Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Central African Republic

Trade balance in the Central African Republic in 2025 — -435,912,914 US$. Ranked 70 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 3,462.8%.

2025 -436M US$ +3.5% vs 2024
World rank 70of 138
Period maximum 2.75M US$2003
Period minimum -492M US$2022

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Central African Republic, 1960–2025-600M-400M-200M0200M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -12,235,153 US$1962: -16,325,595 US$1964: -17,549,074 US$1966: -22,386,987 US$1968: -10,199,971 US$1970: -18,199,333 US$1972: -20,448,281 US$1974: -43,896,198 US$1976: -32,211,133 US$1978: -63,899,756 US$1980: -126,405,768 US$1982: -90,147,356 US$1984: -77,225,306 US$1986: -117,121,884 US$1988: -92,453,130 US$1990: -126,898,525 US$1992: -134,099,356 US$1994: -13,782,304 US$1996: -41,759,160 US$1998: -55,484,196 US$2000: -45,062,856 US$2002: -41,667,073 US$2004: -66,775,006 US$2006: -113,496,744 US$2008: -247,784,436 US$2010: -239,517,733 US$2012: -249,988,083 US$2014: -374,102,801 US$2016: -381,189,436 US$2018: -394,893,202 US$2020: -446,173,396 US$2022: -491,595,454 US$2024: -451,736,044 US$2025: -435,912,914 US$
Change over the period: −424M (−3,462.79%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central African Republic

Central African Republic -436M US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -29.17B US$
Middle Africa computed 19.84B US$
Low-income countries computed -37.41B US$
Trade balance — Central African Republic, by year Central African Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -436M +15.82M +3.5%
2024 -452M −78.66M −21.08%
2023 -373M +119M +24.11%
2022 -492M −46.07M −10.34%
2021 -446M +647,484 +0.15%
2020 -446M −34.01M −8.25%
2019 -412M −17.27M −4.37%
2018 -395M +73.96M +15.77%
2017 -469M −87.66M −23%
2016 -381M −58.82M −18.24%
2015 -322M +51.73M +13.83%
2014 -374M −231M −161.62%
2013 -143M +107M +42.8%
2012 -250M −49.59M −24.74%
2011 -200M +39.12M +16.33%
2010 -240M +4.66M +1.91%
2009 -244M +3.61M +1.46%
2008 -248M −88.85M −55.9%
2007 -159M −45.44M −40.04%
2006 -113M −1.84M −1.65%
2005 -112M −44.88M −67.21%
2004 -66.78M −69.53M −2,527.75%
2003 2.75M +44.42M +106.6%
2002 -41.67M +8.85M +17.51%
2001 -50.51M −5.45M −12.09%
2000 -45.06M +2.56M +5.38%
1999 -47.63M +7.86M +14.16%
1998 -55.48M −36.26M −188.63%
1997 -19.22M +22.54M +53.97%
1996 -41.76M +25.54M +37.95%
1995 -67.3M −53.52M −388.33%
1994 -13.78M +60.25M +81.38%
1993 -74.04M +60.06M +44.79%
1992 -134M −16.53M −14.06%
1991 -118M +9.33M +7.35%
1990 -127M −50.9M −66.97%
1989 -76M +16.45M +17.79%
1988 -92.45M +36.13M +28.1%
1987 -129M −11.46M −9.78%
1986 -117M −33.86M −40.66%
1985 -83.26M −6.04M −7.82%
1984 -77.23M +4.89M +5.96%
1983 -82.12M +8.03M +8.91%
1982 -90.15M −22.92M −34.09%
1981 -67.23M +59.17M +46.81%
1980 -126M −37.41M −42.03%
1979 -89M −25.1M −39.28%
1978 -63.9M −17.63M −38.11%
1977 -46.27M −14.06M −43.64%
1976 -32.21M +38.94M +54.73%
1975 -71.15M −27.25M −62.08%
1974 -43.9M −22.56M −105.71%
1973 -21.34M −890,686 −4.36%
1972 -20.45M −5.09M −33.13%
1971 -15.36M +2.84M +15.61%
1970 -18.2M +1.1M +5.7%
1969 -19.3M −9.1M −89.22%
1968 -10.2M +23.54M +69.77%
1967 -33.74M −11.35M −50.71%
1966 -22.39M −6.47M −40.67%
1965 -15.91M +1.63M +9.31%
1964 -17.55M −407,359 −2.38%
1963 -17.14M −816,120 −5%
1962 -16.33M −4.91M −43%
1961 -11.42M +818,701 +6.69%
1960 -12.24M

About the indicator

The balance of foreign trade in goods and services: exports minus imports. This is the largest part of the current account but not the whole of it — investment income and remittances do not enter the trade balance, and for countries with large transfers the two indicators move in opposite directions. A surplus is not in itself a sign of a healthy economy: a country importing equipment for construction will run a deficit precisely because it is investing in growth.

Important: Goods and services together. For countries with large service exports — tourism, transport, software — the merchandise balance can be negative while the overall balance is positive.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.