3rd lowest life expectancy57.7 years · #3 of 210 · 2024
3rd lowest GDP per person (PPP)Int$1,314 · #3 of 198 · 2025
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COUNTRYDUEL AFRICA
Surprising facts about the Central African Republic
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among the Central African Republic’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
The Central African Republic among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where the Central African Republic sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like the Central African Republic across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Central African Republic
vs Cameroon 
vs Chad 
vs DR Congo 
vs Congo 
vs South Sudan 
vs Sudan