Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 105,397 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Chad is 105,397 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 27.9% on the previous year and up 95.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Chad peaked at 123,260 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 20,331 ha, in 2004.
That places Chad 60th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,400 ha | +8.5% |
| 1963 | 38,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 40,900 ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 43,200 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 46,400 ha | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 53,200 ha | +14.7% |
| 1968 | 60,100 ha | +13.0% |
| 1969 | 65,400 ha | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 69,400 ha | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 70,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 70,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 70,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 70,200 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 74,200 ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 74,700 ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 76,300 ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 78,300 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 80,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 86,200 ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 89,200 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 98,200 ha | +10.1% |
| 1983 | 104,200 ha | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 111,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 119,700 ha | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 103,700 ha | -13.4% |
| 1987 | 109,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 119,100 ha | +8.8% |
| 1989 | 108,800 ha | -8.6% |
| 1990 | 123,260 ha | +13.3% |
| 1991 | 84,143 ha | -31.7% |
| 1992 | 71,172 ha | -15.4% |
| 1993 | 67,812 ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 78,560 ha | +15.8% |
| 1995 | 89,299 ha | +13.7% |
| 1996 | 89,857 ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 72,203 ha | -19.6% |
| 1998 | 83,512 ha | +15.7% |
| 1999 | 71,024 ha | -15.0% |
| 2000 | 48,994 ha | -31.0% |
| 2001 | 46,656 ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 43,888 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 38,332 ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 20,331 ha | -47.0% |
| 2005 | 78,753 ha | +287.4% |
| 2006 | 96,413 ha | +22.4% |
| 2007 | 71,484 ha | -25.9% |
| 2008 | 47,798 ha | -33.1% |
| 2009 | 64,256 ha | +34.4% |
| 2010 | 76,384 ha | +18.9% |
| 2011 | 67,306 ha | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 78,475 ha | +16.6% |
| 2013 | 87,820 ha | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 53,943 ha | -38.6% |
| 2015 | 51,667 ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 82,566 ha | +59.8% |
| 2017 | 80,675 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 84,898 ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 84,406 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 78,332 ha | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 77,896 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 82,099 ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 82,431 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 105,397 ha | +27.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,844 ha | 35,400 ha | 65,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,460 ha | 69,400 ha | 80,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 104,960 ha | 86,200 ha | 119,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 83,084 ha | 67,812 ha | 123,260 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 55,690 ha | 20,331 ha | 96,413 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,814 ha | 51,667 ha | 87,820 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 85,231 ha | 77,896 ha | 105,397 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Chad?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Chad was 105,397 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 123,260 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,331 ha in 2004.
- How does Chad rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 60th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.4%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.