Economy · Real GDP growth (annual) · Central African Republic
Central African Republic’s real GDP growth (annual) rose to 4.5% y/y in 2025.
4.5% y/y
2025
Up 3 pp from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
4.5% y/y
What it is. Real GDP growth measures the yearly change in the volume of goods and services produced in the Central African Republic. Output is valued at constant prices, which strips out the effect of rising prices. The World Bank compiles the series from national accounts. It leaves out unrecorded production and the way income is shared between households.
Higher is better. Faster growth means more output and income to share, and a wider base for jobs and public revenue, so a higher figure is better. The latest figure is 4.5% y/y for 2025, up from 1.5% y/y a year earlier, a rise of 3 percentage points. Since 2016 the series has ranged from a low of 0.45% y/y in 2022 to a high of 4.8% y/y in 2016. The 2025 reading sits close to the top of that range.
Why it matters. Growth of 4.5% y/y means the economy produced noticeably more in 2025 than in 2024, which gives households more room for income and trade. For the state it widens the base on which taxes and customs revenue are raised. One year is a short basis for a trend, and the next annual figure will show whether growth holds near this level after the trough of 2022.
| Period | Real GDP growth (annual) · Central African Republic |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 4.8% y/y |
| 2017 | 4.5% y/y |
| 2018 | 3.8% y/y |
| 2019 | 3.1% y/y |
| 2020 | 0.9% y/y |
| 2021 | 0.98% y/y |
| 2022 | 0.45% y/y |
| 2023 | 0.7% y/y |
| 2024 | 1.5% y/y |
| 2025 | 4.5% y/y |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Real GDP growth (annual), Central African Republic, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/real-gdp-growth-annual/central-african-republic
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Annual growth of GDP at constant prices (World Bank national accounts). Quarterly national releases are a separate indicator.
Annual growth of GDP at constant prices (World Bank national accounts). Unit: % y/y. Quarterly national releases are a separate indicator.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.