Central African Republic: Gross national expenditure (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Central African Republic's gross national expenditure (% of GDP) fell 16.41 percentage points on 2024 (from 130.62% to 114.22%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.97 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.41 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11.29 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.41 percentage points in 2025. 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 less than 1% 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 23rd highest value of the 130 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

• Tunisia — 20th of 130: 114.75%
• Mauritania — 21st of 130: 114.32%
• Mozambique — 22nd of 130: 114.32%
• North Macedonia — 24th of 130: 113.74%
• Philippines — 25th of 130: 113.69%
• Rwanda — 26th of 130: 113.56%

What this measures

Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

All 66 values

Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 88.09% (2024)
• Benin — 103.01% (2025)
• Botswana — 106.41% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 95.02% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 111.38% (2025)
• Cameroon — 106.3% (2025)
• Chad — 87.3% (2025)
• Comoros — 122.29% (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 100.33% (2025)
• Congo, Rep. — 95.52% (2025)
• Côte d'Ivoire

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 gross national expenditure (% of GDP)?

114.22% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 3.31 percentage points from 110.91% in 1960. The highest value was 130.62% in 2024 and the lowest 99.76% in 2003.

How does Central African Republic rank?

23rd highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in gross national expenditure (% of GDP) unusual for Central African Republic?

In 2025, Central African Republic's gross national expenditure (% of GDP) fell 16.41 percentage points on 2024 (from 130.62% to 114.22%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.97 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.41 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.ZS, 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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