Sweet potatoes — Production in Chad
Chad: Sweet potatoes — Production was 232,300 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Chad stood at 232,300 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 62.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Chad peaked at 518,448 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,074 t, in 2006.
That places Chad 36th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,333 t | 25,000 t | 50,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,300 t | 25,000 t | 35,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,400 t | 35,000 t | 46,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,569 t | 33,046 t | 65,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,748 t | 1,074 t | 57,658 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 215,378 t | 45,724 t | 518,448 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 214,147 t | 195,842 t | 232,300 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 33 Sudan 278,269 t compare
- 34 Sierra Leone 254,823 t compare
- 35 Cuba 237,790 t compare
- 37 Sudan (former) 225,000 t compare
- 38 Zimbabwe 215,604 t compare
- 39 China, Taiwan Province of 212,360 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture share gdp 36.34 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 36.34 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
- Rural population 72.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.5% (2025)
- Rural population 15.21 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 178.02 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Chad?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Chad was 232,300 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 518,448 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,074 t in 2006.
- How does Chad rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Chad ranks 36th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.8%. 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 — Production. 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.