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IndicatorCAFCentral African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.44rank #110
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile21.3rank #185
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.13rank #125
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.11rank #137
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.61rank #89
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile20.7rank #195
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.44rank #110
Military spending% GDP2.5%rank #35
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.13rank #117
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile34.6rank #189
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile34.9rank #185
Rule of Law0-100 percentile27.5rank #198
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.12rank #139
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.29rank #103
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.1rank #128
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile33.9rank #174
Women in parliament% seats11.4%rank #148
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.56rank #115
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment66.1%rank #7
Agriculture value added% GDP27.6%rank #13
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker15,806rank #156
Current account balance% GDP-2.9%rank #76
Employment-to-population ratio%68.7%rank #23
External debt stocks% GNI35.9%rank #38
FDI net inflows% GDP1.5%rank #129
GDPcurrent US$3.07Brank #161
GDP growth%4.5%rank #57
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$556.1rank #185
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $1,122.8rank #184
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $1,099.9rank #190
Government expenditure% GDP11.7%rank #117
Gross capital formation% GDP9.3%rank #126
Gross savings% GDP15.1%rank #88
High-technology exports% manuf. exports8.3%rank #68
Human capital indexindex1.6rank #138
Industry value added% GDP21.2%rank #106
Inflation%1%rank #36
Labour force participation rate%73.3%rank #19
Personal remittances received% GDP0.01%rank #123
Tax revenue% GDP8.2%rank #117
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.22rank #116
Trade openness% GDP52.9%rank #100
Unemployment% labor force6.3%rank #114
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%6.3%rank #117
Vulnerable employment% employment79.4%rank #171
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2410.1%rank #73
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2410.2%rank #72
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop36.5%rank #171
Basic sanitation access% pop14%rank #176
Child mortalityper 1009rank #149
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,418.8rank #162
DTP3 immunization coverage%42%rank #43
Health spending% GDP10.7%rank #22
Infant mortalityper 1k births58.8rank #142
Life expectancyyears57.7rank #215
Maternal mortalityper 100k692rank #114
Measles immunization% children41%rank #43
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%41%rank #43
Physiciansper 1k0.07rank #56
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m333.3rank #163
Road traffic deathsper 100k37.7rank #136
Suicide mortality rateper 100k9.2rank #116
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k419rank #142
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births89.7rank #189
Undernourishment% pop29.8%rank #74
Education
Adult literacy%42.4%rank #53
Education spending% GDP1.8%rank #109
Expected years of schoolingyears7.4rank #190
Mean years of schoolingyears4rank #176
Primary completion rate% relevant age38.5%rank #145
Primary enrollment% gross96.8%rank #132
Secondary enrollment% gross15.8%rank #140
Tertiary enrollment% gross2.8%rank #139
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00046.2rank #1
Fertility ratebirths/woman6rank #4
Median age of populationyears14.3rank #217
Net migration rateper 1,000-2.8rank #167
Populationpeople5.51Mrank #119
Population growth%3.4%rank #7
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years63.4rank #213
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands10,616.8rank #96
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age105.2rank #1
Urban population%44.6%rank #152
Climate
CO₂ emissionst394,681rank #186
CO₂ per capitat0.07rank #202
Electricity access% pop18.2%rank #78
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation100%rank #1
Electricity from solar% generation0%rank #153
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #105
Forest area% land35.7%rank #86
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita11.2rank #164
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh0rank #1
Renewable electricity%100%rank #1
Renewable energy share%90.9%rank #3
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e57.6rank #110
Society
Asylum seekerspeople82,600rank #156
Extreme poverty% pop71.6%rank #46
Female labor participation%65.5%rank #22
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.02rank #202
Gini indexindex43rank #60
Homicide rateper 100k20.1rank #112
Human Development Index0-10.41rank #157
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.25rank #142
Internally displaced personspeople427,479rank #17
Internet users% pop13.8%rank #177
Life satisfaction0-103.5rank #147
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.41rank #127
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.23rank #183
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.57rank #147
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.8rank #178
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.94rank #199
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people55,307rank #60
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people674,222rank #168
Youth NEET rate%30.2%rank #154
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year197rank #17
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths371rank #26
Hazard & exposure0-106.4rank #55
Human hazard & exposure0-108.3rank #61
INFORM risk score0-107.6rank #60
Lack of coping capacity0-108.7rank #70
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-109.2rank #71
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-108.1rank #59
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.2rank #19
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year362rank #28
Socio-economic vulnerability0-107.9rank #72
Vulnerability0-108rank #63
Vulnerable groups0-108.1rank #70
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