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General Information

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 413	2 034	1 993^a
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2010 prices)	2.4	3.6	4.3^a
GDP per capita (current US$)	342.3	457.2	427.7^a
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	45	41.2	31.1^a
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	18.6	24	25.8^a
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	36.5	34.8	43^a
Employment: Agriculture^d (% of employed)	86.4	86.2	85.6
Employment: Industry^d (% of employed)	7	7.1	7.9
Employment: Services^d (% employed)	6.6	6.8	6.6
Unemployment^d (% of labour force)	6.2	6.3	5.6
Labour force participation^d (female/male pop. %)	65.8 / 79.5	65.7 / 79.7	64.7 / 79.8
CPI: Consumer Price Index^e,f (2010=100)	81	100	187^g
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	101	115	122^h
Index of industrial production^i,j (2005=100)	100	126	86^k
International trade: Exports (million current US$)	111	90	231^d,c
International trade: Imports (million current US$)	185	210	359^d,c
International trade: Balance (million current US$)	-75	-120	-128^c

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rate^l (average annual %)	2.1	1.7	0.5^g
Urban population (% of total population)	38.1	38.9	41.8
Urban population growth rate^l (average annual %)	2.1	1.9	1.1^g
Fertility rate, total^l (live births per woman)	5.4	5.3	5.1^g
Life expectancy at birth^l (females/males, years)	45.3 / 42.9	47.4 / 44.6	50.5 / 47.3^g
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	43.5 / 5.0	44.1 / 4.6	43.9 / 4.5
International migrant stock^m (000/% of total pop.)	94.4 / 2.3	93.5 / 2.1	88.8 / 1.9^a
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	28.7ⁿ	215.3ⁿ	782.4^c
Infant mortality rate^l (per 1 000 live births)	105.1	99.7	90.3^g
Health: Current expenditure^d (% of GDP)	4.8	3.7	4.3^h
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1^o	~0.0^p	0.1^g
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	1.7	1.2	1.2^q
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	52.3 / 76.0	74.2 / 104.3	91.5 / 120.0^h
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	8.1 / 15.5^d,r	9.7 / 17.5^p	14.0 / 21.2^a
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	0.6 / 3.1^s	1.3 / 4.0	1.6 / 4.3^t
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	...	19.8^h
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	7.3^s	9.6	8.6

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Individuals using the Internet^d (per 100 inhabitants)	0.3	2	4.3^a
Threatened species (number)	30^o	36	66
Forested area (% of land area)	35.8	35.7	35.6^d,h
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.2 / 0.1	0.3 / 0.1	0.3 / 0.1^u
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	19	19	19^h
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	5	5	5^h
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^v (000)	12	54	120^g
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	74.2	74.4	74.4^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	6.7	13.08	25.99^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Bank of Central African States (BEAC).
c		2018
d		Estimate.
e		Bangui
f		Provisional data.
g		2015
h		2016
i		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 3.
j		Country data supplemented with data from the Observatoire Economique et Statistique d’Afrique Subsaharienne (Afristat).
k		2013
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Refers to foreign citizens.
n		Data as at the end of December.
o		2004
p		2009
q		2011
r		2001
s		2000
t		2012
u		2014
v		Arrivals by air at Bangui only.