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Central African Republic: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1977–2023 · 47 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2023
−8.23%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+4.6 pointsfrom −12.9%
Average, 2014–2023
−7.66%10 years
Record high and low
0.194% (2006)low −13.5% (1998)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-5.43Forecast
2030-4.98Forecast
2029-4.45Forecast
2028-3.96Forecast
2027-3.60Forecast
2026-3.41Forecast
2025-3.78Forecast
2024-9.10Forecast
2023-8.23
2022-12.9
2021-12.4
2020-7.64
2019-4.79
2018-7.19
2017-6.78
2016-0.46
2015-4.85
2014-11.4

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1977–1994
  • World Development Indicators1977–1994
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1980–1994
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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Central African Republic documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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