Aid as % of GDP

7.9%

[38th of 129]

Economic freedom

1.95

[84th of 156]

GDP > PPP

$4,443,000,000.00

[142nd of 163]

GDP per capita, PPP > current international $

1,224.26 PPP $

[142nd of 169]

Gross National Income

$998,561,000.00

[139th of 172]

Human Development Index

0.355

[172nd of 178]

Income category

Low income

Income distribution > Richest 10%

47.7%

[4th of 114]

Population under $1 a day

66.6

[3rd of 59]

Total reserves minus gold > current US$

139,216,000 $

[149th of 178]

Currency

franc

Official exchange rate > LCU per US$, period average

522.89

Real effective exchange rate index

122.26 %

[15th of 96]

Subdivision

100

[147th of 192]

Terms of trade since 1995

51.94

[117th of 117]

Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel

19.8%

[183rd of 223]

Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear

0%

[152nd of 223]

electricity consumption > Date of > Information

2003

Hydroelectricity consumption

0.09

[125th of 213]

Motor Gasoline > Consumption in road transport

21,000 ton

[168th of 194]

Motor Gasoline > Imports

21,000 ton

[142nd of 183]

Motor Gasoline > Net inland availability

21,000 ton

[171st of 198]

Residual Fuel Oil > Changes in stocks

1,000 ton

[35th of 86]

Residual Fuel Oil > Imports

4,000 ton

[138th of 150]

Uranium > Reasonably assured reserves

12,000 ton

[17th of 38]

Adjusted savings: mineral depletion > % of GNI

0.01 % of GNI

[70th of 84]

Changes in inventories > current US$

-1,281,143 $

[97th of 138]

Machinery and transport equipment > % of value added in manufacturing

0.26 %

[64th of 91]

Manufacturing, value added > annual % growth

4 %

[73rd of 156]

Manufacturing, value added > constant LCU

34853530000

Manufacturing, value added > current US$

81,337,960 $

[140th of 167]

Ores and metals imports > % of merchandise imports

1.53 %

[71st of 155]

Textiles and clothing > % of value added in manufacturing

52.8 %

[2nd of 101]

value added > constant 2000 US$

210,400,800 constant 2000 US$

[123rd of 164]

value added > current LCU

156780000000

Agricultural growth

128

[28th of 149]

Arable and permanent cropland

2,020 thousand hectares

[84th of 148]

Arable land > hectares

1,930,000 hectares

[82nd of 199]

Cereal production

128 thousand metric tons

[28th of 149]

Cotton production

50

[45th of 109]

Fertilizer consumption > metric tons

600 metric tons

[156th of 169]

Food production index

108.2 %

[72nd of 182]

Livestock production index

114.7 %

[38th of 181]

Tractors

30

[146th of 147]

value added per worker > constant 2000 US$

421.83 constant 2000 US$

[114th of 163]

Air transport, freight > million tons per km

7.36 million tons/km

[113rd of 153]

Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m

2

[95th of 139]

Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m

10

[29th of 99]

Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m

23

[39th of 137]

Highways > Paved

643 km

[94th of 113]

Highways > Unpaved

23,167 km

[32nd of 113]

Ports and harbors
Bangui, Nola, Salo, Nzinga

Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
internal political instabilities with fighting and violence overlap into Chad and CAR , leaving refugees and rebel groups in both countries; Sudan has pledged to work with CAR to stem violent skirmishes over water and grazing rights among related pastoral populations along the border

Vehicle abundance

0.01 per square km

[141st of 141]

CPIA fiscal policy rating

3

[62nd of 75]

Net taxes on products > current LCU

74637250000

Social contributions > % of revenue

6.39 %

[57th of 78]

Taxes on goods and services > % value added of industry and services

5.15 %

[75th of 89]

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of total taxes

22.62 %

[66th of 98]