Central African Republic's agriculture share fell from 38.3 % in 2009 to 27.6 % in 2025.
Central African Republic · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
20 indicators · 20 with data
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
% of employment
7th of 182 · 6th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Central African Republic's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) rose from 65.7 % in 1996 to 66.1 % in 2025.
Central African Republic's resource rents rose from 6.9 % in 1992 to 10.3 % in 2021.
Central African Republic's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 8.0 % in 1994 to 9.1 % in 2023.
Central African Republic's arable land (% of land area) fell from 3.0 % in 1994 to 2.9 % in 2023.
Central African Republic's arable land (hectares per person) fell from 1 ha in 1994 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yieldup +5.8 %162nd of 179
- Food production indexup +3.1 pts8th of 195
- Crop production indexup +4.0 pts3rd of 195
- Livestock production indexup +1.6 pts85th of 194
- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
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- Fertilizer consumptionup +315.8 %187th of 191
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- Oil rents (% of GDP)unchanged +0.0 pts115th of 190
- Mineral rents (% of GDP)up +0.6 pts49th of 197
- Forest rents (% of GDP)down −0.2 pts6th of 197
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- Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)down −5.8 pts12th of 130
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- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurityunchanged +0.0 pts144th of 145
- Prevalence of undernourishmentup +0.2 pts156th of 165