Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 756,261 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Chad recorded 756,261 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Chad peaked at 1.04 million ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 100,000 ha, in 1982.
Chad ranks 11th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 162,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1964 | 180,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 190,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 126,000 ha | -33.7% |
| 1967 | 127,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 145,000 ha | +14.2% |
| 1969 | 162,000 ha | +11.7% |
| 1970 | 132,100 ha | -18.5% |
| 1971 | 134,800 ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 135,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 135,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 145,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 145,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 150,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 172,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 171,900 ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 100,000 ha | -41.8% |
| 1983 | 115,800 ha | +15.8% |
| 1984 | 129,570 ha | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 145,379 ha | +12.2% |
| 1986 | 145,927 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 148,457 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 129,651 ha | -12.7% |
| 1989 | 135,782 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 184,996 ha | +36.2% |
| 1991 | 225,700 ha | +22.0% |
| 1992 | 274,786 ha | +21.7% |
| 1993 | 268,170 ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 277,301 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 318,673 ha | +14.9% |
| 1996 | 318,673 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 398,670 ha | +25.1% |
| 1998 | 418,840 ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 385,120 ha | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 437,848 ha | +13.7% |
| 2001 | 477,126 ha | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 379,498 ha | -20.5% |
| 2003 | 414,066 ha | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 369,860 ha | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 528,174 ha | +42.8% |
| 2006 | 485,968 ha | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 453,587 ha | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 546,375 ha | +20.5% |
| 2009 | 625,001 ha | +14.4% |
| 2010 | 1.04 million ha | +66.4% |
| 2011 | 675,565 ha | -35.0% |
| 2012 | 919,918 ha | +36.2% |
| 2013 | 891,039 ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 774,604 ha | -13.1% |
| 2015 | 577,895 ha | -25.4% |
| 2016 | 790,769 ha | +36.8% |
| 2017 | 768,056 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 786,890 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 770,912 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 758,213 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 754,252 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 762,642 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 749,372 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 756,261 ha | +0.9% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 756,261 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 5.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Chad's 756,261 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 7.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 159,111 ha | 126,000 ha | 190,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 143,690 ha | 132,100 ha | 160,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 139,447 ha | 100,000 ha | 172,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 307,093 ha | 184,996 ha | 418,840 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 471,750 ha | 369,860 ha | 625,001 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 799,536 ha | 577,895 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 756,148 ha | 749,372 ha | 762,642 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 8 Myanmar 1.23 million ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 57,642 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 19,153 ha compare
- 9 Niger 1.04 million ha compare
- 10 Guinea 880,000 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13,175 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 8,047 ha compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 730,410 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 4,076 ha compare
- 13 Mozambique 591,338 ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 3,550 ha compare
- 14 Cameroon 540,000 ha compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,514 ha compare
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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Chad?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Chad was 756,261 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 100,000 ha in 1982.
- How does Chad rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 11th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.