Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Chad
Chad: Cotton lint, ginned — Production was 49,000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Chad, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Chad recorded 49,000 t for cotton lint, ginned — production in 2023.
That represents a change of up 12.5% on the previous year and up 42.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint, ginned — production in Chad peaked at 103,236 t in 1997 and was at its lowest, 8,709 t, in 2018.
Chad ranks 26th of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Chad, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,467 t | — |
| 1962 | 33,495 t | +103.4% |
| 1963 | 37,483 t | +11.9% |
| 1964 | 35,743 t | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 31,249 t | -12.6% |
| 1966 | 45,152 t | +44.5% |
| 1967 | 37,848 t | -16.2% |
| 1968 | 55,190 t | +45.8% |
| 1969 | 42,932 t | -22.2% |
| 1970 | 35,352 t | -17.7% |
| 1971 | 41,031 t | +16.1% |
| 1972 | 38,856 t | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 42,956 t | +10.6% |
| 1974 | 53,160 t | +23.8% |
| 1975 | 64,606 t | +21.5% |
| 1976 | 53,996 t | -16.4% |
| 1977 | 45,402 t | -15.9% |
| 1978 | 50,144 t | +10.4% |
| 1979 | 33,073 t | -34.0% |
| 1980 | 31,200 t | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 26,200 t | -16.0% |
| 1982 | 38,200 t | +45.8% |
| 1983 | 59,900 t | +56.8% |
| 1984 | 35,526 t | -40.7% |
| 1985 | 38,504 t | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 34,142 t | -11.3% |
| 1987 | 47,898 t | +40.3% |
| 1988 | 52,559 t | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 57,938 t | +10.2% |
| 1990 | 60,207 t | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 67,886 t | +12.8% |
| 1992 | 47,000 t | -30.8% |
| 1993 | 37,114 t | -21.0% |
| 1994 | 61,194 t | +64.9% |
| 1995 | 61,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 85,741 t | +40.1% |
| 1997 | 103,236 t | +20.4% |
| 1998 | 63,611 t | -38.4% |
| 1999 | 74,000 t | +16.3% |
| 2000 | 58,000 t | -21.6% |
| 2001 | 70,000 t | +20.7% |
| 2002 | 71,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 49,000 t | -31.0% |
| 2004 | 81,647 t | +66.6% |
| 2005 | 73,000 t | -10.6% |
| 2006 | 43,550 t | -40.3% |
| 2007 | 41,400 t | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 41,400 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 33,000 t | -20.3% |
| 2010 | 21,772 t | -34.0% |
| 2011 | 32,659 t | +50.0% |
| 2012 | 34,836 t | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 34,400 t | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 58,786 t | +70.9% |
| 2015 | 58,786 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 76,204 t | +29.6% |
| 2017 | 21,772 t | -71.4% |
| 2018 | 8,709 t | -60.0% |
| 2019 | 46,375 t | +432.5% |
| 2020 | 50,512 t | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 65,317 t | +29.3% |
| 2022 | 43,544 t | -33.3% |
| 2023 | 49,000 t | +12.5% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 49,000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,671 t, 5.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Chad's 49,000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,542 t, 3.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cotton lint, ginned — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +432.5% | 8,709 t | 46,375 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,284 t | 16,467 t | 55,190 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,858 t | 33,073 t | 64,606 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,207 t | 26,200 t | 59,900 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 66,119 t | 37,114 t | 103,236 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 56,200 t | 33,000 t | 81,647 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,430 t | 8,709 t | 76,204 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 52,093 t | 43,544 t | 65,317 t | 4 |
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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 cotton lint, ginned — production in Chad?
- Cotton lint, ginned — production in Chad was 49,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 103,236 t in 1997.
- What is the lowest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,709 t in 2018.
- How does Chad rank for cotton lint, ginned — production?
- Chad ranks 26th out of 93 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cotton lint, ginned — production rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton lint, ginned — Production. 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.