Economy Overview
Participants in the Kimberley Process, a commitment to remove conflict diamonds from the global supply chain, partially lifted the ban on diamond exports from CAR in 2015, but persistent insecurity will prevent GDP from recovering to its pre-2013 level.
Agriculture Products
cotton, coffee, tobacco, cassava (manioc, tapioca), yams, millet, corn, bananas; timber
Industries
gold and diamond mining, logging, brewing, sugar refining
Industrial Production Growth Rate
2% (2016 est.)
Labor Force
2.194 million (2016 est.)
Unemployment Rate
8% (2001 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line
NA%
Household Income or Consumption by Percentage Share
Lowest 10%: 2.1%
Highest 10%: 33% (2003)
Distribution of Family Income Gini Index
61.3 (1993)
Budget
Revenues: $250.4 million
Expenditures: $226.6 million (2016 est.)
Public Debt
48.5% of GDP (2015 est.)
Central Bank Discount Rate
4.75% (31 December 2008)
Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
Stock of Narrow Money
$340.9 million (31 December 2015 est.)
Stock of Broad Money
$426.7 million (31 December 2015 est.)
Stock of Domestic Credit
$444.4 million (31 December 2015 est.)
Market Value of Publicly Traded Shares
$NA
Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold
Debt External
$661.8 million (31 December 2015 est.)
Stock of Direct Foreign Investment at Home
Stock of Direct Foreign Investment Abroad
Exchange Rates
510.53 (2012 est.)
