Cameroon vs Central African Republic: GDP growth

GDP growth: 3.5% a year in Cameroon in 2025 and 1.9% a year in Central African Republic in 2022, by IMF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 1.8 percentage points, or 1.96 times that in Central African Republic.

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% a year · IMF

CameroonCentral African RepublicIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Cameroon has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Central African Republic.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cameroon at 4.4% a year and Central African Republic at 3.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Cameroon	Central African Republic
2025	3.5	5.8
2024	3.5	3.9
2023	3.3	-0
2022	3.7	1.9
2021	3.3	1.6
2020	0.3	3.4
2019	3.5	4
2018	4	3.2
2017	3.5	4.5
2016	4.5	4.8
2015	5.7	4.3
2014	5.7	0.1
2013	5	-36.4
2012	4.6	5.1
2011	3.4	4.2
2010	2.9	4.6
2009	2.6	2.8
2008	2.8	2.6
2007	4.3	4
2006	3.8	4.8
2005	2.2	2.9
2004	7	-0.1
2003	5.5	-2.2
2002	4.5	2.1
2001	4.3	2.6
2000	3.8	-3.6
1999	4.1	2.9
1998	4.9	3.3
1997	5.3	4.1
1996	4.9	-6.2
1995	3.3	3.2
1994	-2.5	12.6
1993	-3.2	-1.2
1992	-3.1	-4.9
1991	-3.8	-0.8
1990	-6.2	1.4
1989	-1.8	3.8
1988	-7.9	1.7
1987	-2.2	–
1986	6.8	7.2
1985	8.1	3.7
1984	7.5	9.9
1983	6.8	-6
1982	7.6	-3.6
1981	17.1	13
1980	9.9	-3

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Cameroon	Central African Republic
2026	3.2	2.7
2027	3.6	3.3
2028	4.1	3.5
2029	4.2	3.5
2030	4.3	3.5
2031	4.4	3.5

Each country on its own

Good to know

How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time