FAO Country Profiles
FAO Country Profiles
Select a country
the Central African Republic flag the Central African Republic > General information
FAO Representative : Ms Rokhaya Daba Fall   |   e-mail: fao-cf@fao.org  
Country codes
ISO3:  CAF ISO2:  CF
UN:  140 GAUL:  49
UNDP:  CAF FAOSTAT:  37
Key statistics

Country area: 62298 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Official data, 2009.

Land area: 62298 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Official data, 2009.

Agricultural area: 5235 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Population: 4401 (1000)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2010.

GDP: 2006 (millions of US dollars)
Source: World Bank. Estimated, 2009.

Human development index: 0.315
Source: UNDP - HDRO. Calculated, 2010.

Global hunger index: 27
Source: IFPRI. Calculated, 2011.

Maps
Click on the map to enlarge it
 Click on the map to enlarge it

More maps

Thematic profiles and systems:

 FAO Country briefs - Brief overview of country's people, agriculture and FAO's major in-country development activities.

 FAO Projects in the country - from the Field Programme Management Information System (FPMIS). The content is coordinated by the Technical Cooperation Department of FAO.

 Country Profiles and International Human Development Indicators - Human Development Report Office (HDRO) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

News:

25/08/2010 - Lack of funds may force UN agency to cut food aid in Central African Republic [Source: World Food Program News]

06/05/2010 - Africa: doubt is cast on the illegality of commercial hunting [Source: CIRAD news and press releases]

09/03/2010 - Assistance to Populations Affected by Armed Conflicts in the Central African Republic and the Sub-Region [Source: World Food Program News]

23/11/2009 - Provision of Air Services to Humanitarian Community in Chad [Source: World Food Program News]

Land border countries:

Cameroon | Chad | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | South Sudan | Sudan

Geographic and Economic groups:

Africa | Central African Economic and Monetary Community | Community of Sahel-Saharan States | Economic Community of Central African States | middle Africa

Group members of Africa

Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Congo | Côte d'Ivoire | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | Sao Tome and Principe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | United Republic of Tanzania | Zambia | Zimbabwe

Group members of Central African Economic and Monetary Community

Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon

Group members of Community of Sahel-Saharan States

Benin | Burkina Faso | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Côte d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Egypt | Eritrea | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Liberia | Libya | Mali | Mauritania | Morocco | Niger | Nigeria | Sao Tome and Principe | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Somalia | Sudan | Togo | Tunisia

Group members of Economic Community of Central African States

Angola | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | Rwanda | Sao Tome and Principe

Group members of middle Africa

Angola | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | Sao Tome and Principe


Bookmark and Share