Millet — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Millet — Area harvested was 1.16 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Chad stood at 1.16 million ha.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Chad peaked at 1.34 million ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 187,000 ha, in 1981.
Chad ranks 8th of 86 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 572,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 572,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 558,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 535,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1965 | 536,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 462,000 ha | -13.8% |
| 1967 | 470,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 475,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 428,000 ha | -9.9% |
| 1970 | 414,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 449,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 1972 | 431,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 387,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1974 | 396,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 442,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 1976 | 500,000 ha | +13.1% |
| 1977 | 527,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 530,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 465,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 1980 | 428,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1981 | 187,000 ha | -56.3% |
| 1982 | 200,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 319,742 ha | +59.9% |
| 1984 | 267,614 ha | -16.3% |
| 1985 | 490,994 ha | +83.5% |
| 1986 | 508,142 ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 464,043 ha | -8.7% |
| 1988 | 578,954 ha | +24.8% |
| 1989 | 524,710 ha | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 488,449 ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 566,860 ha | +16.1% |
| 1992 | 567,163 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 509,420 ha | -10.2% |
| 1994 | 648,725 ha | +27.3% |
| 1995 | 639,837 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 635,125 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 653,225 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 785,630 ha | +20.3% |
| 1999 | 785,709 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 791,753 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 848,859 ha | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 706,935 ha | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 720,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 630,688 ha | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 981,952 ha | +55.7% |
| 2006 | 1.01 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 897,624 ha | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 929,973 ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 943,260 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 1.34 million ha | +42.1% |
| 2011 | 918,050 ha | -31.5% |
| 2012 | 1.33 million ha | +45.0% |
| 2013 | 1.07 million ha | -19.6% |
| 2014 | 1.10 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 1.10 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.22 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 1.17 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 1.22 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 1.18 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 1.16 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 1.12 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 1.19 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 1.14 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 1.16 million ha | +1.5% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 1.16 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 69,059 ha, 16.7× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Chad's 1.16 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 16.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +83.5% | 267,614 ha | 490,994 ha |
| 1983 | +59.9% | 200,000 ha | 319,742 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 512,000 ha | 428,000 ha | 572,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 454,100 ha | 387,000 ha | 530,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 396,920 ha | 187,000 ha | 578,954 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 628,014 ha | 488,449 ha | 785,709 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 845,924 ha | 630,688 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.17 million ha | 918,050 ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 72,422 ha compare
- 5 Sudan (former) 2.45 million ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 61,262 ha compare
- 6 Mali 2.12 million ha compare
- 7 Nigeria 1.90 million ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,071 ha compare
- 9 Burkina Faso 1.10 million ha compare
- 9 Türkiye 994 ha compare
- 10 Senegal 1.00 million ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 321 ha compare
- 11 China 884,639 ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 161 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 millet — area harvested in Chad?
- Millet — area harvested in Chad was 1.16 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 1.34 million ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 187,000 ha in 1981.
- How does Chad rank for millet — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 8th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 Millet — 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.