Beans, dry — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 284,906 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — area harvested in Chad is 284,906 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 27.6% on the previous year and up 34.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Chad peaked at 284,906 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20,481 ha, in 1988.
That places Chad 19th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 111,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 105,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 105,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 105,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 102,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 103,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 100,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 97,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 94,815 ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 95,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 96,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 97,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 95,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 90,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1979 | 85,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 80,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 75,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 70,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 65,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 60,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 55,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 50,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 47,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 20,481 ha | -56.4% |
| 1989 | 29,823 ha | +45.6% |
| 1990 | 25,656 ha | -14.0% |
| 1991 | 25,730 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 36,155 ha | +40.5% |
| 1993 | 25,940 ha | -28.3% |
| 1994 | 33,177 ha | +27.9% |
| 1995 | 43,897 ha | +32.3% |
| 1996 | 43,897 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 43,943 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 128,933 ha | +193.4% |
| 1999 | 30,667 ha | -76.2% |
| 2000 | 134,463 ha | +338.5% |
| 2001 | 158,503 ha | +17.9% |
| 2002 | 56,622 ha | -64.3% |
| 2003 | 189,289 ha | +234.3% |
| 2004 | 58,810 ha | -68.9% |
| 2005 | 34,882 ha | -40.7% |
| 2006 | 26,731 ha | -23.4% |
| 2007 | 110,665 ha | +314.0% |
| 2008 | 114,986 ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 75,784 ha | -34.1% |
| 2010 | 169,112 ha | +123.2% |
| 2011 | 154,230 ha | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 206,482 ha | +33.9% |
| 2013 | 207,583 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 211,607 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 204,282 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 211,453 ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 209,309 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 222,182 ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 225,471 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 227,341 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 225,741 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 229,515 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 223,197 ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 284,906 ha | +27.6% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 284,906 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 130,914 ha, 2.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Chad's 284,906 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 91,234 ha, 3.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested in Chad changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +338.5% | 30,667 ha | 134,463 ha |
| 2007 | +314.0% | 26,731 ha | 110,665 ha |
| 2003 | +234.3% | 56,622 ha | 189,289 ha |
| 1998 | +193.4% | 43,943 ha | 128,933 ha |
| 2010 | +123.2% | 75,784 ha | 169,112 ha |
| 1999 | -76.2% | 128,933 ha | 30,667 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 102,535 ha | 94,815 ha | 111,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 93,800 ha | 85,000 ha | 97,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,230 ha | 20,481 ha | 80,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,800 ha | 25,656 ha | 128,933 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 96,074 ha | 26,731 ha | 189,289 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 202,171 ha | 154,230 ha | 225,471 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 238,140 ha | 223,197 ha | 284,906 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3634 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 371.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7243 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in Chad?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Chad was 284,906 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 284,906 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,481 ha in 1988.
- How does Chad rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 19th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.