Central African Republic
Key Indicators
Summary statistics
Capital: Bangui
Currency: Central African CFA Franc (XAF)
Area: 622,984 km²
Geographic Location: Region: Central Africa Coordinates: Approximately 4.36°N latitude and 18.56°E longitude.
Population: 5.3 million
| Description | 2022 | 2023 |
| National Accounts | ||
| Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) | 0.5 | 1 |
| GDP (current prices, billions of US$) | 2.46 | 2.76 |
| GDP per capita (current prices, US$ per capita) | 490.94 | 539.24 |
| Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| Trade | ||
| Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| BOP ( BALANCE OF PAYMENTS) | ||
| Current account, balance (billions of $US) | -0.313 | -0.242 |
| Current account, balance ( % of GDP) | -12.7 | -8.8 |
| FINANCE | ||
| General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) | -5.3 | -3.5 |
| General government gross debt (% of GDP) | 51.8 | 50.1 |
| EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS | ||
| Population | 5,579,144 | 5,742,315 |