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USD 1.9 billion (2015)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 15.9 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 38.7 billion (2017, estimate)
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| -1.9% | 6.3% | 1.7% | -2.3% | 6.3% | 7.1% | 5.3% |
| 2013 | 2014* | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* | ||
| 5.6% | 4.3% | 4% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
*Estimate
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
| 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* |
| 0.5% | 4.5% | 0.1% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* |
| 29.2% | 32.2% | 44% | 47.5% | 46.5% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* |
| 1.8% | 2.7% | -1.2% | -2.8% | -2.7% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: B
Moody's: B1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
-4.7% (2017 estimate)
46.1% (2015)
0.03% (2015)
0.008% (2014)
Crude oil, timber, manganese, uranium
Machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction materials
China 15.5%, Italy 7.3%, Trinidad and Tobago 7.2%, Australia 7%, Spain 6.3%, South Korea 5.4%, Netherlands 5%, US 4.7% (2015)
China 21.4%, France 19.6%, US 6.6%, Benin 4.7%, Netherlands 4% (2015)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 771 million | USD 1,011 million | USD 624 million |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD -155 million | USD -36 million | USD -37 million |
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 164 out of 190 countries (2016)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 152 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 177 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 175 out of 190 countries
Getting credit: 118 out of 190 countries
Protecting investors: 158 out of 190 countries
Trading across border: 166 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 161 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 167 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 158 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 123 out of 190 countries
108 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 105 / Score: 58.96 (Mostly unfree) (2017)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF)
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 13.7%, other Christian 32.4%, Muslim 6.4%, animist 0.3%, other 0.3%, none/no answer 5% (2012 est.)
| 1990* | 2000* | 2010* | 2016* | 2021* |
| 0.93 million | 1.205 million | 1.61 million | 1.881 million | 2.011 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 17% | 55% | 80% | 87% |
Total population: 83.2%
Male: 85.3%
Female: 81% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
Political Rights: 6
Civil Liberties: 5 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 1.07% Mobile 161.12% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)