Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Chad
Chad: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production was 692,960 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Chad is 692,960 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 11.4% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Chad peaked at 1.30 million t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 70,000 t, in 1972.
That places Chad 12th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Chad, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 130,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 140,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 119,100 t | -14.9% |
| 1964 | 140,000 t | +17.5% |
| 1965 | 150,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 92,000 t | -38.7% |
| 1967 | 88,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 110,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 115,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 96,300 t | -16.3% |
| 1971 | 75,000 t | -22.1% |
| 1972 | 70,000 t | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 78,500 t | +12.1% |
| 1974 | 90,000 t | +14.6% |
| 1975 | 82,300 t | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 80,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 95,000 t | +18.8% |
| 1978 | 87,600 t | -7.8% |
| 1979 | 93,800 t | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 98,600 t | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 86,100 t | -12.7% |
| 1982 | 73,000 t | -15.2% |
| 1983 | 77,700 t | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 79,053 t | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 111,506 t | +41.1% |
| 1986 | 104,250 t | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 92,739 t | -11.0% |
| 1988 | 99,273 t | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 151,741 t | +52.9% |
| 1990 | 108,423 t | -28.5% |
| 1991 | 230,417 t | +112.5% |
| 1992 | 223,764 t | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 190,000 t | -15.1% |
| 1994 | 207,212 t | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 292,581 t | +41.2% |
| 1996 | 304,989 t | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 352,462 t | +15.6% |
| 1998 | 471,150 t | +33.7% |
| 1999 | 371,852 t | -21.1% |
| 2000 | 358,791 t | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 448,089 t | +24.9% |
| 2002 | 379,968 t | -15.2% |
| 2003 | 414,868 t | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 385,103 t | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 486,255 t | +26.3% |
| 2006 | 420,016 t | -13.6% |
| 2007 | 464,320 t | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 548,342 t | +18.1% |
| 2009 | 517,449 t | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 1.10 million t | +113.2% |
| 2011 | 569,929 t | -48.3% |
| 2012 | 1.30 million t | +127.7% |
| 2013 | 965,162 t | -25.6% |
| 2014 | 791,088 t | -18.0% |
| 2015 | 720,138 t | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 871,249 t | +21.0% |
| 2017 | 870,094 t | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 893,940 t | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 873,228 t | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 840,035 t | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 797,953 t | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 829,431 t | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 782,177 t | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 692,960 t | -11.4% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 692,960 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 150,000 t, 4.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Chad's 692,960 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 94,522 t, 7.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +127.7% | 569,929 t | 1.30 million t |
| 2010 | +113.2% | 517,449 t | 1.10 million t |
| 1991 | +112.5% | 108,423 t | 230,417 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 120,456 t | 88,000 t | 150,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 84,850 t | 70,000 t | 96,300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 97,396 t | 73,000 t | 151,741 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 275,285 t | 108,423 t | 471,150 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 442,320 t | 358,791 t | 548,342 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 895,585 t | 569,929 t | 1.30 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 788,511 t | 692,960 t | 840,035 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 30,910 t compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 1.19 million t compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 26,526 t compare
- 10 Guinea 1.00 million t compare
- 11 Brazil 806,064 t compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 23,266 t compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12,328 t compare
- 13 Niger 676,651 t compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,160 t compare
- 14 Ghana 625,000 t compare
- 14 Melanesia 3,792 t compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 611,271 t compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 3,351 t 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 — production in Chad?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Chad was 692,960 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 1.30 million t in 2012.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,000 t in 1972.
- How does Chad rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production?
- Chad ranks 12th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. 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 — Production. 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.