4.7 + 4.8 DRC examples

Question 1

What is the DRC’s GDP p/capita? (at PPP usd!)

Answer 1

$1218.80

MEDC example, Japan: 42,640.40

Question 2

What is the DRC’s literacy rate?

Answer 2

77%

Question 3

What is the DRC’s HDI?

Answer 3

The human development index is a composite measure which measures the achievement in key dimensions of human development;

• Long and healthy life
• Being knowledgeable
• Decent standard of living

The HDI provides a mean for these figures. 1 being very developed, 0.48 ranks the DRC 171/184, indicating that its one of the least developed countries in the world

Question 4

What is the 1st SDG?

(extreme poverty)

Answer 4

Eradicate extreme poverty by 2030.

Proportion of population earning less than $2.15 per day (extreme poverty as defined by the UN)

Today still 1/6 people living in Sub Saharan-Africa and in extreme poverty, live in the DRC. Therefore, it’s very unlikely that extreme poverty will be eradicated by 2030 in the DRC.

Question 5

What is the 5th SDG?

(gender equality)

Answer 5

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Women married before 15y old
2007: 40%
2018: 30%

Far behind on goal in eradicating child marriages, difficult to change culture.

Question 6

What is the 7th SDG?

(energy)

Answer 6

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Share of population with access to electricity increased:
2000 - 6.7%
2020 -19.1%

Small increase and still less than ⅕ of DRC’s population has access to electricity. So it’s very unlikely that this goal will be met.

Question 7

What is the 13th SDG?

(climate change)

Answer 7

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

People being displaced within the DRC due to natural disasters has increased in recent years:
2017 - 27,000
2020 - 279,000

This shows that the DRC has failed to adapt to climate-related hazard and natural disasters.

Question 8

What is the 15th SDG?

(forest)

Answer 8

Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss

The DRC has failed to conserve its forest as the % share of land fell:
1990 - 66.4%
2020 - 55.6%

And in recent years this has accelerated slightly

Question 9

What is the 17th SDG?

(sustainable development)

Answer 9

Tax-to-GDP ratio. (Tax revenue / GDP)

DRC - 7.3%
Average in Africa - 16%

Too low!
–> Low tax rev = few transfer payments = cant address inequalities