Congo (DRC) Country Profile – Infrastructure

by COL L. Bortoluzzi Garcia POET Content

Last update on: 13 September 2020

From Cia Factbook (Page last updated on October 06, 2020)

Electricity access:

  • population without electricity: 69 million (2017)
  • electrification – total population: 17.1% (2016)
  • electrification – urban areas: 47.2% (2016)
  • electrification – rural areas: 0.4% (2016)

Electricity – production: 9.046 billion kWh (2016 est.)

Electricity – consumption: 7.43 billion kWh (2016 est.)

Crude oil – proved reserves: 180 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)

Natural gas – proved reserves: 991.1 million cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

Airports: 198 (2013)

Airports – with paved runways:

  • total: 26 (2017)
  • over 3,047 m: 3 (2017)
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2017)
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 (2017)
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2017)
  • under 914 m: 1 (2017)

Airports – with unpaved runways:

  • total: 172 (2013)
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20 (2013)
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 87 (2013)
  • under 914 m: 65 (2013)

Heliports: 1 (2013)

Pipelines: 62 km gas, 77 km oil, 756 km refined products (2013)

Railways:

total: 4,007 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified) (2014) / 125 1.000-m gauge

Roadways:

  • total: 152,373 km (2015)
  • paved: 3,047 km (2015)
  • unpaved: 149,326 km (2015)
  • urban: 7,400 km (2015)
  • non-urban: 144,973 km

Waterways: 15,000 km (including the Congo River, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2011)

Ports and terminals:

  • major seaport(s): Banana
  • river or lake port(s): Boma, Bumba, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka (Congo), Kindu (Lualaba) Bukavu, Goma (Lake Kivu) Kalemie (Lake Tanganyika)

Other sources about Congo (DRC) Infrastructure:

https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/transportation-logistics/publications/africa-infrastructure-investment/assets/drc.pdf

https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2+Democratic+Republic+of+Congo+Logistics+Infrastructure

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228304326_The_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo%27s_Infrastructure_A_Continental_Perspective

https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Africa/Congo-Democratic-Republic-of-The-INFRASTRUCTURE-POWER-AND-COMMUNICATIONS.html

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