Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 547,440 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Chad recorded 547,440 ha for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 12.6% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Chad peaked at 1.11 million ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 14,000 ha, in 1961.
Chad ranks 3rd of 70 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,500 ha | 14,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,400 ha | 16,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 79,200 ha | 48,555 ha | 126,448 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 127,732 ha | 80,366 ha | 199,251 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 303,304 ha | 140,712 ha | 456,650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 512,075 ha | 304,627 ha | 1.11 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 488,808 ha | 461,196 ha | 547,440 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture share gdp 36.34 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 36.34 (2025)
- 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)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 178.02 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Chad?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Chad was 547,440 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 million ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Chad rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 3rd out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — 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.