality checks

What the automatic checks found

These are rule-based checks, run on every pull. A flag says the numbers deserve a second look, not that they are wrong; the methods page explains each rule.

YearCheckDetail
2020Domestic heads do not add upThe six domestic tax heads sum to 110% of reported domestic tax revenue.

Source: ATAF Databank, the African Tax Administration Forum; World Bank World Development Indicators. Tax and GDP are in US dollars at purchasing-power parity, so their ratio equals the ratio in local currency. Cite as: Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Congo. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/COG Every figure and its method: taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/methods

Cite this sheet

Congo, in Edition 1

Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Congo. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/COG

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