Rice — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Rice — Area harvested was 257,047 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Chad stood at 257,047 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 46.5% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Chad peaked at 257,047 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,798 ha, in 1985.
That places Chad 31st out of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,350 ha | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 26,500 ha | +13.5% |
| 1964 | 27,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 27,390 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 28,335 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 24,700 ha | -12.8% |
| 1968 | 30,980 ha | +25.4% |
| 1969 | 36,393 ha | +17.5% |
| 1970 | 41,000 ha | +12.7% |
| 1971 | 54,732 ha | +33.5% |
| 1972 | 50,052 ha | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 55,000 ha | +9.9% |
| 1974 | 43,200 ha | -21.5% |
| 1975 | 40,681 ha | -5.8% |
| 1976 | 46,978 ha | +15.5% |
| 1977 | 16,800 ha | -64.2% |
| 1978 | 50,000 ha | +197.6% |
| 1979 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 40,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1981 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 41,344 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 38,259 ha | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 32,044 ha | -16.2% |
| 1985 | 14,798 ha | -53.8% |
| 1986 | 18,410 ha | +24.4% |
| 1987 | 21,352 ha | +16.0% |
| 1988 | 31,615 ha | +48.1% |
| 1989 | 38,000 ha | +20.2% |
| 1990 | 36,854 ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 48,473 ha | +31.5% |
| 1992 | 53,398 ha | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 41,358 ha | -22.5% |
| 1994 | 51,998 ha | +25.7% |
| 1995 | 69,633 ha | +33.9% |
| 1996 | 62,305 ha | -10.5% |
| 1997 | 87,022 ha | +39.7% |
| 1998 | 76,363 ha | -12.2% |
| 1999 | 90,856 ha | +19.0% |
| 2000 | 89,568 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 87,168 ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 103,803 ha | +19.1% |
| 2003 | 106,268 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 93,848 ha | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 109,824 ha | +17.0% |
| 2006 | 109,504 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 85,196 ha | -22.2% |
| 2008 | 110,854 ha | +30.1% |
| 2009 | 124,708 ha | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 138,740 ha | +11.3% |
| 2011 | 120,791 ha | -12.9% |
| 2012 | 145,560 ha | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 217,769 ha | +49.6% |
| 2014 | 193,717 ha | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 172,012 ha | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 182,404 ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 191,029 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 185,825 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 192,327 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 189,180 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 184,086 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 177,108 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 175,489 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 257,047 ha | +46.5% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 257,047 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 114,310 ha, 2.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Chad's 257,047 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 2.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +197.6% | 16,800 ha | 50,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,405 ha | 22,000 ha | 36,393 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,844 ha | 16,800 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,582 ha | 14,798 ha | 41,344 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 61,826 ha | 36,854 ha | 90,856 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 102,074 ha | 85,196 ha | 124,708 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 174,017 ha | 120,791 ha | 217,769 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 196,582 ha | 175,489 ha | 257,047 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 28 Ecuador 402,235 ha compare
- 29 Liberia 290,000 ha compare
- 30 Mozambique 273,082 ha compare
- 32 China, Taiwan Province of 250,000 ha compare
- 33 Burkina Faso 230,187 ha compare
- 34 Uganda 230,000 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 rice — area harvested in Chad?
- Rice — area harvested in Chad was 257,047 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 257,047 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,798 ha in 1985.
- How does Chad rank for rice — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 31st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. 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 Rice — 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.