Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 38,904 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Chad is 38,904 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.7% on the previous year and up 316.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Chad peaked at 40,333 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 179 ha, in 2006.
That places Chad 23rd out of 113 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.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,800 ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 4,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 5,500 ha | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 5,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,000 ha | +29.0% |
| 1988 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 16,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 18,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 22,425 ha | +24.6% |
| 1996 | 22,425 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15,838 ha | -29.4% |
| 1998 | 26,000 ha | +64.2% |
| 1999 | 24,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 9,833 ha | -59.0% |
| 2001 | 5,000 ha | -49.2% |
| 2002 | 4,400 ha | -12.0% |
| 2003 | 368 ha | -91.6% |
| 2004 | 3,000 ha | +715.2% |
| 2005 | 860 ha | -71.3% |
| 2006 | 179 ha | -79.2% |
| 2007 | 9,166 ha | +5020.7% |
| 2008 | 7,657 ha | -16.5% |
| 2009 | 4,982 ha | -34.9% |
| 2010 | 6,802 ha | +36.5% |
| 2011 | 30,702 ha | +351.4% |
| 2012 | 36,068 ha | +17.5% |
| 2013 | 40,333 ha | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 9,333 ha | -76.9% |
| 2015 | 13,389 ha | +43.5% |
| 2016 | 33,842 ha | +152.8% |
| 2017 | 28,982 ha | -14.4% |
| 2018 | 36,974 ha | +27.6% |
| 2019 | 32,635 ha | -11.7% |
| 2020 | 29,666 ha | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 29,142 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 31,984 ha | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 32,225 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 38,904 ha | +20.7% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 38,904 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 38,904 ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Chad's 38,904 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +5020.7% | 179 ha | 9,166 ha |
| 2004 | +715.2% | 368 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 2011 | +351.4% | 6,802 ha | 30,702 ha |
| 2016 | +152.8% | 13,389 ha | 33,842 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,633 ha | 4,800 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,430 ha | 4,900 ha | 6,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,040 ha | 6,200 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,169 ha | 11,000 ha | 26,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,544 ha | 179 ha | 9,833 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,906 ha | 6,802 ha | 40,333 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,384 ha | 29,142 ha | 38,904 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Chad?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Chad was 38,904 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 40,333 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 179 ha in 2006.
- How does Chad rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 23rd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 316.8%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.