Central African Republic: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Central African Republic — 261 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
2.89
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.35
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
622,165.08
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
0.00
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
622,980.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
535.38
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
0.00
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
-2.29
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
0.47
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
20.06
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
1.15
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.56
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
27.90
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
15.01
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
9.49
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
2.08B
GDP (current US$)
2024
2.75B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
1.50
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
389.94
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
516.16
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
-1.89
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
1,111.22
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
1,263.10
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
5.92B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
6.73B
GNI (current US$)
2024
2.92B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
510.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
1,340.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
2.74B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
7.14B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
31.42
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
20.03
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
6.04
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
1.48
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.77
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
42.08
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
10.26
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
46.43
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
10.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2023
1.83
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2019
42.44
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
3.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2016
96.81
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2017
15.81
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
7.00
Energy (9)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
1.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
0.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
1.90
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
17.60
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
2.30
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
37.40
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
0.29
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
430,000.00
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
96.47
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
18.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
111.80
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.34
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.06
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.06
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.19
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-160.37
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.16
Fish species, threatened
2022
3.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
20.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
144.90
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
8.25
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
6.45
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.68
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.67
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.44
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
7.51
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
4.38
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.70
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.09
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.53
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.06
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
34.43
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
50.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
8.27
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
14.80
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
14.80
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
76.88
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
13.44
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
2.52
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
161.35
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
104.73
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
4.40
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
100.32
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
18,082.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
46.19
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
66.31
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
8.94
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
22.76
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
1.99
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
10.66
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
9.38
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
7.60
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
5.95
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2011
1.00
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
42.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
42.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
41.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
1.80
International migrant stock, total
2024
94,556.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
59.56
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
55.51
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
57.67
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
4.24
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
24.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
692.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
37.70
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
30.80
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
26.90
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
35.50
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
305.10
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
257.80
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
364.90
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
1.36
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.85
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
1.91
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
97.00
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
323.60
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
390.38
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
58.80
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
52.30
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
64.90
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
29.90
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
89.70
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
83.90
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
95.20
Net migration
2025
-14,693.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
1,648.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
1,321.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
2,463.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
1,868.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
14,130.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
1,700.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
7,362.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
20,555.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
24.72
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
36.50
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
14.04
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2023
0.07
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
49.00
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
1.29M
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
46.70
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
1.32M
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
51.50
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
2.61M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
48.85
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
1.41M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
50.90
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
1.19M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
46.61
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
2.60M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
2.15
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
66,319.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
2.39
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
48,348.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
1.89
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
114,667.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
3.40
Population, female
2024
2.77M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
52.01
Population, male
2024
2.56M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
47.99
Population, total
2024
5.33M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
73.60
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
42.60
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
48.40
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
43.40
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
10.30
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
10.10
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
11.20
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
22.40
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
11.43
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
693,488.00
Rural population
2024
2.98M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
55.88
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
2.64
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.03
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
9.19
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
3.96
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
14.72
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
52.91
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
45.12
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
1.75
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
0.70
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
2.83
UHC service coverage index
2023
39.00
Urban population
2024
2.35M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
44.12
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
4.37
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
66.06
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
68.51
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
63.80
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
65.46
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
82.76
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
6.25
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (32)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
1.47
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
40.41M
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2024
8.30
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
121.00M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
115.95M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
68.02
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
84.35
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
5.68
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.79
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
1.93
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.23
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.60
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
6.42
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
9.24
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
6.42
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
533.00M
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
736.21M
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
6.16
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
38.39
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
19.35
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.34
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.07
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.68
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
4.58
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
31.60
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
30.01
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
31.60
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
23.77
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
27.25
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
0.00
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.