Central African Republic's trade (% of GDP) was 52.91% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.24 percentage points from 53.15% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 52.91% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 49.52% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 53.15% | 2015 |
| Highest | 73.94% | 1968 |
| Lowest | 31.49% | 2009 |
| Average since 2016 | 48.91% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 57.45% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Central African Republic's trade (% of GDP) rose 6.47 percentage points on 2024 (from 46.43% to 52.91%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 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 14.7 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.02 percentage points in 1975. 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 21% 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 100th highest value of the 137 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Central African Republic | 52.91% | 2025 |
| World | 68.49% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 55.68% | 2024 |
| Low income | 47.63% | 2025 |
Closest to Central African Republic in the 2025 ranking
- Côte d'Ivoire — 97th of 137: 54.56%
- Madagascar — 98th of 137: 54.24%
- Israel — 99th of 137: 52.99%
- Peru — 101st of 137: 51.82%
- Dominican Republic — 102nd of 137: 51.49%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 103rd of 137: 51.33%
What this measures
Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services. 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 66 values
| Year | Trade (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.91 |
| 2024 | 46.43 |
| 2023 | 43.48 |
| 2022 | 45.23 |
| 2021 | 44.16 |
| 2020 | 49.52 |
| 2019 | 50.07 |
| 2018 | 49.66 |
| 2017 | 57.14 |
| 2016 | 50.53 |
| 2015 | 53.15 |
Trade (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 34.65% (2025)
- Benin — 37.12% (2025)
- Botswana — 69.54% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 65% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 95.33% (2025)
- Cameroon — 33.38% (2025)
- Chad — 46.13% (2025)
- Comoros — 40.89% (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 87.33% (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 91.67% (2025)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 54.56% (2025)
- Equatorial Guinea — 74.93% (2025)
- Eswatini
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Central African Republic's trade (% of GDP)?
- 52.91% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 4.55 percentage points from 57.45% in 1960. The highest value was 73.94% in 1968 and the lowest 31.49% in 2009.
- How does Central African Republic rank?
- 100th highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in trade (% of GDP) unusual for Central African Republic?
- In 2025, Central African Republic's trade (% of GDP) rose 6.47 percentage points on 2024 (from 46.43% to 52.91%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.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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