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Central African Republic

Central African Republic is a $3.1B economy (2025), growing 4.5% in real terms, with consumer inflation at 1.0%. 17 of 22 tracked series are published for this country.

USD/XAF

583.03

Central African CFA franc

WB pipeline

$55M

2 projects to the Board

Data

Economy

GDP · 2025

$3.1B

+11.4% vs 2024

2010: $2.1B2011: $2.4B2012: $2.5B2013: $1.7B2014: $1.9B2015: $1.7B2016: $1.8B2017: $2.1B2018: $2.2B2019: $2.2B2020: $2.3B2021: $2.5B2022: $2.4B2023: $2.6B2024: $2.8B2025: $3.1B
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GDP growth · 2025

4.5%

+3.0 pts vs 2024

2010: 4.6%2011: 4.2%2012: 5.1%2013: -36.4%2014: 0.1%2015: 4.3%2016: 4.8%2017: 4.5%2018: 3.8%2019: 3.1%2020: 0.9%2021: 1.0%2022: 0.5%2023: 0.7%2024: 1.5%2025: 4.5%
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GDP per capita · 2025

$556.1

+7.7% vs 2024

2010: $476.92011: $534.12012: $544.42013: $364.42014: $409.92015: $366.32016: $387.22017: $432.32018: $455.22019: $449.22020: $462.92021: $492.32022: $467.42023: $4962024: $516.22025: $556.1
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Inflation · 2025

1.0%

−0.5 pts vs 2024

2010: 1.5%2011: 1.2%2012: 5.5%2013: 7.0%2014: 14.9%2015: 1.4%2016: 4.9%2017: 4.2%2018: 1.6%2019: 2.7%2020: 1.7%2021: 4.3%2022: 5.6%2023: 3.0%2024: 1.5%2025: 1.0%
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Unemployment · 2025

6.3%

−0.0 pts vs 2024

2010: 5.7%2011: 5.6%2012: 5.6%2013: 5.6%2014: 5.6%2015: 5.8%2016: 5.8%2017: 5.8%2018: 5.8%2019: 5.9%2020: 6.5%2021: 6.7%2022: 6.3%2023: 6.2%2024: 6.3%2025: 6.3%
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Population · 2025

5.5M

+3.4% vs 2024

2010: 4.5M2011: 4.6M2012: 4.6M2013: 4.6M2014: 4.6M2015: 4.6M2016: 4.7M2017: 4.8M2018: 4.9M2019: 4.9M2020: 5M2021: 5.1M2022: 5.1M2023: 5.2M2024: 5.3M2025: 5.5M
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Agriculture share · 2025

27.6%

−0.3 pts vs 2024

2010: 37.4%2011: 37.6%2012: 36.8%2013: 32.3%2014: 34.0%2015: 31.5%2016: 31.9%2017: 32.8%2018: 31.2%2019: 28.3%2020: 29.5%2021: 35.8%2022: 36.2%2023: 28.6%2024: 27.9%2025: 27.6%
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Data

Debt, rates and money

Government debt

Not published by source

External debt · 2024

35.9%

−4.2 pts vs 2023

2010: 30.4%2011: 25.4%2012: 24.9%2013: 38.1%2014: 37.2%2015: 43.1%2016: 40.3%2017: 35.5%2018: 35.0%2019: 36.4%2020: 36.9%2021: 41.3%2022: 41.7%2023: 40.0%2024: 35.9%
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Debt service · 2024

13.4%

+3.3 pts vs 2023

2019: 8.9%2020: 4.9%2021: 5.4%2022: 5.9%2023: 10.1%2024: 13.4%
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Import cover

Not published by source

Lending rate

Not published by source

Private credit · 2022

13.0%

+1.2 pts vs 2021

2010: 8.3%2011: 9.2%2012: 10.8%2013: 13.6%2014: 12.8%2015: 11.7%2016: 12.3%2017: 11.2%2018: 12.3%2019: 11.7%2020: 11.7%2021: 11.8%2022: 13.0%
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FX (annual avg) · 2025

582

−4.0% vs 2024

2010: 4952011: 4712012: 5112013: 4942014: 4942015: 5912016: 5932017: 5812018: 5552019: 5862020: 5762021: 5552022: 6242023: 6072024: 6062025: 582
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Data

Capital flows

FDI inflows · 2024

$40.4M

+4.3% vs 2023

2010: $61.5M2011: $36.9M2012: $70M2013: $1.9M2014: $3.5M2015: $3M2016: $7.3M2017: $6.9M2018: $18M2019: $25.6M2020: $1.7M2021: $5.4M2022: $24M2023: $38.7M2024: $40.4M
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Remittances

Not published by source

Data

Trade

Exports · 2025

19.3%

+4.3 pts vs 2024

2010: 11.6%2011: 13.1%2012: 11.6%2013: 15.0%2014: 16.7%2015: 17.1%2016: 14.8%2017: 17.3%2018: 15.9%2019: 15.8%2020: 15.2%2021: 13.2%2022: 12.3%2023: 14.4%2024: 15.0%2025: 19.3%
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Current account

Not published by source

Data

Technology

Internet use · 2024

13.8%

−0.1 pts vs 2023

2010: 2.0%2011: 2.2%2012: 2.4%2013: 2.5%2014: 2.7%2015: 2.9%2016: 3.1%2017: 4.0%2018: 5.1%2019: 7.5%2022: 13.8%2023: 13.8%2024: 13.8%
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Mobile subscriptions · 2022

39

+8.4% vs 2021

2010: 222011: 222012: 252013: 292014: 252015: 272016: 262017: 252018: 262019: 322020: 362021: 362022: 39
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Data

Climate and energy

Electricity access · 2024

18.2%

+0.6 pts vs 2023

2010: 9.8%2011: 10.4%2012: 11.0%2013: 11.5%2014: 12.0%2015: 12.7%2016: 13.4%2017: 14.1%2018: 14.6%2019: 14.3%2020: 15.4%2021: 15.7%2022: 15.7%2023: 17.6%2024: 18.2%
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Renewable share · 2022

90.9%

+0.0 pts vs 2021

2010: 93.8%2011: 93.3%2012: 93.1%2013: 95.1%2014: 94.8%2015: 92.9%2016: 92.1%2017: 91.6%2018: 91.4%2019: 91.3%2020: 90.9%2021: 90.9%2022: 90.9%
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Source: World Bank Open Data · World Development Indicators & International Debt Statistics · rank among African countries with a recent print

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Capital

World Bank lending to Central African Republic

2 in the pipeline · 24 active · commitments as published by the Bank.

ProjectThemeStatusBoard dateCommitment
Local Governance and Community Resilience ProjectP514772Climate & energyPipelineOct 2026$25M
CAR Investment and Business Competitiveness for EmploymentP519318OtherPipelineOct 2026$30M
Central African Republic Contingent Emergency Response Project (CERP)P517211Finance & fiscalActiveJun 2026—
Central African Republic (CAR) Emergency Food Crisis Response ProjectP515854Water & agricultureActiveJun 2026$100M
CAR - Emergency Infrastructure and Connectivity Recovery ProjectP513082DigitalActiveNov 2025$10M
CAR Inclusive and Resilient Cities ProjectP511373Climate & energyActiveJul 2025—
Central African Republic Human Capital and Women and Girls' Empowerment (Maïngo) ProjectP510632OtherActiveJun 2025$10M
CAR Health Service Delivery and System Strengthening Project (SENI-Plus)P509689Health & educationActiveJun 2025$20M
CAR - Emergency Infrastructure and Connectivity Recovery ProjectP508925DigitalActiveJun 2025$30M
CAR Public Sector Digital Governance - Additional FinancingP181682DigitalActiveMay 2025$6.4M
Adaptive and Productive Social Safety Nets ProjectP508180Social protectionActiveApr 2025$22M
CAR Inclusive and Resilient Cities ProjectP178774Climate & energyActiveSept 2024$70M
CAR Accelerating Results in EducationP502128Health & educationActiveJun 2024$65M
Adaptive and Productive Social Safety Net ProjectP179211Social protectionActiveMay 2024$52M
Human Capital and Women's and Girls' Empowerment (Maïngo) Project Additional FinancingP181574Health & educationActiveApr 2024$30M
Additional Financing- CAR Health Service Delivery and System Strengthening ProjectP181561Health & educationActiveApr 2024$20M
Local Governance and Community Resilience ProjectP178699Climate & energyActiveSept 2023$90M
Additional Financing to the Central African Republic (CAR) Emergency Food Crisis Response ProjectP180996Water & agricultureActiveJun 2023$50M
CAR Health Service Delivery and System Strengthening Project (SENI-Plus)P177003Health & educationActiveJun 2022$98M
CAR-Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access ProjectP176683Climate & energyActiveJun 2022$83M

Source: World Bank Projects & Operations

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