
Central African Republic
General information
Capital: Bangui
Currency unit: CFA franc
Official language: French, Sangho
Area: 622,980 km²
Population in million: 4.7
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 418
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 726
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 71.5
Annual growth rate of the population: 1.4 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 87.6 %
Life expectancy at birth: 52.2 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 37 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 1.95
Agriculture value added of GDP: 39.6
Industry value added of GDP: 15.4
Services value added of GDP: 39.3
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 0.17
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 0.46
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Diamonds (44.24 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Wood in the rough (29.82 %)
Cotton, not carded or combed (11.86 %)
Wood sawn (11.62 %)
Coffee (1.34 %)
Cane or beet sugar (0.02 %)