Tier 1 · Markets
The Market Now
| Series | Per US$1 | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official reference | 575.25 | 25 Sep 2026, 00:00 UTC | XAF CFA peg (via Frankfurter EUR) |
| Marketparallel | 612.94 | 27 Sep 2026, 00:30 UTC | Bybit P2P |
| Premium | +6.55% | week -0.89% | market vs official |
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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices
Policy & Prices
Policy rate
| Instrument | Rate | Effective | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAC Taux d'intérêt des appels d'offres (TIAO) | 4.50% | 29 Jun 2026 | BEAC |
As of 12 Sep 2026, 01:10 UTC
Inflation
not yet covered
Yield curve
not yet covered
Tier 3 · Structure
Structure & trajectory
Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA
9 of 19 indicators improving mixed
Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.
Population
1.9M · 2025
↑ 538,603 since 2014
GDP per capita (PPP)
$16,133 · 2025
↓ $11,044 since 2014
GDP per capita growth
-8.1% · 2025
↓ 4.6 pts since 2014
Life expectancy
63.9 years · 2024
↑ 3.7 years since 2014
Child mortality
68 per 1,000 · 2024
↓ 27.3 since 2014
Internet users
63.3% · 2024
↑ 44.4 pts since 2014
Manufacturing share of GDP
22.3% · 2025
↑ 2.2 pts since 2014
Electricity access
65.1% · 2024
↓ 0.9 pts since 2014
Poverty ($3/day)
8.8% · 2022
National poverty line
50.7% · 2022
Adult literacy
not available
Debt service / exports
not available
Exports of goods and services
not available
GDP growth
-5.8% · 2025
↓ 6.3 pts since 2014
GDP
$12.8B · 2025
↓ $8.9B since 2014
Unemployment
8.3% · 2025
↑ 0.7 pts since 2014
ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ
FDI inflows
$188M · 2024
↑ $20.1M since 2014
Remittances
not available
External debt
not available
Agriculture share of GDP
3.2% · 2025
↑ 1.9 pts since 2014
Services share of GDP
55.5% · 2025
↑ 26.5 pts since 2014
Investment rate
6.4% · 2025
↓ 22.2 pts since 2014
Terms of trade
114.10 · 2024
↓ 31.00 since 2014
FX reserves
$1.1B · 2024
↓ $1.8B since 2014
includes gold
Lending rate
not available
Deposit rate
2.5% · 2017
↓ 0.1 pts since 2014
Gini index
38.50 · 2022
Health expenditure
3.5% · 2023
↑ 1.6 pts since 2014
Physicians
0.2 per 1,000 · 2022
↓ 0.2 since 2017
Tertiary enrollment
not available
Tourist arrivals
not available
Account ownership
not available
Exports per capita derived
not available
Median age
21 years · 2023
↑ 0.2 years since 2014
Government revenue / GDP
17.5% · 2026
↓ 6.5 pts since 2014
Debt to GDP
39.1% · 2026
↑ 26.6 pts since 2014
Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates
Gross debt (national currency)
CFA3.0T · 2026
↑ CFA1.6T since 2014
Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates
Current account / GDP
-1.6% · 2026
↑ 2.6 pts since 2014
Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates
Budget balance / GDP
-1.7% · 2026
↑ 5.9 pts since 2014
Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates
Electoral democracy
0.17 · 2025
↓ 0.01 since 2014
Crude production
76.4 kb/d · 2025
↓ 183.6 kb/d since 2014
EIA · thousand barrels/day
Trade profile
Exports
not available
Imports
not available
Balance derived
not available
no recent report
Top exports
no recent report
Top imports
no recent report
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