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Official language: French, Sangho
Currency: CFA Franc
Capital City: Bangui
Area: 622984km2
Subregional membership(s): Central Africa, Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa , Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Least developed countires, Land-locked Countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Land-locked LDCs, Mineral-rich countries, Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) , Franc Zone, Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)


5915627.5K
2024

Mid-year population
2.5B
2021

GDP at current prices, USD
96.8
2022

Under five mortality rate
110.7
2017

Primary enrolment ratio
Population and migration
United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)1.601.891.852.042.412.661.582.832.943.01
Population - Urban (%)40.3040.6041.00
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)51.251.651.652.353.152.651.752.353.454.1
Total fertility rate (per woman)6.06.06.16.06.06.06.05.95.85.7
Population - Urban (number)1,831,0541,866,2281,909,2831,959,5872,015,7082,076,5342,142,1712,213,0602,288,6952,368,409
Median age (years)14.514.514.514.514.614.714.714.714.815.0
Population - Male (number)2,413,8192,455,6762,501,1382,549,2562,605,8522,672,0802,728,2802,788,3532,869,3302,955,661
Population - Urban (%)40.2840.6240.9841.3641.7742.2042.6543.1243.6144.13
Population - Total (number)4,819,3334,904,1784,996,7415,094,7805,209,3255,343,0205,457,1555,579,1445,742,3165,915,628
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)52.853.553.754.455.054.653.954.555.556.1
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)54.555.456.156.657.156.856.356.857.758.2
Population - Female (%)49.9149.9349.9449.9649.9849.9950.0150.0250.03
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)1.902.282.602.822.973.113.263.363.423.46
Population - Female (number)2,405,5152,448,5022,495,6032,545,5242,603,4732,670,9402,728,8752,790,7912,872,9862,959,967
Population - Male (%)49.5549.5649.5649.5649.5749.57
Health
World Bank, World Health Organization, United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
107.4104.6102.9100.898.295.492.489.9
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)
121.7118.8117.1114.9112.0109.1106.1103.4
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)22.00
122.6119.7117.8115.8112.8109.9106.7
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)19.7021.50
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)15.3414.9914.6414.2913.9513.6013.2613.35
108.1105.3103.6101.698.795.892.7
114.8111.9110.2108.0105.3102.499.396.8
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)47.70
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)51.80
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)49.0049.0049.0049.00
115.5112.7110.9108.8105.9103.099.9
Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)114.56124.86
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)18.2318.32
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)28.7116.8129.11
Mean years of schooling - Male (years)5.4
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)9.71
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)83.4
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)458,857585,048
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)3.9
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.70.7
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)1.31.3
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)0.80.9
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)36.7537.4037.49
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)
Primary completion rate - Female (%)30.4030.7030.8030.9027.0531.00
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)5.5
Mean years of schooling - Female (years)2.6
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)0.8
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)6.3
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)1.11.1
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)24.3625.7626.20
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)15.0415.43
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)
Primary completion rate - Total (%)34.3034.3034.1034.0030.1733.90
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)102.02110.71
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)
Primary completion rate - Male (%)27.4027.9028.3028.7023.8629.50
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)47.8025.5747.55
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)89.3796.32
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)11.8412.48
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, 15-24 years old (%)0.600.660.61
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)36.3638.2720.7638.34
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.70.7
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)15.72
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)0.80.8
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)7.2
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)50.7149.5149.23
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)12.72
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)813,7671,028,839
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)354,910443,791
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)34.631.6
National accounts
United Nations Statistics Division, Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Construction (ISIC F) (US dollars)24,251,24724,630,19431,223,22838,476,46833,965,57436,951,52140,707,24237,821,574
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - National Currency (billions)965.71,0731,160
Industry (%)21.75
Changes in inventories (US dollars)20,887,79628,941,52528,250,77019,702,511
Exports of goods and services (US dollars)289,218,787270,501,993357,682,917419,401,360349,666,048324,439,660344,668,793328,419,723
Industry (%)22.8422.4721.5021.6821.8821.69
Services (%)44.6244.4044.5145.3744.7644.88
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)1,647,169,9271,796,246,2102,010,650,8722,269,725,5172,302,062,5442,335,439,4322,580,413,1982,518,307,234
Manufacturing (ISIC D) (US dollars)334,585,952355,042,046382,150,316402,697,927414,709,845428,105,880463,354,396443,187,336
Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities (ISIC C-E) (US dollars)350,670,867370,271,395398,524,869418,062,142431,855,996445,572,296481,941,865461,249,854
Services (%)45.00
Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing (ISIC A-B) (US dollars)534,244,189582,527,337679,527,027693,863,435710,232,869744,009,840799,039,916764,469,680
Transport, storage and communication (ISIC I) (US dollars)54,735,35849,640,06649,469,78538,927,23150,776,89149,797,83851,866,45451,820,081
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - US dollars (billions)1.61.82.0
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)1,647,169,9271,774,812,5141,792,950,4481,999,247,6972,136,583,3922,117,444,7972,111,009,0372,104,524,557
GDP, PPP - Current, International dollar (millions)3,5363,8624,1954,4604,6744,7765,023
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US dollars)1,694,542,9461,775,039,1051,855,400,0641,925,709,4031,982,908,4162,001,931,9172,021,609,3752,031,155,945
Wholesale, retail trade, restaurants and hotels (ISIC G-H) (US dollars)290,133,232324,819,625382,999,060413,865,222406,476,953429,446,581464,946,401441,192,317
Gross fixed capital formation (including Acquisitions less disposals of valuables) (US dollars)348,614,840381,020,554502,296,753555,565,699325,653,427439,078,543395,800,159355,740,871
Prices
Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period37.1414.044.181.612.751.64-55.36
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year38.04-2.347.174.60-2.042.61-56.02
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)37.1414.044.181.612.751.64-55.36
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)187.29196.02203.09
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100186.86213.09222.00225.58231.79235.60105.18
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)4.844.663.611.612.692.303.34
Energy
African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, AfDB, AUC and ECA Joint African Statistical Yearbook, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)148150152
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)000
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)11111
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)77888
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)636566
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)11111
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)7.397.49
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)0.00.00.00.00.0
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)149151153155157
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)40.0042.0043.00
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)141142144146148
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)38.338.3
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)141142144
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)111
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)
Tourism
World Bank, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), World Tourism Organization
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)5.205.00
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)6.896.60
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)121.0
Overnight stays (thousands)
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)1.11.21.31.3
Transport

Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Paved Road (% of total) (%)
Information society
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.040.040.050.05
23.0023.0030.6337.4640.8740.8747.63
13989796056
2.903.104.005.108.3010.40
0.040.010.010.010.01
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)25.7825.4523.5225.1130.6234.27
00000
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)27.6527.5125.5727.4132.25
0.300.140.130.120.30
2.903.104.005.108.3010.40
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)1,242,4941,248,3461,175,3891,279,2611,595,294
0.040.020.010.010.010.01
00000
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.040.040.040.040.040.04
1,858736619608499499
59.0058.0059.4457.0855.5056.0056.00
1,719524419413376
00000
, 2018=1006,787,7407,426,2808,981,6804,485,830218,350613,4802,114,130
International trade
International Road Federation
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Total trade - Import, current USD (millions)611.8651.7826.5748.9762.1799.2767.5
Total trade - Export, current USD (millions)289.4270.5357.7354.0350.0353.0357.0
Banking, insurance, financial statistics
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Interest rate - Lending (%)
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)591.21592.61580.66555.45585.91
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)591.45
Deposit rate (%) (%)2.45
Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics
International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Fiscal deficit (% of GDP)-5.911.4-12.8-12.319.0-34.5-20.2-5.9
Net ODA - current USD (millions)486.7501.0507.8
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)59.7953.8950.2750.0447.1643.4347.6239.16
General government net lending/borrowing - as % of GDP (%)-0.591.05-1.07-0.971.42-3.36-6.02
International reserves - current USD (millions)213.8239.8361.8350.3
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)107.07109.03108.99
Total external debt (% of GNI) (%)40.2337.6533.2032.9235.6036.5841.49
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Balance of payments
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Economic Commission for Africa
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)43.043.0
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)-9.11-5.34-7.82-7.96-4.92-8.46-10.63
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)3.07.36.918.025.634.730.2
Current account balance - current USD (millions)-143.0-160.0-196.0
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)626.0657.2
Environment
United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions - per Capita (metric tons)0.070.07
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)0.20.20.20.20.2
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)35.60
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)36.0435.9935.9435.9035.8535.80
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)18.0618.0618.0618.0618.0618.0618.06
Land area covered by forest (%)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)18.0618.06