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CodeCAF
Long NameCentral African Republic
Income GroupLow income
RegionSub-Saharan Africa
Lending categoryIDA
Other groupsHIPC
Currency UnitCentral African CFA franc
Latest population census2003
Latest household surveyMultiple Indicator Cluster Survey, 2018/19
National accounts base year2005
System of National AccountsCountry uses the 1993 System of National Accounts methodology
SNA price valuationValue added at basic prices (VAB)
PPP survey years2021, 2017, 2011
Balance of Payments Manual in useBPM5 (Converted into BPM6 by IMF)
External debt Reporting statusActual
System of tradeGeneral trade system
Government Accounting conceptBudgetary central government
IMF data dissemination standardEnhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS)
Source of most recent Income and expenditure dataPriority survey (PS), 2008
Latest industrial data1993
Latest trade data2017
2-alpha codeCF
WB-2 codeCF
Table NameCentral African Republic
Short NameCentral African Republic
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