Potatoes — Yield in Chad
Chad: Potatoes — Yield was 9,120 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Chad recorded 9,120 kg/ha for potatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Chad peaked at 10,072 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,810 kg/ha, in 1961.
Chad ranks 134th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Chad, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,810 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,286 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 4,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,348 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 4,348 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,400 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 4,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,600 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 4,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,800 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 4,840 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 4,860 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 4,600 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 4,720 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 4,000 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1976 | 4,400 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 4,800 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,200 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,600 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 5,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,357 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 6,429 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 6,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,903 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1991 | 6,088 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 6,236 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 6,383 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 6,531 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 6,583 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 6,616 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 6,767 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 6,912 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 6,750 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 7,276 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 7,515 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 7,752 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 7,986 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 8,213 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 8,432 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 8,642 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 9,638 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 8,440 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2009 | 8,333 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 8,943 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 9,118 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 9,153 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 9,292 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 9,410 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 9,599 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 9,698 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 9,561 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 9,620 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 9,786 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 9,418 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 10,072 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 9,310 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 9,188 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 9,120 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 9,120 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 11,047 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Chad's 9,120 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,342 kg/ha | 3,810 kg/ha | 4,600 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,702 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 5,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,541 kg/ha | 5,200 kg/ha | 6,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,477 kg/ha | 5,903 kg/ha | 6,912 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,223 kg/ha | 7,276 kg/ha | 9,638 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,418 kg/ha | 8,943 kg/ha | 9,786 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,422 kg/ha | 9,120 kg/ha | 10,072 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 potatoes — yield in Chad?
- Potatoes — yield in Chad was 9,120 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 10,072 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,810 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Chad rank for potatoes — yield?
- Chad ranks 134th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. 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 Potatoes — Yield. 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.