Central African Republic vs Congo - Kinshasa

Central African Republic vs Congo - Kinshasa: GDP growth

GDP growth: 1.9% a year in Central African Republic in 2022 and 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 7.4 percentage points, or 4.9 times that in Central African Republic.

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% a year · IMF

Central African RepublicCongo - KinshasaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Central African Republic.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Central African Republic at 3.5% a year and Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa
2023	-0	8.5
2022	1.9	9.3
2021	1.6	6.4
2020	3.4	0.8
2019	4	0.6
2018	3.2	6.1
2017	4.5	4.2
2016	4.8	0.4
2015	4.3	6.4
2014	0.1	7.3
2013	-36.4	9.6
2012	5.1	8.7
2011	4.2	7.6
2010	4.6	7.8
2009	2.8	0.6
2008	2.6	7.4
2007	4	8.5
2006	4.8	5.1
2005	2.9	9.8
2004	-0.1	7.7
2003	-2.2	6.6
2002	2.1	2.9
2001	2.6	-2.1
2000	-3.6	-8.1
1999	2.9	-3.8
1998	3.3	-3.9
1997	4.1	-7.8
1996	-6.2	-1.9
1995	3.2	2.8
1994	12.6	-6.1
1993	-1.2	-13.5
1992	-4.9	-10.5
1991	-0.8	-8.4
1990	1.4	-6.6
1989	3.8	-1.3
1988	1.7	0.5
1987	–	2.7
1986	7.2	4.7
1985	3.7	0.5
1984	9.9	4.8
1983	-6	1.4
1982	-3.6	-0.5
1981	13	0.9
1980	-3	2.4

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2024–2031

Year	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa
2024	3.9	6.1
2025	5.8	5.7
2026	2.7	5.2
2027	3.3	5.7
2028	3.5	5.5
2029	3.5	5.5
2030	3.5	5.5
2031	3.5	5.5

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.

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