Human Development & Quality of Life in Central African Republic
HDI 0.414 · UNDP rank 191 · latest published data
The headline development measure for the Central African Republic is HDI 0.414 in 2023, corresponding to UNDP rank 191 and the low human development band. The headline needs context: The planetary-pressure adjustment is limited at 1.7%, leaving PHDI at 0.407. Another part of the dashboard shows that the health component is anchored by life expectancy of 57.4 years.
What sits inside Central African Republic's HDI
On this page, the UNDP inputs behind Central African Republic's HDI are 57.4 for life expectancy, 7.4 for expected years of schooling, 4.0 for mean years of schooling and $1,100 GNI per capita in 2021 PPP dollars. These figures show what sits behind the composite score.
Inequality changes the headline
In Central African Republic's profile, IHDI shows the effect of inequality on health, education and income achievements. The page keeps this distribution measure distinct from broader quality-of-life evidence.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Central African Republic's complementary UNDP indicators include PHDI 0.407. The indicators add context without becoming a single composite DigifyWorld rating.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
The OECD comparison used here does not provide a life-satisfaction observation that this Central African Republic page can reproduce. An unavailable observation remains omitted rather than estimated.
What Central African Republic's numbers say together
For Central African Republic, inequality reduces the HDI to 0.253 with an overall loss of 38.9%; the planetary-pressure adjustment changes the index by 1.7%. Read together, these measures show why human development, distribution, environmental pressure and experienced well-being should not be treated as interchangeable.
For the 2023 development snapshot, the headline UNDP result for the Central African Republic is HDI 0.414, rank 191, for 2023. Broader quality-of-life indicators remain outside that index.
The IHDI is 0.253, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 38.9% relative to the headline index.
The PHDI is 0.407, with a 1.7% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Central African Republic's HDI?
UNDP's Human Development Report 2025 gives Central African Republic an HDI of 0.414 for 2023 and rank 191.
How does inequality affect Central African Republic's HDI?
For Central African Republic, IHDI is 0.253 and the associated inequality loss is 38.9%. This adjustment concerns the distribution of HDI achievements.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
A quality-of-life indicator is included for the Central African Republic only when a dated comparable value is supported by the cited dataset. Missing source coverage is shown as a limitation, not filled with an estimate.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. Quality of life is broader than the HDI framework, which centres on health, education and income. Life satisfaction is shown only as a separate subjective well-being measure. When looking across the UNDP tables, keep unlike indices separate so the source year is not silently treated as the publication year.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.