An average, single-stage, centrifugal compressor can increase the pressure by a factor of 4. A similar single-stage axial compressor increases the pressure by only a factor of 1.2. But it is relatively easy to link together several stages and produce a multistage axial compressor. It is much more difficult to produce an efficient multistage centrifugal compressor because the flow has to be ducted back to the axis at each stage. This creates additional undesirable aircraft drag.
Centrifugal compressors are also less efficient than axial compressors.
For all of these reasons, most high compression jet engines use multi staged axial compressors. But, if only a moderate amount of compression is required, a centrifugal compressor is much simpler to use.