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Central African Republic — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Central African Republic, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
73.39%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +1.3% since 1990
Labor participation for Central African Republic was 73.39% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 73.43% in 2018. The lowest was 72.42% in 1990 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.04% per year.
Central African Republic ranks 21 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 11%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Central African Republic sits above it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
73.39%
First (1990)
72.42%
Change
+1.3%
Highest
73.43%
in 2018
Lowest
72.42%
in 1990
Average
72.86%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.04%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 73.39% |
| 2024 | 73.42% |
| 2023 | 73.43% |
| 2022 | 73.43% |
| 2021 | 72.63% |
| 2020 | 72.73% |
| 2019 | 73.42% |
| 2018 | 73.43% |
| 2017 | 73.43% |
| 2016 | 73.42% |
| 2015 | 73.42% |
| 2014 | 73.3% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. 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
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.