Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Economy
Population
Enviroment
Major Problems Pulling back the nation
Aid Provded
Gross Domestic Product
Devaluations
Demographic (Population Pyramid)
Life expectancy
Health Care
Poverty Rates
Major jobs
Natural Disasters
What is the land like
How much has Climate Change impacted the country
Conflicts
Politics
Food insecurity
Main jobs work in Agriculture, animal husbandry, mining, fishing, and forestry
These jobs make up for 3/4 of the labour force
Acountign for over 2/5 of the countries GDP
an average of 60 years
Due to the states low care for medical care, as well with high poverty rates, violence and epidemic diseases have led to its low life expectancy
Diseases
Health Care system
Has had multiple Ebola, cholera and malaria outbreaks last decade
Due to recent covid break out, resulted in large populations losing their jobs due to companies closing down
Due to covid, large population couldnt sell produce as they should have
Health care system stretched very thin, across the large population
Dealing with numerous diseases and problems
With the country only spending 3.5% of its GDP towards healthcare. While the average African country is seem to spend around 6% of their GDP
Limited work force
Few percent of the population becomes doctors or able to work in health care systems
With an estimate of only 1 qualified personal for every 10,000 individuals
While the recommended minimum is 23 people per 10,000 individuals
Marked as on of the five poorest countries in 2022, 60 million people or 62% of the population live off of less than $2.15 a day.
Population Growth
DRC is thought to have the fastest growing population in African, with an annual increase of up to 4%
GDP is 64.72 billion US dollars
Per Capita was 528
This means the Congolese would live off of $2.15
Meaning around 62% of the population or 60 million people lived in poverty
The DRC suffers greatly from Devaluations, a year ago the CDF was trading at 2,000 CDF for $!, now its trading at 2,700 CDF for every 1$. It is expected for near devaluations to take it to 3,000 CDF for every $1
Locals have stated that a box of fish had costed $15, now it costs $80
Due to the DRC's economic failure, it has recieved a large Aid package from multiple countries, with the most coming from the USA
The united States had donated $1.7 Billion over the past 20 years, in Health Assistance towards the DRC,
As well as Money, the USA has provided investments in large aspects of the Congolese Economy, such as agriculture, minerals, mining campaigns, renewable energy projects. The US Aid packages also included disease resitant strains of casava, they supported women empowerment, their Food For Peace (FFP) activites has redued food insecurity significantly. They have also improved natural resource managments, improved agricultural techniques, increase the agriculture output and incomes for farmers, supported sanitation and clean water availability.
The main source of income for the DRC, originates from Domestic agriculture. Agriculture, animal husbandry, mining, fishing, and forestry, making up for 3/4 of the labour force, and making up for 2.5 of the GDP
Dependency towards Agriculture
DRC is the biggest food security crisis in the world, with over 27 million people facing food insecurity.
The nation's serve undernourishment affects 42% of the countries population, with aproximatly 90 million children and adults affected.
DRC has been in this case for decades, woth the DRC's economy formally collapsing in 1994, in which the inflation reported to be at 24,000%. With The devaluation peaking, server food crisis followed through the yers.
As the country is fully depended on food imports, with only 10% of the total arable land being used, with the economy being worsened by the pandemic and numerous local conflicts, it resulted in large inflations throughout the country. If peace were to be brought to the country, it would allow for a rapid acceleration in agriculture, with the country housing 200 million acres of arable land, it could produce a much more stable and wealthier population.
Since gaining their independence, in 1960, The DRC has experienced relentless hostilities and conflicts, with relentless civil wars and wars with armed rebels. With over 120 different armed rebel groups. With the largest rebel group the "M23" bringing large terror towards the country
In 2021, a surge in violence in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu, between government led forces and non state armed groups, the end of the conflict brought an estimated 6.2 million people to have been displaced, with an exceptional loss of life in the area. As the conflict continues it brings violence, human rights violations, displacement of large groups as well as a huge surge of food insecurity to the country.
Poverty
The M23 rebels fight for a pretty noble cause, the M23 claim to defend the interests of the Congolese Tutsis and Kinyarwanda-speaking minorities, against the Hutu's after their proclaimed threats.
Animal Husbandry
Fishing
Agriculture
Mining
The DRC's main jobs include Agriculture, animal husbandry, mining, fishing, and forestry. With Agriculture alone making up to 20% of the total GDP and employing over 60% of the Congolese. Agricultures is a huge part in the DRC's economy, population and lifestyle. Agriculture provides a livelihood for almost 75% of the population.
The DRC's economy and lifestyle is heavily based of their agricultural industries, and through climate change, unpredictable weather, relentless conflicts and the pandemic, the DRC's economy has been hit hard.
for more than two decades, the DRC has been troubled through constant conflicts with armed groups, civil wars, ethnic and political violence throughout the country, massive refugee crisis, tribalism, failure of the countries leadership has lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of individuals.
The DRC is home to a few natural disaster from, volcanic and limnic eruptions, earthquakes, floodings and drought
Due to the DRC's dependency towards agriculture it brings a harsh setting to the already difficult farmers lifes.
The DRC is highly vulnerable to Climate Change, due to their dependency towards agriculture. The main crops used by the Congolese, the casava and maize, are both crops that are heavily affected through climate change
Through rising temperatures, it will increase the risk of the casava mosac virus as well as other diseases, to spread through the land
Maize is expected to be impacted greatly, due to its sensitive and un-adaptability, with provinces such as Kivu, expecting to lose 25% of their yield.
With the increase of temperature, unpredictable weather, the risks of pests and virus's rapidly increasing through the country. Climate Change is expected to have a large impact towards the country.
Through their dependency towards Agriculture, the DRC economy and agriculture has been hit hard
Food Production
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