Central African Republic
Central African Republic in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Central African Republic recorded GDP per capita: 556 (2025), ranking 210 of 212 worldwide; Population: 5.51 million (2025), ranking 119 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 57.7 (2024), ranking 215 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 1.00% (2025), ranking 150 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, Inflation shows the largest increase (+3106%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-63%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 7 of 19 comparable series are higher and 12 are lower.
Its population of 5.51 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 3,066,109,226.4 | 2025 | +2633.8% |
| GDP per capita | 556.13 | 2025 | +744.1% |
| GDP growth | 4.5% | 2025 | -9.2% |
| Population | 5,513,282 | 2025 | +223.9% |
| Population growth | 3.37% | 2025 | +79.5% |
| Urban population | 44.55% | 2025 | +121.4% |
| Inflation | 1% | 2025 | +3105.9% |
| Life expectancy | 57.67 | 2024 | +45.7% |
| Infant mortality | 58.8 | 2024 | -63.0% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.06 | 2024 | +75.4% |
| GDP (PPP) | 7,243,772,032.86 | 2025 | +306.6% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 1,313.88 | 2025 | +111.8% |
| Labor participation | 73.39% | 2025 | +1.3% |
| Unemployment | 6.25% | 2025 | +9.7% |
| Electricity access | 18.2% | 2024 | +506.7% |
| Internet users | 13.78% | 2024 | — |
| Forest area | 35.66% | 2023 | -4.3% |
| Education spending | 1.83% | 2023 | -42.3% |
| Health spending | 10.66% | 2023 | +143.2% |