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Central African Republic

Headline economic indicators for Central African Republic, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Central African Republic
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 1.0% -0.48 (-32.2%)
Consumer price index · 179.4 +1.78 (+1.0%)
GDP deflator inflation · 2.3% -3.70 (-61.2%)

GDP

GDP — Central African Republic
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 4.5% +3.00 (+200.0%)
GDP per capita · 556.13 +39.97 (+7.7%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 596 -10.47 (-1.7%)
GDP · 3,066,109,226.4 +314,614,945 (+11.4%)
GDP, PPP · 7,243,772,033 +500,786,525 (+7.4%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 1,314 +48.94 (+3.9%)
GDP per capita growth · 1.0% +2.93 (+154.8%)
GNI per capita · 560 +50.00 (+9.8%)
Agriculture to GDP · 27.6% -0.29 (-1.0%)
Industry to GDP · 21.2% +1.19 (+5.9%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 18.0% -0.39 (-2.1%)
Services to GDP · 41.4% -0.70 (-1.7%)
Household consumption to GDP · 94.6% -3.26 (-3.3%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 9.3% -14.33 (-60.6%)
Gross savings to GDP · 15.1% +2.57 (+20.5%)

Labour

Labour — Central African Republic
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 6.3% -0.00 (-0.0%)
Labour force participation rate · 73.4% -0.03 (-0.0%)
Female labour force participation rate · 65.5% -0.08 (-0.1%)
Youth unemployment rate · 10.1% +0.10 (+1.0%)
Employment to population ratio · 68.8% -0.03 (-0.0%)
Employment in agriculture · 66.1% +0.01 (+0.0%)
Employment in industry · 13.4% -0.05 (-0.4%)
Employment in services · 20.5% +0.05 (+0.2%)

Money

Money — Central African Republic
Indicator Value Change
Broad money to GDP · 32.9% -1.29 (-3.8%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 13.0% +1.24 (+10.5%)
Bank deposit rate · 2.5% +0.00 (+0.0%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 16.2% +1.71 (+11.8%)
Official exchange rate · 581.93 -24.42 (-4.0%)

Trade

Trade — Central African Republic
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -2.9% -1.89 (-186.3%)
Exports to GDP · 19.3% +4.34 (+28.9%)
Imports to GDP · 33.6% +2.14 (+6.8%)
Trade to GDP · 52.9% +6.47 (+13.9%)
Exports of goods and services · 593,132,852.01 +180,215,338 (+43.6%)
Imports of goods and services · 1,029,045,765.68 +164,392,207 (+19.0%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -65,381,291.41 +42,931,043 (+39.6%)
Current account balance (annual) · -24,675,583.81 -11,725,426 (-90.5%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 1.4% -0.04 (-2.7%)
Remittances received to GDP · 0.0% +0.00 (+16.7%)
Total reserves, including gold · 489,286,576.29 +9,693,864 (+2.0%)
Reserves in months of imports · 9.6 +5.17 (+116.0%)
External debt to GNI · 35.9% -4.18 (-10.4%)

Government

Government — Central African Republic
Indicator Value Change
Government revenue to GDP · 9.2% -0.31 (-3.2%)
Government expense to GDP · 11.7% -2.31 (-16.5%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 8.2% -0.50 (-5.8%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -4.0% -3.96 (-4,948.2%)
Government consumption to GDP · 10.3% +1.18 (+13.0%)
Education spending to GDP · 1.8% -0.29 (-13.5%)
Health spending to GDP · 10.7% +0.71 (+7.1%)

Demography

Demography — Central African Republic
Indicator Value Change
Population · 5,513,282 +182,592 (+3.4%)
Population, long-run history · 6,291 +137.56 (+2.2%)
Population growth · 3.4% -0.03 (-1.0%)
Life expectancy · 57.7 +0.26 (+0.5%)
Fertility rate · 5.95 -0.06 (-1.0%)
Birth rate · 46.2 -0.16 (-0.4%)
Death rate · 9.4 -0.04 (-0.4%)
Urban population share · 44.6% +0.43 (+1.0%)
Population aged 65 and over · 2.2% +0.05 (+2.2%)
Under-five mortality rate · 89.7 -2.90 (-3.1%)
Population density · 8.6 +0.29 (+3.5%)
Net migration · -14,693 +664.00 (+4.3%)
Gini index · 43.0 -13.20 (-23.5%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.

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Comparable readings from neighbouring economies.