Central African Republic

Capital city: Bangui
Languages: French, Sanghom (official ); Banda, Gbaya (other)

Economic profile

Monetary unit: CFA franc (1CFAfr = $0.001874)¹
GDP per capita: $749²
GDP composition by sector:
Agriculture: 53.1%³
Industry: 14.5%³
Services: 32.4%³
GDP growth rate: 3%⁴
Consumer price inflation: 1%⁵
Industries: Gold and diamond mining, logging, brewing, textiles, footwear, assembly of bicycles and motorcycles³
Exports of goods and nonfactor services: Wood in the rough, other (31%); diamonds unsorted whether or not worked (22.3%); tropical wood (15.7%)⁶
Import commodities: Food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals³
Reserves (excluding gold, in million dollars): 147 200⁷
Foreign direct investment (in million dollars): 72⁸

Budget:
Government revenue, including grants (as percentage of GDP): 15.4%⁹
Government expenditure and net lending: 17.8%⁹

Social profile
Population (in thousands): 4 487¹⁰
Population growth: 1.8%¹⁰
Life expectancy at birth ( in years): 48.4¹¹
Adult literacy (people over 15): 55.2%¹²
School enrolment primary (total gross enrolment): 93.4%¹³
School enrolment secondary (total gross enrolment): 12.6%¹³
School enrolment tertiary: 3%¹⁴
Unemployment: 8%³
Number of people living with HIV/Aids: 4.7%¹⁵

¹ http:// www.exchangerate.com
² African Economic Outlook. Basic indicators (2011).
³ Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Economy (2011).

⁴ African Economic Outlook. Real GDP growth rates (2011).
⁵ African Economic Outlook. Monetary indicators: inflation (2011).

⁶ African Economic Outlook. Exports (2010).
⁷ African Economic Outlook. Monetary indicators: reserves (2011).
⁸ African Economic Outlook. Foreign direct investment (2010).
⁹ African Economic Outlook. Public finances (2011).

¹⁰ African Economic Outlook. Demographic indicators (2010).

¹¹ African Economic Outlook. Basic health indicators (2011).
¹² African Economic Outlook. Basic education indicators (2009).
¹³ African Economic Outlook. School enrolment (2011).

¹⁴ World Bank. School enrolment tertiary (2010 to 2011).

¹⁵ African Economic Outlook. Major diseases (2009).