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Congo

Baseline index 3.19Rank 167 of 197NascentAfricaAtlas profile

Read with care Second illustrative run, with exposure set nation by nation. The capability scores are candidate ratings and the test settings are GINC desk settings; neither has been adopted. Scores are from the GINC National Capability Index 2026, which describes them as candidate ratings. Exposure is set nation by nation from the CIA World Factbook 2025 and the scenario's regional exposure. Results show the method working on real scores; they are not findings about any nation. How the tests work.

Vulnerability and opportunity

Archetype: Fuel-dependent. Budgets built on oil and gas: the upside scenarios are their downside. One of 15 nations with a similar pattern of results.

Exposed over 10 years: higher vulnerability, lower opportunity than the median nation.

Vulnerability · 10 years42.9rank 24 of 197 · 3 years: 42.9
Worst case−34.5%Sovereign funding crisis · tail −29.4%
Opportunity · 10 years−15.4rank 186 of 197 · 3 years: −16.3
Best case+8Sovereign debt reset · gainer in 0 of 10
Shock absorbed14%by its own buffers, across downside scenarios
Policy dividend+1.31expected index points from best practice
Breadth14 of 14scenarios in which a domain falls a band
Weakest linkAdvanced Materials & Manufacturingweakest point in 2 scenarios

Main drivers of vulnerability over 10 years: Legitimacy crisis, Global financial crisis, Sovereign funding crisis. Highest exposure indicators: oil, gas and coal among the top five exports of a net exporter; land borders with states in conflict or collapse; public debt relative to gdp; youth unemployment rate; industry as a share of gdp; share of population aged under 15; few months of imports covered by reserves; staple foods among the top five imports.

Downside scenarios: load test

Change in Congo’s capability index under each scenario at Standard Severe and current plans, largest fall first.

Sovereign funding crisis S04−1.10
Global financial crisis S03−0.90
Infrastructure collapse S12−0.81
Pandemic S14−0.81
Food and water shock S11−0.74
Legitimacy crisis S07−0.73
Mass displacement S08−0.67
Geoeconomic confrontation S01−0.64
Single-supplier cut-off S02−0.59
AI diffusion shock S13−0.53
Disaster in the core S10−0.49
Energy supply shock S09−0.42
Chokepoint closure S05−0.30
Hybrid campaign S06−0.26
ScenarioExposureChangeNo responseBest practiceRank shiftBands lostWeakest point
Sovereign funding crisis S04High 0.90−1.10−1.28−0.57▼ 834Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 0.7 · Inception
Global financial crisis S03High 0.74−0.90−1.07−0.47▼ 423Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 0.9 · Inception
Infrastructure collapse S12High 0.71−0.81−0.91−0.41▼ 426Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 0 · Inception
Pandemic S14High 0.65−0.81−0.92−0.41▼ 125Biotechnology & Health Technologies 0 · Inception
Food and water shock S11High 0.67−0.74−0.88−0.39▼ 125Agriculture & Food Infrastructure 2.3 · Inception
Legitimacy crisis S07High 0.88−0.73−0.83−0.38▼ 619Information Environment & Strategic Communication 0 · Inception
Mass displacement S08High 0.91−0.67−0.81−0.35▼ 716Internal Security & Order 2.1 · Inception
Geoeconomic confrontation S01Medium 0.59−0.64−0.74−0.33▼ 221Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 0 · Inception
Single-supplier cut-off S02High 0.83−0.59−0.69−0.32▼ 220Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 0 · Inception
AI diffusion shock S13Medium 0.47−0.53−0.59−0.26▲ 112Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 0 · Inception
Disaster in the core S10Medium 0.54−0.49−0.59−0.26017Energy Infrastructure 2.4 · Inception
Energy supply shock S09Medium 0.39−0.42−0.50−0.22▲ 1214Energy Technologies 0 · Inception
Chokepoint closure S05Low 0.30−0.30−0.35−0.15▲ 1012Maritime Power 1 · Inception
Hybrid campaign S06Low 0.28−0.26−0.29−0.13▲ 18Sensing, Timing & Navigation 0 · Inception

Where each scenario lands

Change in each of the nine capability domains, in points. Darker is a larger fall.

ScenarioCTSINSHCIIGIFSPITI
Sovereign funding crisis−0.06−0.92−0.52−1.28−1.15−1.58−1.92−1.15−1.31
Global financial crisis−0.22−0.47−0.42−0.94−0.94−1.17−1.56−1.34−1.07
Infrastructure collapse−0.32−1.31−0.47−0.47−0.47−1.17−1.09−1.07−0.94
Pandemic−0.31−0.47−0.38−1.13−0.99−1.06−0.99−0.97−0.97
Food and water shock−0.06−0.84−0.38−1.03−0.99−1.06−0.49−0.84−0.97
Legitimacy crisis−0.25·−1.05−0.57−1.33−1.85−1.52··
Mass displacement·−0.68−0.51−1.39−1.14−1.56−0.66−0.08·
Geoeconomic confrontation−0.29−0.38−0.34·−0.88−0.85−0.88−0.87−1.30
Single-supplier cut-off−0.32−0.37−0.47−0.58·−1.18·−1.20−1.20
AI diffusion shock−0.27−0.32−0.29−0.85−0.64−0.88−0.74−0.41−0.36
Disaster in the core−0.03−1.00−0.30−0.74−0.33−0.84−0.45−0.33−0.33
Energy supply shock−0.06−0.60−0.22−0.25−0.25−0.56−0.67−0.64−0.57
Chokepoint closure−0.04−0.49−0.41·−0.22−0.47−0.19−0.38−0.48
Hybrid campaign−0.11−0.44−0.48·−0.49−0.46·−0.18−0.18

Columns: CT Critical Technology · SI Strategic Infrastructure · NS National Security · HC Human Capital · II Information & Influence · GI Governance & Integrity · FS Financial Strength · PI Production & Innovation · TI Trade & Investment.

Upside scenarios: capture test

Net position in each upside scenario: what Congo is ready to capture, less what it stands to lose.

Sovereign debt reset S19+7.8
Yield revolution S22+5.1
Emerging-market breakout S20+4.1
Great-power détente S18+1.9
100-day pandemic defence S24−5.7
Biomedical breakthroughs S17−7.6
Digital state leapfrog S23−14.6
Superintelligence takeoff S15−36.4
Middle East settlement S21−38.8
Energy abundance S16−72.0
ScenarioPositionNetCaptureLossReadinessRankBinding capability
Sovereign debt reset S19 ↗Mixed+7.811.63.91847Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 3 · Nascent
Yield revolution S22 ↗Mixed+5.19.24.11155Biotechnology & Health Technologies 0.8 · Inception
Emerging-market breakout S20 ↗Mixed+4.114.910.819126Investment Attraction & Projection 3 · Nascent
Great-power détente S18 ↗Mixed+1.99.77.817100Export Capability & Sophistication 3 · Nascent
100-day pandemic defence S24 ↗Mixed−5.76.211.911172Biotechnology & Health Technologies 0.8 · Inception
Biomedical breakthroughs S17 ↗Mixed−7.68.015.611116Biotechnology & Health Technologies 0.8 · Inception
Digital state leapfrog S23 ↗Loser−14.610.024.512174Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 1 · Inception
Superintelligence takeoff S15 ↗Loser−36.42.739.17180Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 0 · Inception
Middle East settlement S21 ↗Loser−38.87.146.021191Energy Infrastructure 3.8 · Nascent
Energy abundance S16 ↗Loser−72.02.174.110191Energy Technologies 0.6 · Inception