Rice — Yield in Chad
Chad: Rice — Yield was 1,351 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Chad stood at 1,351 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Chad peaked at 2,789 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 386.2 kg/ha, in 1984.
Chad ranks 103rd of 114 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Chad, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,046 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,006 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 1,283 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1964 | 1,407 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1965 | 912.7 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1966 | 1,304 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1967 | 1,308 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 1,130 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1969 | 1,007 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1970 | 962.3 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 935.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 799.2 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1973 | 763.6 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 847.9 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1975 | 957.4 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1976 | 1,064 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 1,190 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1978 | 414 kg/ha | -65.2% |
| 1979 | 514 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1980 | 1,170 kg/ha | +127.6% |
| 1981 | 1,095 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1982 | 563.6 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 1983 | 471.2 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1984 | 386.2 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1985 | 528.7 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 1986 | 808.3 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 1987 | 913.1 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1988 | 2,336 kg/ha | +155.9% |
| 1989 | 2,789 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1990 | 1,792 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 1991 | 2,429 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 1992 | 2,026 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1993 | 558.6 kg/ha | -72.4% |
| 1994 | 1,741 kg/ha | +211.7% |
| 1995 | 1,134 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 1996 | 1,568 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 1997 | 1,290 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1998 | 1,312 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,742 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 2000 | 1,034 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 2001 | 1,287 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2002 | 1,299 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1,186 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 970.5 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2005 | 1,326 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 2006 | 1,026 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2007 | 1,249 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2008 | 1,570 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 2009 | 1,048 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 2010 | 1,342 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2011 | 1,430 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 1,298 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2013 | 1,738 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 2014 | 1,570 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2015 | 1,416 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 1,413 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,380 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 1,397 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1,511 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 1,470 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 1,318 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2022 | 1,310 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,276 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 1,351 kg/ha | +5.8% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 1,351 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Chad's 1,351 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +211.7% | 558.6 kg/ha | 1,741 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +155.9% | 913.1 kg/ha | 2,336 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,156 kg/ha | 912.7 kg/ha | 1,407 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 844.84 kg/ha | 414 kg/ha | 1,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,106 kg/ha | 386.2 kg/ha | 2,789 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,559 kg/ha | 558.6 kg/ha | 2,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,200 kg/ha | 970.5 kg/ha | 1,570 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,449 kg/ha | 1,298 kg/ha | 1,738 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,345 kg/ha | 1,276 kg/ha | 1,470 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 rice — yield in Chad?
- Rice — yield in Chad was 1,351 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 2,789 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 386.2 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Chad rank for rice — yield?
- Chad ranks 103rd out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. 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 Rice — Yield. 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.