Arable land in Chad
Chad: Arable land was 5.30 million hectares in 2023. ▲ Rising
Arable land in Chad, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Chad recorded 5.30 million hectares for arable land in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Chad peaked at 5.30 million hectares in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2.90 million hectares, in 1961.
Chad ranks 48th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.90 million hectares | 2.90 million hectares | 2.90 million hectares | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.00 million hectares | 2.90 million hectares | 3.14 million hectares | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.16 million hectares | 3.13 million hectares | 3.22 million hectares | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.43 million hectares | 3.27 million hectares | 3.60 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.82 million hectares | 3.60 million hectares | 4.00 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.97 million hectares | 4.20 million hectares | 5.30 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.30 million hectares | 5.30 million hectares | 5.30 million hectares | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
- Rural population 72.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.5% (2025)
- Rural population 15.21 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 3.28 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal yield 826.9 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal production 2.71 million metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Chad?
- Arable land in Chad was 5.30 million hectares in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest arable land recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 5.30 million hectares in 2016.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.90 million hectares in 1961.
- How does Chad rank for arable land?
- Chad ranks 48th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.