International Rankings of Central African Republic 2022, 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	63	0.01	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	188	499	2019
Internet users - percent of population	81	10 %	2020
Internet users - total	152	482976	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	N/A	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	184	2000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	128	38	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	149	1.831 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	188	300.100 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	190	282.900 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	35	0.9 % of GDP	0
Exports	59	113.700 million US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	181	1.937 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	159	12 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	119	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	43	29.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	118	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	5	43.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	129	16 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	159	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	50	3.9 %	2017
Labor force	118	2.242 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	140	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - industry	127	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	2022
Population below poverty line	7	62	2008
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	166	4.483 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	150	900 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	142	14.6 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	183	285000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	68	3.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	181	140.440 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	186	38000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	182	10.500 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	148	0.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	5	99.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	184	1.121 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	174	2000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	174	2799 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	162	0.3 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	60	22.44 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	15	49.5 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	163	8.1	2018
Land use - arable land	125	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	74	36.2	2018
Land use - other	35	55.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	121	5.1	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	4	8.99 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	53	141.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	163	400000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	142	12.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	141	60.100 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	33	3.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	126	43.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	45	622984 sq km	0
Area - total	45	622984 sq km	0
Area - water	192	047 sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	110	1410 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	10	335 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	53	635 meters	0
Irrigated land	144	10 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	25	5920 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	163	8.1	2018
Land use - arable land	125	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	74	36.2	2018
Land use - other	35	55.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	121	5.1	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	32	19.89	3075
Age structure - 25-54 years	165	32.95	6019
Age structure - 55-64 years	167	4.32	4829
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	115	0.55 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	39	0.33 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	129	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	135	0.94 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	89	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	21	32.79 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	16	20.5 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	114	17.8 %	2019
Current health expenditure	34	7.8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	13	11.76 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	132	5.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	20	19.7 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	2	102.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	2	97.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	56	83.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	6	52.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	6	37.1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	6	16.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	62	2.2 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	60	1 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	2	76.73 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	3	89.03 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	3	82.97 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	188	56.88 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	189	54.19 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	189	55.52 years	0
Literacy - female	114	25.8 %	2018
Literacy - male	98	49.5 %	0
Literacy - total population	107	37.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	4	829 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	137	20.3 years	2020
Median age - male	129	19.7 years	0
Median age - total	125	20 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	140	3.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	114	7.5 %	2016
Physicians density	149	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	115	5.455 million	2022
Population growth rate	46	1.78 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	88	53.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	4	87.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	6	70.1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	5	46.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	6 years	2012
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	12	8 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	15	7 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	15	1.08	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	32	0.89	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	17	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.64 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	22	4.04 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	33	3.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	126	43.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Transportation
Airports	87	39	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	19	11	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	39	19	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	61	37	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	61	6	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	132	0	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	142	46364	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	98	2	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	127	700 km	2018
Roadways - total	82	24000 km	2018
Waterways	36	2800 km	2011

*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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