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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	2 141	1 695	2 220^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.6	4.3	3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	487.9	377.1	467.9^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	39.8	32.5	33.4^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	26.1	22.8	21.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	34.1	44.6	44.8^b
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	78.8	78.5	77.1^d
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	6.2	5.3	5.4^d
Employment in services^e (% employed)	15.1	16.2	17.5^d
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	3.9	3.9	3.7^d
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	65.0 / 80.4	64.7 / 81.2	64.4 / 79.8^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index^e,f (2010=100)	100	133	155^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	94	99	106^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	90	97	73^e,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	210	457	75^e,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-120	-360	-2^e,d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^g (average annual %)	1.7	0.5	1.4^d
Urban population (% of total population)	38.9	40.3	41.8^b
Urban population growth rate^g (average annual %)	1.9	1.1	...
Fertility rate, total^g (live births per woman)	5.3	5.1	4.8^d
Life expectancy at birth^g (females/males, years)	47.4 / 44.6	50.5 / 47.3	54.9 / 50.5^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	44.1 / 4.6	45.2 / 4.4	43.0 / 4.5^a
International migrant stock^h,i (000/% of total pop.)	94.7 / 2.2	81.6 / 1.8	88.5 / 1.8^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	215.3^j	517.2	743.4^d
Infant mortality rate^g (per 1 000 live births)	99.7	90.3	81.9^d
Health: Current expenditure^e (% of GDP)	3.7	5	11^k
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	~0.0^l	0.1	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	1.1	1.1^m	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	73.4 / 101.2	75.7 / 99.8ⁿ	89.4 / 114.6^o
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	9.8 / 17.4^l	11.9 / 22.9ⁿ	13.8 / 20.5^p
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	5.6 / 10.0^l	6.9 / 11.7ⁿ	7.0 / 11.8^p
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	...	20.1^o
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	9.6	12.5^q	8.6^r,s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	2	3.8	4.3^p
Threatened species (number)	36	54	83
Forested area (% of land area)	36.3	36	35.9^k
Energy production, primary^e (Petajoules)	19	19	19^k
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	5	5	5^k
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^t (000)	54	120	107^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	74.2	74.2	74.2^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	14.2 / 2.8	12.8 / 2.6	11.5 / 2.3^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	31.5 / 8.0	27.7 / 7.0	24.1 / 5.9^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	12.13	28.35	28.87^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Bank of Central African States (BEAC).
d		2020
e		Estimate.
f		Bangui
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		Including refugees.
i		Refers to foreign citizens.
j		Data as at the end of December.
k		2018
l		2009
m		2011
n		2012
o		2016
p		2017
q		2013
r		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
s		Elections that started in December 2020 were still underway at the time of reporting, thus figures correspond to the outgoing legislature.
t		Arrivals by air at Bangui only.