IndicatorCAFCentral African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.44rank #110Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)21.3rank #185Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.13rank #125Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.11rank #137Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.61rank #89Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)19.3rank #197Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.44rank #110Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2.3%rank #42Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.13rank #117Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)35.9rank #190Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)33rank #186Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)30.7rank #198Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.12rank #139Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.29rank #103Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.1rank #128Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)34.5rank #168Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)11.4%rank #148Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.56rank #115Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)66.1%rank #7Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)27.6%rank #13Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table15,806rank #156Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-2.9%rank #77Data 1994 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT68.8%rank #23Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)35.9%rank #38Data 2024 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1.4%rank #114Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)3.07Brank #161Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)4.5%rank #57Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)556.1rank #185Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)1,122.8rank #184Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)1,099.9rank #190Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)11.7%rank #117Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)9.3%rank #126Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)15.1%rank #89Data 1994 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)8.3%rank #69Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table1.6rank #138Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)21.2%rank #106Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)1%rank #36Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT73.4%rank #20Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.01%rank #123Data 1993 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)8.2%rank #117Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)Penn World Table0.22rank #116Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)52.9%rank #100Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)6.3%rank #114Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT6.3%rank #114Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)79.4%rank #171Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)10.1%rank #73Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT10.2%rank #73Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)19.3%rank #113Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)33.6%rank #86Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)255Mrank #176Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)573Mrank #186Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)36.5%rank #171Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)14%rank #176Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data9rank #149Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,418.8rank #162Data 2022 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF42%rank #43Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)10.7%rank #22Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)58.8rank #142Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)57.7rank #215Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)692rank #114Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)41%rank #43Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF41%rank #43Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF0.99%rank #2Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.07rank #56Data 2023 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)33.3rank #163Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)37.7rank #136Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF37.9%rank #28Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)9.2rank #116Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)419rank #142Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF89.7rank #189Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)29.8%rank #77Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF5.2%rank #17Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)42.4%rank #53Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1.8%rank #109Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)7.4rank #190Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)4rank #176Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)38.5%rank #145Data 2016 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)96.8%rank #132Data 2016 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)15.8%rank #140Data 2017 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)2.8%rank #139Data 2012 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)46.2rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)6rank #4Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP14.3rank #217Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-2.8rank #167Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)5.51Mrank #119Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)3.4%rank #7Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP63.4rank #213Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP10,616.8rank #96Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP105.2rank #1Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)44.6%rank #152Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data394,681rank #186Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data0.07rank #202Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)18.2%rank #78Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber0%rank #1Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber100%rank #1Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber0%rank #153Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber0%rank #105Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)72.5%rank #15Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch11.2rank #164Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber0rank #1Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data100%rank #1Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)90.9%rank #3Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch57.6rank #110Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)2%rank #78Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)38.8%rank #64Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)29,000rank #122Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)0.05%rank #3Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)14.8%rank #101Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)9.3%rank #179Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)410rank #143Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)788.4rank #165Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)154rank #10Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)0.04rank #202Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)38.8rank #205Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)1.7rank #214Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR82,600rank #156Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)71.6%rank #46Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)65.5%rank #22Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)0.02rank #202Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)43rank #61Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)20.1rank #112Data 2016 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.41rank #157Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.25rank #142Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internally displaced personspeopleUNHCR427,479rank #17Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)13.8%rank #177Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data3.5rank #147Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.41rank #127Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.23rank #183Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.57rank #147Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.8rank #178Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.94rank #199Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR55,307rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR674,222rank #168Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT30.1%rank #152Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP197rank #17Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data371rank #26Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.7rank #55Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)8.7rank #60Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.6rank #59Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)8.6rank #68Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)9.2rank #69Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.9rank #58Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.2rank #19Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP362rank #28Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.3rank #66Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.7rank #61Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)8rank #68Data 2026 · Status unspecified