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Central African Republic — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Central African Republic, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.50%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -9.2% since 1961
GDP growth for Central African Republic was 4.50% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 9.48% in 1984. The lowest was -36.39% in 2013 (about -8.1× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.15% per year.
Central African Republic ranks 64 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 30%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Central African Republic sits below it. It peaked in 1984 and has fallen 53% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.50%
First (1961)
4.95%
Change
-9.2%
Highest
9.48%
in 1984
Lowest
-36.39%
in 2013
Average
1.44%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.15%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5% |
| 2024 | 1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.45% |
| 2021 | 0.98% |
| 2020 | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 3.79% |
| 2017 | 4.53% |
| 2016 | 4.75% |
| 2015 | 4.34% |
| 2014 | 0.08% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.