International Rankings of Central African Republic 2023, 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	64	0.01	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	196	499	2019
Internet users - percent of population	109	11 %	2021
Internet users - total	163	605000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	197	2000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	104	34	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	154	1.800 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	191	385.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	188	418.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	39	0.9 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	97	163.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	173	779.900 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	205	113.700 million US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	192	1.937 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	170	12 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	125	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	46	29.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	123	13.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	6	43.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	137	16 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	170	40.8 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	4	56.2 %	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	41	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
Imports	206	393.100 million US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	148	0.24 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	77	4.26 %	2021
Labor force	125	2.015 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	9	62 %	2008
Public debt	89	52.9 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	182	4.483 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	167	0.9 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	175	800 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	173	350.305 million US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	189	8.71 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	113	6.57 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	110	13.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	115	10.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	107	11.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	194	285000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	72	3.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	189	140.440 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	195	38000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	189	10.500 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	158	0.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	5	99.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	192	1.121 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	183	2000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	186	2799 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	168	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	176	8.1	2018
Land use - arable land	136	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	83	36.2	2018
Land use - other	39	55.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	131	5.1	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	5	8.99 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	58	141.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	142	400000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	95	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	107	60.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	34	3.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	132	43.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	48	622984 sq km	0
Area - total	49	622984 sq km	0
Area - water	216	047 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	125	1410 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	12	335 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	56	635 meters	0
Irrigated land	151	10 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	27	5920 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	176	8.1	2018
Land use - arable land	136	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	83	36.2	2018
Land use - other	39	55.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	131	5.1	2018
Military
Military expenditures	36	1.7 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	118	0.55 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	40	0.33 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	133	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	139	0.94 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	92	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	23	32.37 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	17	20.5 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	119	17.8 %	2019
Current health expenditure	28	9.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	38	64.7 %	2023
Death rate	17	11.51 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	142	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	59	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	64	2.2 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	21	1.97 %	2023
Hospital bed density	61	1 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	2	75.61 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	3	87.69 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	3	81.74 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	204	57.31 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	209	54.64 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	204	55.96 years	0
Literacy - female	118	25.8 %	2018
Literacy - male	95	49.5 %	0
Literacy - total population	105	37.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	4	835 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	146	20.3 years	2020
Median age - male	136	19.7 years	0
Median age - total	136	20 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	152	3.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	120	7.5 %	2016
Physicians density	154	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	120	5.552 million	2023
Population growth rate	48	1.77 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	90	53.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	5	87.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	7	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	13	8 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	15	7 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	26	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	36	0.77 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	27	3.99 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	34	3.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	132	43.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	110	13.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	115	10.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	107	11.8	0
Transportation
Airports	88	39	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	63	371000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	137	0	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	146	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	134	700 km	2018
Roadways - total	93	24000 km	2018
Waterways	37	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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