Central African Republic - Economic Forecasts - 2018-2020 Outlook

This page has economic forecasts for Central African Republic including a long-term outlook for the next decades, plus medium-term expectations for the next four quarters and short-term market predictions for the next release affecting the Central African Republic economy.


MARKETS Actual Q2/18 Q3/18 Q4/18 Q1/19 2020
Currency 575.40
 575 595 617 639 737
GDP Actual Q2/18 Q3/18 Q4/18 Q1/19 2020
GDP Annual Growth Rate 4.50
percent		 4.2 4.3 5.51 4 6.6
GDP 1.76
USD Billion		 1.6 1.65 1.74 1.8 1.96
GDP per capita 325.70
USD		 326 318 319 319 319
GDP per capita PPP 647.90
USD		 751 782 812 963 905
LABOUR Actual Q2/18 Q3/18 Q4/18 Q1/19 2020
Unemployment Rate 6.87
percent		 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.77 6.7
Population 5.10
million		 5.13 5.19 5.26 5.3 5.88
PRICES Actual Q2/18 Q3/18 Q4/18 Q1/19 2020
Inflation Rate 38.04
percent		 37 37 37 27 17.5
MONEY Actual Q2/18 Q3/18 Q4/18 Q1/19 2020
Interest Rate 2.95
percent		 2.95 2.95 2.95 2.95 2.95
Deposit Interest Rate 2.45
percent		 2.49 2.5 2.51 2.54 3
TRADE Actual Q2/18 Q3/18 Q4/18 Q1/19 2020
Balance of Trade -29.80
CFA Franc Billion		 -4.82 -2.05 -2.6 -0.9 0.53
Exports 4.10
CFA Franc Billion		 27.62 28.28 28.88 29.43 32.95
Imports 33.90
CFA Franc Billion		 32.44 30.33 32.43 30.33 32.42
Current Account -14.90
CFA Franc Billion		 -41.33 -38.3 -35.27 -35.97 -38.66
Current Account to GDP -9.70
percent		 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -8.2 -7.6
Terrorism Index 6.39
 6.16 6.46 6.75 6.97 7.83
GOVERNMENT Actual Q2/18 Q3/18 Q4/18 Q1/19 2020
Government Debt to GDP 38.80
percent		 40 40 40 47 43
Government Budget -0.10
percent of GDP		 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -2.5
BUSINESS Actual Q2/18 Q3/18 Q4/18 Q1/19 2020
Internet Speed 1444.77
KBps		 1743 1560 1681 1671 1600
IP Addresses 525.00
IP		 565 568 569 568 566
Ease of Doing Business 184.00
 184 184 184 184 184
Corruption Index 23.00
Points		 22 22 22 22 22
Corruption Rank 156.00
 153 154 155 154 148
TAXES Actual Q2/18 Q3/18 Q4/18 Q1/19 2020
Sales Tax Rate 19.00
percent		 19 19 19 19 19
CLIMATE Actual Q2/18 Q3/18 Q4/18 Q1/19 2020
Precipitation 9.61
mm		 136 219 75.72 28.24 117
Temperature 23.56
celsius		 26.2 24.42 24.52 26.21 25.89