Politare
Click the map for the president
Congolese Party of Labour No free and fair election, per V-Dem
Sources: Institut National de la Statistique (national accounts and consumer prices via the IMF), IMF (government debt), World Bank (population, access to electricity), Natural Earth, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; heads of state checked against the official lists. CreditsPrivacy

Denis Sassou Nguesso (Congolese Party of Labour) has been President of the Republic of the Congo since 25 Oct 1997. Real GDP rose 1.9% a year since Denis Sassou Nguesso took office in October 1997. The Republic of the Congo ranks 8th of 39 national leaders on the rise in political stability; on GDP per person it is 61st of 62. Over Pascal Lissouba's tenure, 1992 to 1997, real GDP rose 1.2% a year. The World Bank's political stability for the Republic of the Congo stood at 57.0 of 100 in 2025, 27.6 points higher than at day zero.

The president of the Republic of the Congo

The president

Rankings Republic of the Congo rankings United StatesCanadaMexicoEuropean UnionUnited KingdomUkraineRussiaTurkeyIsraelUnited Arab EmiratesSingaporeVietnamNew ZealandThailandPhilippinesMalaysiaJapanSouth KoreaBrazilArgentinaAustraliaIndonesiaIndiaPakistanChinaBangladeshMoroccoAlgeriaTunisiaEgyptSyriaSenegalLiberiaNigeriaDemocratic Republic of the CongoEthiopiaIvory CoastAngolaMadagascarGhanaKenyaSomaliaCape VerdeSouth AfricaSwitzerlandNorwayIcelandGreenlandAlbaniaSerbiaBosnia and HerzegovinaMontenegroNorth MacedoniaKosovo