Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 334,648 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Chad recorded 334,648 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.6% on the previous year and up 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Chad peaked at 334,648 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36,731 ha, in 2006.
That places Chad 42nd out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 140,293 ha | 135,641 ha | 145,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 132,300 ha | 120,000 ha | 135,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 84,730 ha | 46,481 ha | 114,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 76,139 ha | 47,930 ha | 199,411 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 122,993 ha | 36,731 ha | 235,571 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 243,506 ha | 178,380 ha | 274,053 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 287,915 ha | 272,980 ha | 334,648 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 39 Sudan 395,010 ha compare
- 40 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 373,014 ha compare
- 41 Sudan (former) 345,139 ha compare
- 43 Haiti 332,239 ha compare
- 44 France 320,840 ha compare
- 45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 316,189 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture share gdp 36.34 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 36.34 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
- Rural population 72.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.5% (2025)
- Rural population 15.21 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 178.02 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Chad?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Chad was 334,648 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 334,648 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,731 ha in 2006.
- How does Chad rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 42nd out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.7%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.