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Consumer prices (CPI) during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how consumer prices (CPI) changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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1UDPS Félix Tshisekedi 24 Jan 2019 – now +120% Dec 2018 → Oct 2026+10.6%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, December 2009 = 100 · Institut National de la Statistique consumer price index, all items, as the Banque Centrale du Congo publishes it, monthly from December 2011 · Democratic Republic of the Congo data · as of Oct 2026.

Sources: Banque Centrale du Congo (national accounts, the Institut National de la Statistique's consumer prices from December 2011, daily exchange rates), Institut National de la Statistique (consumer prices before December 2012 via the IMF), IMF (exchange rates, 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. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy