Democratic Republic of Congo vs Papua New Guinea: Equal Resource Distribution Index

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.211
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.197
in 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
151st
Papua New Guinea rank
154th

Equal Resource Distribution Index over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Papua New Guinea
00.050.10.150.20.25190019622025

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 0.211 against 0.197 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.014.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 151st and Papua New Guinea ranks 154th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Equal Resource Distribution Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which all social groups benefit from public spending and have equal access to education, healthcare, and the welfare state.