Central African Republic: Imports, billion dollars

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 Central African Republic

Imports of goods and services, billion USD

 Latest value 1.03
 Year 2025
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1960 - 2025
 Average 0.33
 Min - Max 0.04 - 1.03
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2025 is 1.03 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from 0.86 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 194.26 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 135 countries. Historically, the average for the Central African Republic from 1960 to 2025 is 0.33 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 0.04 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 1.03 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2025. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Central African Republic: Imports, billion dollars
 2025 1.03
 2024 0.86
 2023 0.74
 2022 0.78
 2021 0.78
 2020 0.80
 2019 0.76
 2018 0.75




Definition: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Current account, percent of GDP -2.90 1994 percent
 Current account, in dollars -0.02 1994 billion U.S. dollars
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 Trade balance, in dollars -0.07 1994 billion U.S. dollars
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 Remittances, percent of GDP 0.01 1993 percent
 Remittances 0.16 1993 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -4.68 1994 million USD
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 Short-term external debt 7.24 2023 percent
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