Central African Republic — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Central African Republic, 1960–2025.
GDP for Central African Republic was 3.07 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 112.16 million in 1960 (about 27.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.22% per year.
Central African Republic ranks 182 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 86%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Central African Republic sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 81%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 39 of 47 economies; Cabo Verde (3.06 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 36% in 1985. That is 32% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1972; grown tenfold by 1986. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 100th of 111 in 1960 → 120th of 146 in 1970 → 126th of 163 in 1980 → 146th of 192 in 1990 → 172nd of 204 in 2000 → 178th of 212 in 2010 → 180th of 210 in 2020 → 161st of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,066,109,226.4 | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 2,751,494,281.07 | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 2,555,492,085.95 | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 2,382,618,615.02 | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 2,516,498,412.46 | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 2,326,720,900.38 | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 2,221,301,351.44 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,220,979,146.11 | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 2,072,349,972.68 | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 1,825,018,144.66 | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 1,695,825,714.19 | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 1,894,813,389.4 | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 1,691,544,110.19 | -32.6% |
| 2012 | 2,510,126,512.23 | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 2,437,982,705.12 | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 2,142,591,540.4 | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 2,067,381,665.25 | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 1,993,407,888.5 | +17.3% |
| 2007 | 1,699,811,294.95 | +16.3% |
| 2006 | 1,461,859,762.33 | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 1,337,894,378.74 | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 1,272,360,517.32 | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 1,142,315,522.54 | +14.7% |
| 2002 | 996,068,144.88 | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 932,648,604.75 | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 916,777,282.69 | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 999,477,510.69 | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 967,338,389.65 | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 937,741,513.02 | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 1,007,791,127.1 | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 1,115,389,673.69 | +31.0% |
| 1994 | 851,174,356.78 | -33.4% |
| 1993 | 1,278,781,261.56 | -9.4% |
| 1992 | 1,411,917,553.12 | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 1,377,374,986.59 | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 1,440,711,459.17 | +16.8% |
| 1989 | 1,233,930,280.92 | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 1,264,899,287.51 | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 1,200,991,977.81 | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 1,122,265,013.42 | +29.8% |
| 1985 | 864,849,836.29 | +35.6% |
| 1984 | 637,820,670.3 | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 658,679,332.68 | -12.0% |
| 1982 | 748,312,390.76 | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 694,803,622.9 | -12.8% |
| 1980 | 797,048,198.53 | +13.7% |
| 1979 | 700,764,747.76 | +14.8% |
| 1978 | 610,578,631.99 | +20.4% |
| 1977 | 507,298,147.53 | +12.4% |
| 1976 | 451,152,461.31 | +19.1% |
| 1975 | 378,660,016.27 | +34.6% |
| 1974 | 281,398,705.57 | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 271,183,082.04 | +17.7% |
| 1972 | 230,317,883.36 | +14.3% |
| 1971 | 201,450,799.83 | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 189,106,529.21 | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 188,039,210.13 | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 191,767,441.6 | +17.1% |
| 1967 | 163,820,513.56 | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 157,930,018.09 | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 150,574,795.41 | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 142,025,078.74 | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 129,379,123.76 | +3.9% |
| 1962 | 124,482,773.83 | +1.1% |
| 1961 | 123,134,583.46 | +9.8% |
| 1960 | 112,155,598.49 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Central African Republic’s GDP in 1961?
123,134,583.46 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Central African Republic’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Central African Republic’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2633.8% in total — about 5.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3,066,109,226.4; 2024: 2,751,494,281.07; 2023: 2,555,492,085.95; 2022: 2,382,618,615.02; 2021: 2,516,498,412.46. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). 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.