Central African Republic: Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Central African Republic's manufacturing, value added (annual % growth) fell 8.78 percentage points on 2022 (from -1.5% to -10.28%).

Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2022), the average change was −0.54 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 25.46 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 31.32 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 54.83 percentage points in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 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

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Closest to Central African Republic in the 2023 ranking

• Isle of Man — 1st of 5: 6.73%
• Tanzania — 2nd of 5: 5.3%
• Aruba — 3rd of 5: -1.23%
• Greenland — 5th of 5: -14.93%

What this measures

Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Limitations: Ideally, industrial output should be measured through regular censuses and surveys of firms. But in most developing countries such surveys are infrequent, so earlier survey results must be extrapolated using an appropriate indicator. The choice of sampling unit, which may be the enterprise (where responses may be based on financial records) or the establishment (where production units may be recorded separately), also affects the quality of the data. Moreover, much industrial production is organized in unincorporated or owner-operated ventures that are not captured by surveys aimed at the formal sector.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 14 values

Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Angola — 10.5% (2025)
• Benin — 8.58% (2025)
• Botswana — 1.94% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 5.49% (2025)
• Burundi — 1.43% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 6.21% (2025)
• Cameroon — 3.13% (2025)
• Chad — 9.14% (2024)
• Comoros — 4.26% (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 2.16% (2025)

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 manufacturing, value added (annual % growth)?

-10.28% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2010?

It is down 15.21 percentage points from 4.93% in 2010. The highest value was 29.46% in 2021 and the lowest -43.84% in 2013.

Is the latest change in manufacturing, value added (annual % growth) unusual for Central African Republic?

In 2023, Central African Republic's manufacturing, value added (annual % growth) fell 8.78 percentage points on 2022 (from -1.5% to -10.28%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2022), the average change was −0.54 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 25.46 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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