Central government expense in Central African Republic

Central government expense in Central African Republic was equal to 11.7% of GDP in 2021.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2004 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Central African Republic, 2021 11.7% % of GDP
Change from 2020 −2.3percentage points 2020: 14.0%
World, 2021 31.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 117th of 125 See the full ranking

Central government expense in Central African Republic over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2022
Period Central African RepublicWorld
2022 – 28.5%
2021 11.7% 31.7%
2020 14.0% 33.4%
2019 9.9% 26.7%
2018 10.1% 26.1%
2017 8.7% 26.3%
2016 9.0% 26.6%
2015 9.3% 26.8%
2014 8.3% 26.8%
2013 – 27.1%
2012 8.2% 27.4%
2011 13.5% 27.5%
2010 16.3% 28.4%
2009 15.9% 28.4%
2008 11.0% 25.9%
2007 – 24.8%
2006 – 24.9%
2005 – 25.1%
2004 9.7% 24.8%
2003 – 25.2%
2002 – 24.9%
2001 – 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.3 percentage points from 14.0% in 2020.
  • Since 2010, when it was 16.3%, the figure has changed by −4.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 125 countries with data for 2021, Central African Republic has the 117th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 31.7%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2004 to 2021 for Central African Republic
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics