International Rankings of Central African Republic 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Central African Republic, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Central African Republic, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	195	499	0
Internet users - percent of population	214	4.34 %	2018
Internet users - total	165	249336	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	209	2934	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	205	30.86	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	153	1.595 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	195	300.100 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	197	282.900 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	39	0.9 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	144	31.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	148	35.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	122	63.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	130	52.4	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	186	1.937 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	166	12 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	124	8.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	8	95.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	45	29.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	121	13.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	6	43.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	134	16 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	163	40.8 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	40	33 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	30	2.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	51	3.9 %	2017
Labor force	120	2.242 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	147	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - industry	131	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	2021
Population below poverty line	8	62	2008
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	173	4.483 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	196	945 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	149	14.6 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	182	413800	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	190	159.400 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	48	50	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	28	50	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	192	38300 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	184	171.400 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	149	2800	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	179	2799 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	164	0.3 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	61	22.44 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	15	49.5 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	171	8.1	2018
Land use - arable land	132	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	81	36.2	2018
Land use - other	37	55.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	129	5.1	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	5	8.99 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	55	141.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	400000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	144	12.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	144	60.100 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	33	3.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	139	42.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	47	622984 sq km	0
Area - total	47	622984 sq km	0
Area - water	203	047 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	114	1410 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	10	335 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	55	635 meters	0
Irrigated land	141	10 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	25	5920 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	171	8.1	2018
Land use - arable land	132	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	81	36.2	2018
Land use - other	37	55.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	129	5.1	2018
Total renewable water resources	54	141.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	34	19.89 %	3075
Age structure - 25-54 years	175	32.95 %	6019
Age structure - 55-64 years	177	4.32 %	4829
Birth rate	22	33.2 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	118	17.8 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	11	11 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	15	12.01 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	120	5.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	23	19.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	14	86.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	14	81.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	56	89.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	10	45.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	14	31.5 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	13	10.4 % of population	0
Education expenditures	60	1.2 % of GDP	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	16	2.9	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	24	3200	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	38	88000	2020
Hospital bed density	59	1 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	3	77.86 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	3	90.39 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	3	84.22 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	195	56.44 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	198	53.74 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	197	55.07 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	4	829	2017
Median age - female	142	20.3 years	2020
Median age - male	131	19.7 years	0
Median age - total	131	20 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	145	3.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	119	7.5 %	2016
Physicians density	149	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	118	5.358 million	2021
Population growth rate	51	1.79 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	104	43.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	3	92.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	5	78.2 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	3	56.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	16	6 years	2012
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	13	8 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	15	7 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	30	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	47	0.64 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	23	4.09 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	33	3.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	139	42.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	87	39	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	19	11	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	39	19	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	61	37	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	61	6	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	135	0	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	144	46364	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	2	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	131	700 km	2018
Roadways - total	84	24000 km	2018
Waterways	33	2800 km	1997

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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