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Country: Central African Republic
National or Regional Currency: Central African Franc, XAF
Year of data: 2011 › Change year
Date of Last Update: 10 May 2010
Area: total: 622,984 sq km land: 622,984 sq km water: 0 sq km
Natural Resources: diamonds, uranium, timber, gold, oil, hydropower
Government Type: Central African Republic government type
Government Ministers: Central African Republic Ministers
Capital: name: Bangui geographic coordinates: 4 22 N, 18 35 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Data Source: All Sources (IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook)
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GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is XAF 750.097 Billion. Real GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units; the base year is country-specific.

GDP Growth (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is 4 %. Annual percentages of constant price GDP are year-on-year changes; the base year is country-specific.

GDP (Current Prices, National Currency) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is XAF 1,062.28 Billion. GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units.

GDP (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is US$ 2.232 Billion. Values are based upon GDP in national currency and the exchange rate projections provided by country economists for the group of other emerging market and developing countries. Exchanges rates for advanced economies are established in the WEO assumptions.

GDP Deflator for Central African Republic in year 2011 is 141.619 (Index, Base Year as per country's accounts = 100). The GDP deflator is derived by dividing current price GDP by constant price GDP and is considered to be an alternate measure of inflation. Please note: Data are expressed in the base year of each country's national accounts.

GDP Per Capita (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is XAF 162,666.79 . GDP is expressed in constant national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing constant price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, National Currency) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is XAF 230,366.89 . GDP is expressed in current national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing current price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is US$ 484.129 . GDP is expressed in current U.S. dollars per person. Data are derived by first converting GDP in national currency to U.S. dollars and then dividing it by total population.

GDP (PPP), US Dollars for Central African Republic in year 2011 is US$ 3.631 Billion. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been

GDP Per Capita (PPP), US Dollars for Central African Republic in year 2011 is US$ 787.343 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been

GDP Share of World Total (PPP) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is 0.005 %. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been

Implied PPP Conversion Rate for Central African Republic in year 2011 is 292.588 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been

Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (Indexed to Year 2000) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is 142.7 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (Average Consumer Price Change %) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is 2.932 %. Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data.

Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is 143.485 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (End of Year Change %) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is 2.5 %. Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data.

Population for Central African Republic in year 2011 is 4.611 Million .

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is US$ -0.186 Billion. Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Central African Republic in year 2011 is -8.327 %. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on cu