Dates — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Dates — Area harvested was 10,474 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Chad, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in Chad stood at 10,474 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Chad peaked at 10,627 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 6,507 ha, in 1991.
Chad ranks 16th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 7,600 ha | — |
| 1986 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,749 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 6,507 ha | -16.0% |
| 1992 | 6,641 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 6,726 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 6,799 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 6,884 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 6,968 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 7,053 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 7,141 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 7,231 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 7,323 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 7,417 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 7,514 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 7,238 ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 7,434 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 7,452 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 7,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 7,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 8,225 ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 8,596 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 8,892 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 9,358 ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 10,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10,120 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 10,435 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 10,185 ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 10,353 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 10,627 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 10,388 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 10,474 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 10,496 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 10,453 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 10,474 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 10,474 ha | +0.0% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 10,474 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,074 ha, 1.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Chad's 10,474 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 745 ha, 14.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7,600 ha | 7,600 ha | 7,600 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 6,970 ha | 6,507 ha | 7,749 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,650 ha | 7,238 ha | 8,596 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,036 ha | 8,892 ha | 10,627 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,474 ha | 10,453 ha | 10,496 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
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 dates — area harvested in Chad?
- Dates — area harvested in Chad was 10,474 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 10,627 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,507 ha in 1991.
- How does Chad rank for dates — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 16th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Dates — 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.