Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Chad
Chad: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0019 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Chad recorded 0.0019 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 14.9% on the previous year and up 191.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Chad peaked at 0.0033 ha per person in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per person, in 2006.
That places Chad 23rd out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0029 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0031 ha per person | +8.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0025 ha per person | -21.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0021 ha per person | -14.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0018 ha per person | -16.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0015 ha per person | -18.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0014 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0013 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0013 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0013 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0013 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0013 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0013 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0013 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0013 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0013 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0013 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0014 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0014 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0014 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0014 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0013 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0012 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0012 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0012 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0012 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0015 ha per person | +24.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0016 ha per person | +8.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0017 ha per person | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0018 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0019 ha per person | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0022 ha per person | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0024 ha per person | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0027 ha per person | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0032 ha per person | +19.2% |
| 1996 | 0.003 ha per person | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0021 ha per person | -31.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0033 ha per person | +58.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0029 ha per person | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0012 ha per person | -60.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0006 ha per person | -50.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0005 ha per person | -15.0% |
| 2003 | 0 ha per person | -92.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0003 ha per person | +679.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 ha per person | -72.5% |
| 2006 | 0 ha per person | -79.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0008 ha per person | +4847.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0007 ha per person | -19.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0004 ha per person | -37.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0006 ha per person | +31.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0024 ha per person | +335.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0027 ha per person | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0029 ha per person | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0007 ha per person | -77.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0009 ha per person | +39.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0022 ha per person | +144.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0019 ha per person | -17.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0023 ha per person | +23.4% |
| 2019 | 0.002 ha per person | -14.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0017 ha per person | -11.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0016 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0017 ha per person | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0017 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0019 ha per person | +14.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +4847.2% | 0 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person |
| 2004 | +679.7% | 0 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person |
| 2011 | +335.7% | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0024 ha per person |
| 2016 | +144.9% | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0031 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0025 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person | 0.0033 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0029 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Chad?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Chad was 0.0019 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0033 ha per person in 1998.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per person in 2006.
- How does Chad rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Chad ranks 23rd out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 191.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.