Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 34,874 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — area harvested in Chad is 34,874 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Chad peaked at 82,832 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 6,678 ha, in 2004.
Chad ranks 39th of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 22,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1967 | 28,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1968 | 35,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 40,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 44,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 45,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 47,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 48,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 49,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 50,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 57,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 65,000 ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 70,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 75,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 80,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 67,000 ha | -16.2% |
| 1987 | 70,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 75,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 65,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1990 | 75,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1991 | 58,000 ha | -22.7% |
| 1992 | 43,000 ha | -25.9% |
| 1993 | 37,179 ha | -13.5% |
| 1994 | 45,000 ha | +21.0% |
| 1995 | 59,498 ha | +32.2% |
| 1996 | 60,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 46,562 ha | -22.4% |
| 1998 | 45,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 35,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 2000 | 23,970 ha | -31.5% |
| 2001 | 26,656 ha | +11.2% |
| 2002 | 26,008 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 26,886 ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 6,678 ha | -75.2% |
| 2005 | 65,742 ha | +884.5% |
| 2006 | 82,832 ha | +26.0% |
| 2007 | 50,663 ha | -38.8% |
| 2008 | 30,891 ha | -39.0% |
| 2009 | 48,582 ha | +57.3% |
| 2010 | 56,270 ha | +15.8% |
| 2011 | 24,518 ha | -56.4% |
| 2012 | 30,229 ha | +23.3% |
| 2013 | 33,946 ha | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 30,682 ha | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 24,290 ha | -20.8% |
| 2016 | 35,152 ha | +44.7% |
| 2017 | 35,194 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 35,059 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 36,382 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 33,245 ha | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 33,476 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 34,781 ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 34,934 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 34,874 ha | -0.2% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 34,874 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 93,511 ha, 37% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Chad's 34,874 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 95,885 ha, 36% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +884.5% | 6,678 ha | 65,742 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,889 ha | 8,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,500 ha | 44,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 67,900 ha | 55,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,424 ha | 35,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,891 ha | 6,678 ha | 82,832 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,172 ha | 24,290 ha | 56,270 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,262 ha | 33,245 ha | 34,934 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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Chad?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Chad was 34,874 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 82,832 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,678 ha in 2004.
- How does Chad rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 39th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — 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.