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
11 of 23 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
2.6M · 2025
↑ 614,731 since 2014
GDP per capita (PPP)
$22,218 · 2025
↑ $7,365 since 2014
GDP per capita growth
0.3% · 2025
↓ 0.5 pts since 2014
Life expectancy
68.5 years · 2024
↑ 2.4 years since 2014
Child mortality
32.6 per 1,000 · 2024
↓ 13.2 since 2014
Internet users
68.7% · 2024
↑ 30.6 pts since 2014
Manufacturing share of GDP
19.1% · 2025
↑ 1.7 pts since 2014
Electricity access
95.1% · 2024
↑ 8 pts since 2014
Poverty ($3/day)
3.8% · 2017
National poverty line
33.4% · 2017
Adult literacy
88.9% · 2021
Debt service / exports
15.4% · 2021
↑ 9.3 pts since 2014
Exports of goods and services
$5.4B · 2015
↓ $3B since 2014
GDP growth
2.5% · 2025
↓ 1.8 pts since 2014
GDP
$21.4B · 2025
↑ $3.2B since 2014
Unemployment
20.2% · 2025
↑ 0.3 pts since 2014
ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ
FDI inflows
$1.1B · 2024
↓ $118.5M since 2014
Remittances
$18.5M · 2015
↓ $11M since 2014
External debt
$6.8B · 2024
↑ $2.2B since 2014
Agriculture share of GDP
6.8% · 2025
↑ 3.1 pts since 2014
Services share of GDP
42.3% · 2025
↑ 9.7 pts since 2014
Investment rate
24.8% · 2025
↓ 10.9 pts since 2014
Terms of trade
111.70 · 2024
↓ 26.60 since 2014
FX reserves
$638.8M · 2024
↓ $1.8B since 2014
includes gold
Lending rate
not available
Deposit rate
2.5% · 2017
↓ 0.1 pts since 2014
Gini index
38.00 · 2017
Health expenditure
3.1% · 2023
↑ 0.6 pts since 2014
Physicians
0.5 per 1,000 · 2022
↑ 0.2 since 2016
Tertiary enrollment
not available
Tourist arrivals
not available
Account ownership
68.2% · 2024
↑ 35.2 pts since 2014
Findex · every 3–4 years
Exports per capita derived
$2,641 · 2015
↓ $1,623 since 2014
Median age
21.5 years · 2023
↑ 0.5 years since 2014
Government revenue / GDP
19.6% · 2026
↓ 10.2 pts since 2014
Debt to GDP
86.1% · 2026
↑ 52 pts since 2014
Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates
Gross debt (national currency)
CFA11.2T · 2026
↑ CFA8.1T since 2014
Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates
Current account / GDP
-4.3% · 2026
↓ 10.4 pts since 2014
Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates
Budget balance / GDP
-10% · 2026
↓ 16 pts since 2014
Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates
Electoral democracy
0.30 · 2025
↓ 0.07 since 2014
Crude production
239.3 kb/d · 2025
↑ 19.3 kb/d since 2014
EIA · thousand barrels/day
Trade profile
Exports
$5.4B · 2015
↓ $3B since 2014
Imports
$5B · 2015
↓ $1.2B since 2014
Balance derived
$340.7M · 2015
↓ $1.9B since 2014
Top exports · 2023
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