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Chad

Headline economic indicators for Chad, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Chad
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · -3.9% -12.81 (-144.0%)
Consumer price index · 149.7 -6.09 (-3.9%)
GDP deflator inflation · -2.0% -5.27 (-159.1%)

GDP

GDP — Chad
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 5.6% +0.64 (+12.9%)
GDP per capita · 1,022.34 +41.67 (+4.2%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 1,394 -9.11 (-0.6%)
GDP · 21,472,835,225.43 +1,566,128,536 (+7.9%)
GDP, PPP · 60,968,307,585 +4,801,012,840 (+8.5%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 2,903 +135.76 (+4.9%)
GDP per capita growth · 2.0% +2.16 (+1,879.6%)
GNI per capita · 970 +40.00 (+4.3%)
Agriculture to GDP · 36.3% -0.82 (-2.2%)
Industry to GDP · 26.7% -2.01 (-7.0%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 6.3% -0.11 (-1.6%)
Services to GDP · 33.9% +2.85 (+9.2%)
Household consumption to GDP · 57.0% -2.70 (-4.5%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 20.4% +0.77 (+4.0%)
Gross savings to GDP · 13.4% +8.75 (+188.0%)

Labour

Labour — Chad
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 1.1% +0.00 (+0.4%)
Labour force participation rate · 59.4% -0.16 (-0.3%)
Female labour force participation rate · 47.3% -0.25 (-0.5%)
Youth unemployment rate · 1.5% +0.01 (+0.3%)
Employment to population ratio · 58.8% -0.16 (-0.3%)
Employment in agriculture · 71.7% -0.13 (-0.2%)
Employment in industry · 8.5% -0.05 (-0.6%)
Employment in services · 19.8% +0.19 (+1.0%)

Money

Money — Chad
Indicator Value Change
Broad money to GDP · 16.0% +0.67 (+4.4%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 8.3% +1.09 (+15.1%)
Bank deposit rate · 2.5% +0.00 (+0.0%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 31.5% +3.81 (+13.7%)
Official exchange rate · 581.93 -24.42 (-4.0%)

Trade

Trade — Chad
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -3.2% +4.77 (+59.9%)
Exports to GDP · 29.4% +1.73 (+6.2%)
Imports to GDP · 16.7% -0.15 (-0.9%)
Trade to GDP · 46.1% +1.58 (+3.5%)
Exports of goods and services · 6,316,032,158.6 +804,748,388 (+14.6%)
Imports of goods and services · 3,589,848,354.58 +231,512,755 (+6.9%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -221,376,009.54 +30,069,644 (+12.0%)
Current account balance (annual) · -37,744,637.54 +78,895,068 (+67.6%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 0.0% +0.01 (+42.1%)
Remittances received to GDP · 0.1% +0.04 (+179.4%)
Total reserves, including gold · 1,547,604,928.87 +497,816,678 (+47.4%)
Reserves in months of imports · 2.3 +1.16 (+103.9%)
External debt to GNI · 16.4% -0.47 (-2.8%)

Government

Government — Chad
Indicator Value Change
Government consumption to GDP · 9.9% +0.05 (+0.5%)
Education spending to GDP · 3.2% +0.60 (+23.1%)
Health spending to GDP · 5.0% +0.84 (+20.2%)

Demography

Demography — Chad
Indicator Value Change
Population · 21,003,705 +704,582 (+3.5%)
Population, long-run history · 17,307 +530.79 (+3.2%)
Population growth · 3.4% -1.54 (-31.0%)
Life expectancy · 55.2 +0.17 (+0.3%)
Fertility rate · 6.03 -0.09 (-1.5%)
Birth rate · 43.3 +0.87 (+2.0%)
Death rate · 11.1 +0.05 (+0.4%)
Urban population share · 27.6% +0.63 (+2.4%)
Population aged 65 and over · 2.1% +0.02 (+0.9%)
Under-five mortality rate · 97.3 -3.30 (-3.3%)
Population density · 16.1 +0.78 (+5.1%)
Net migration · -123,104 -327,144 (-160.3%)
Gini index · 37.4 -0.10 (-0.3%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.

Economies nearby

Comparable readings from neighbouring economies.