Central African Republic

The Central African Republic is one of the world's poorest and least developed countries despite rich natural resources, its economy wrecked by decades of instability, coups, and civil war.

Most people depend on subsistence farming, while diamonds, gold, and timber are exploited amid conflict; the country relies heavily on foreign aid and peacekeepers.

Key Sectors

The economy rests on subsistence agriculture and forestry, with diamonds, gold, and timber as the main resources, much of their trade disrupted or illicit due to conflict.