Central African Republic: General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Central African Republic's general government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) rose 15.6% on 2024 (from US$176.57 million to US$204.11 million).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2024), the average change was −2.2% and a typical year strayed about 14.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 21.5% in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 44.9% in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 20% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Central African Republic had the 127th highest value of the 129 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Central African Republic in the 2025 ranking

• Seychelles — 123rd of 129: US$542.82 million
• Guinea-Bissau — 124th of 129: US$298.3 million
• Gambia, The — 125th of 129: US$263.3 million
• Samoa — 127th of 129: US$179.09 million
• Comoros — 128th of 129: US$149.21 million
• São Tomé and Principe — 129th of 129: US$33.81 million

What this measures

Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Limitations: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Measures of growth in consumption and capital formation are subject to two kinds of inaccuracy. The first stems from the difficulty of measuring expenditures at current price levels.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 17 values

General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) in nearby economies

• Angola — US$16.42 billion (2024)
• Benin — US$2.01 billion (2025)
• Botswana — US$5.98 billion (2025)
• Burkina Faso — US$3.84 billion (2025)
• Burundi — US$1.31 billion (2025)
• Cabo Verde — US$549.84 million (2025)
• Cameroon — US$5.05 billion (2025)
• Chad — US$1.36 billion (2025)
• Comoros

More economic policy & debt data for Central African Republic

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$316.24 million (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 184.03 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 10.31% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.9 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.69 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 94.6% (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$3.22 billion (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Central African Republic's general government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)?

US$204.11 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2009?

It is down 32.24% from US$301.24 million in 2009 (2.4% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$313.7 million in 2012 and the lowest US$145.58 million in 2018.

How does Central African Republic rank?

127th highest of 129 economies with data for 2025.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.GOVT.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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