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EconomyCentral African Republic
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Economy - overview:
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Subsistence agriculture, together with forestry, remains the backbone of the economy of the Central African Republic (CAR), with more than 70% of the population living in outlying areas. The agricultural sector generates more than half of GDP. Timber has accounted for about 16% of export earnings and the diamond industry, for 40%. Important constraints to economic development include the CAR's landlocked position, a poor transportation system, a largely unskilled work force, and a legacy of misdirected macroeconomic policies. Factional fighting between the government and its opponents remains a drag on economic revitalization. Distribution of income is extraordinarily unequal. Grants from France and the international community can only partially meet humanitarian needs.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
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$3.239 billion (2008 est.)
$3.13 billion (2007)
$3.004 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP - per capita (PPP):
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$700 (2008 est.)
$700 (2007 est.)
$700 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP (official exchange rate):
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$2.087 billion (2008 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
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3.5% (2008 est.)
4.2% (2007 est.)
4% (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 55%
industry: 20%
services: 25% (2001 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
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void

Population below poverty line:
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NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 47.7% (1993)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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61.3 (1993)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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0.9% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:
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5.25% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:
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15% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:
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$218.3 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of money - per capita:
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49 USD per capita

Stock of quasi money:
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$47.58 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money - per capita:
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11 USD per capita

Stock of domestic credit:
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$320.2 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit - per capita:
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71 USD per capita

Labor force:
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1.857 million (2006)

Labor force participation rate:
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41.16 % of population

Labor force - by occupation:
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void

Unemployment rate:
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8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)

Budget:
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revenues: $250 million
expenditures: $273 million (2007 est.)

Budget revenues per capita:
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56 USD per capita

Public debt:
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void

Industries:
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gold and diamond mining, logging, brewing, textiles, footwear, assembly of bicycles and motorcycles

Industrial production growth rate:
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3% (2002)

Electricity - production:
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110 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - production per capita:
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25 kWh per capita

Electricity - consumption:
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102.3 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption - per capita:
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23 kWh per capita

Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh (2007 est.)

Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - production per capita:
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void

Oil - consumption:
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2,322 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - consumption - per capita:
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0.19 bbl/year per capita

Oil - exports:
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0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:
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2,057 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:
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0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
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0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - production per capita:
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void

Natural gas - consumption:
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0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption - per capita:
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void

Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
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0 cu m (1 January 2006)

Agriculture - products:
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timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco, manioc (tapioca), yams, millet, corn, bananas; timber

Current account balance:
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-$77 million (2007 est.)

Current account balance - per capita:
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-17 USD per capita

Exports:
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$146.7 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports per capita:
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33 USD per capita

Exports - commodities:
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diamonds, timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco

Exports - partners:
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Belgium 22.7%, Indonesia 19.3%, Italy 7.7%, France 7.1%, Spain 6.9%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.8%, China 4.9%, Turkey 4.7% (2007)

Imports:
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$237.3 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports per capita:
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53 USD per capita

Imports - commodities:
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food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals

Imports - partners:
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France 16.6%, Netherlands 13%, Cameroon 9.7%, US 6.3% (2007)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
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void

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold - per capita:
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void

Debt - external:
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$1.153 billion (2007 est.)

Debt - external - per capita:
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256 USD per capita

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
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void

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home - per capita:
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void

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
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void

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad - per capita:
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void

Market value of publicly traded shares:
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$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares - per capita:
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void

Economic aid - donor:
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void

Economic aid - recipient:
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ODA, $95.29 million; note - traditional budget subsidies from France (2005 est.)

Economic aid - recipient per capita:
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22 USD per capita

Currency (code):
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Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States

Exchange rates:
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Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar - 447.81 (2008 est.), 481.8 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
note: since 1 January 1999, the Central African CFA franc (XAF) has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 CFA francs per euro; Central African CFA franc (XAF) coins and banknotes are not accepted in countries using West African CFA francs (XOF), and vice versa, even though the two currencies trade at par

Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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