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Dem. Rep. of Congo

Scores
Overall 43.6/100
Governance and accountability 20.1/100
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National commitments 50.0/100
National Action Plans (NAPs) 0.0/100
Survivor and youth engagement 25.0/100
Budgetary transparency 41.0/100
Data collection 0.0/100
Prevention 26.7/100
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Education for students 33.3/100
Parenting and care-giver support 100.0/100
Background checks 0.0/100
Training for healthcare providers 0.0/100
Availability of child helpline 0.0/100
Healing 45.0/100
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Medical care for victims and survivors 25.0/100
Integrated victim and survivor services 50.0/100
Health sector guidelines 0.0/100
Legal aid 100.0/100
Compensation 50.0/100
Justice 57.8/100
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Laws against corporal punishment 33.3/100
Legal minimum marriage age 100.0/100
Laws against childhood sexual abuse 85.7/100
Laws against online childhood sexual violence 33.3/100
Extraterritoriality and extradition 50.0/100
Statute of limitations (SOL) reform 0.0/100
Specialised law enforcement and international co-operation mechanisms 50.0/100
Special procedures for child victims in the criminal justice system 0.0/100

Eastern & Southern Africa and West & Central Africa

10th

Overall

14th

Governance and accountability

11th

Prevention

5th

Healing

7th

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

Ending Violence Against Children pledging process

35th

Overall

42nd

Governance and accountability

39th

Prevention

28th

Healing

21st

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

Background indicators
GDP per capita
647.44
Level of poverty
56.2
Gini coefficient
44.7
Rule of Law Index
0.34
Gender Inequality Index (GII)
0.6
Women in parliament
12.8
LGBTQ Equality Index
21.0
Birth registration
40.0
Internet penetration rate
30.55
Lead child protection ministries or agencies
3.0
Child marriage
29.0
Online child sexual abuse
15.0
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10th
within Eastern & Southern Africa and West & Central Africa
out of 16 countries
3rd
in its low income classification
out of 7 countries
55.6
million children in Dem. Rep. of Congo
represents 12.3% of the region's total population under the age of 18

This country’s score places it in the bottom third of those assessed in the Index

This low-ranking indicates significant gaps in the laws, policies, services, and systems that prevent sexual violence against children and adolescents and support survivors.  

This score is not a judgement — it is a roadmap for progress. 

The Index evaluates countries against 23 indicators covering foundational laws, policies, programs, and services governments should have in place to end sexual violence against children and adolescents. 

By using these indicators as a step-by-step guide, governments can strengthen prevention, expand survivor-centered services, improve accountability, and coordinate action across sectors – making meaningful progress toward eliminating sexual violence in their country and improving their ranking in the next Index cycle.

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Third Richest Nation

www.bravemovement.org/campaigns/third-richest-nation

A world without childhood violence would be $7 trillion richer. This nation isn’t real. Its wealth could be. Brave Movement's survivor-led advocacy campaign at the G20 in 2025 pressured decision makers to invest in prevention, healing and justice to create stronger, happier nations.

#BeBrave G7 Scorecard 2025

www.bravemovement.org/g7

By evaluating each G7 nation’s progress on vital policy measures we're drawing global attention to the global, silent pandemic of sexual violence against children. This is a crisis that undermines the G7's commitment to building secure, prosperous, and equitable societies. Kids need bold leadership and decisive action now to be safe and thrive.

Break the record

www.togetherforgirls.org/en/press/a-record-breaking-event-now-governments-must-deliver

We broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for the most countries represented at a childhood violence summit! With 120 governments attending, this first ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children was the largest organized event to address this issue on a global scale. Most importantly, as a result, we also broke the world’s record of inaction against childhood sexual violence.