Real GDP growth in Central African Republic

Real GDP in Central African Republic changed by 4.5% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2017.

Measure: Real GDP growth (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Central African Republic, 2025 4.5% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +3.0percentage points 2024: 1.5%
World, 2025 2.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 57th of 186 See the full ranking

Real GDP growth in Central African Republic over time

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

Real GDP growth (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period Central African RepublicWorld
2025 4.5% 2.9%
2024 1.5% 2.9%
2023 0.7% 2.9%
2022 0.5% 3.4%
2021 1.0% 6.5%
2020 0.9% -2.9%
2019 3.1% 2.7%
2018 3.8% 3.3%
2017 4.5% 3.4%
2016 4.8% 2.8%
2015 4.3% 3.1%
2014 0.1% 3.2%
2013 -36.4% 2.9%
2012 5.1% 2.7%
2011 4.2% 3.3%
2010 4.6% 4.5%
2009 8.6% -1.3%
2008 2.1% 2.1%
2007 4.6% 4.4%
2006 4.8% 4.5%
2005 0.9% 4.1%
2004 6.0% 4.5%
2003 -5.4% 3.1%
2002 3.6% 2.3%
2001 4.5% 2.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.0 percentage points from 1.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4.3%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Central African Republic has the 57th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 2.9%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices