Central African Republic vs Congo - Brazzaville

Central African Republic vs Congo - Brazzaville: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2022: 1.9% a year in Central African Republic and 0.8% a year in Congo - Brazzaville, by IMF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Central African Republic, by 1.1 percentage points, or 2.3 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.

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% a year · IMF

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

What the numbers say

Central African Republic has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Congo - Brazzaville.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Central African Republic at 3.5% a year and Congo - Brazzaville at 4% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Central African Republic	Congo - Brazzaville
2022	1.9	0.8
2021	1.6	-1.4
2020	3.4	-6.1
2019	4	1.7
2018	3.2	-2.3
2017	4.5	-5.6
2016	4.8	-8.7
2015	4.3	0.4
2014	0.1	6.6
2013	-36.4	-0.7
2012	5.1	9.9
2011	4.2	2.2
2010	4.6	9.9
2009	2.8	11.6
2008	2.6	6.3
2007	4	-6.6
2006	4.8	8
2005	2.9	9.2
2004	-0.1	-0.2
2003	-2.2	0.5
2002	2.1	1
2001	2.6	-4.8
2000	-3.6	11.8
1999	2.9	-3.7
1998	3.3	9
1997	4.1	-1
1996	-6.2	3.5
1995	3.2	4
1994	12.6	-1.4
1993	-1.2	1.3
1992	-4.9	4.2
1991	-0.8	3.4
1990	1.4	1
1989	3.8	21.3
1988	1.7	21.9
1987	–	2.3
1986	7.2	2.3
1985	3.7	2.4
1984	9.9	2.4
1983	-6	2.4
1982	-3.6	2.4
1981	13	2.6
1980	-3	12.7

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2023–2031

Year	Central African Republic	Congo - Brazzaville
2023	-0	1.4
2024	3.9	1.9
2025	5.8	2.4
2026	2.7	3.5
2027	3.3	3.6
2028	3.5	3.7
2029	3.5	3.9
2030	3.5	4
2031	3.5	4

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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