Dates — Yield in Chad
Chad: Dates — Yield was 2,048 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in Chad, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in Chad stood at 2,048 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Chad peaked at 3,290 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 1,965 kg/ha, in 2015.
Chad ranks 36th of 37 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Chad, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3,290 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 3,290 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,290 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,290 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,290 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,194 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 2,733 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1992 | 2,705 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 2,676 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 2,648 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 2,619 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 2,591 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 2,562 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 2,534 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 2,505 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 2,476 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 2,448 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 2,419 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 2,391 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 2,359 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 2,388 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 2,376 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 2,377 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,261 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 2,198 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 2,139 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 2,084 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 2,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,989 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1,965 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 2,038 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 2,026 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,995 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 2,060 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 2,063 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,039 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 2,054 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,052 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,048 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 2,048 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 4,720 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Chad's 2,048 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,054 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,290 kg/ha | 3,290 kg/ha | 3,290 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,677 kg/ha | 2,505 kg/ha | 3,194 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,369 kg/ha | 2,198 kg/ha | 2,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,030 kg/ha | 1,965 kg/ha | 2,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,051 kg/ha | 2,039 kg/ha | 2,063 kg/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 — yield in Chad?
- Dates — yield in Chad was 2,048 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 3,290 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,965 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Chad rank for dates — yield?
- Chad ranks 36th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Dates — Yield. 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.