Sweet potatoes — Yield in Chad
Chad: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 5,971 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Chad recorded 5,971 kg/ha for sweet potatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.9% on the previous year and down 60.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Chad peaked at 15,286 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,500 kg/ha, in 1998.
Chad ranks 83rd of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Chad, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 5,625 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 5,714 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 5,833 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 6,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 5,600 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 5,417 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 5,102 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1970 | 5,102 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,200 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 5,400 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 5,000 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,454 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 5,614 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 5,690 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 5,667 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 5,645 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 5,645 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,645 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,645 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,645 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,129 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1985 | 6,452 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 6,452 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,500 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1988 | 5,111 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 4,600 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 4,230 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 2,754 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 1992 | 2,947 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 2,938 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 3,096 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 2,567 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1996 | 2,567 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,788 kg/ha | +47.6% |
| 1998 | 2,500 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 1999 | 2,583 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 5,237 kg/ha | +102.7% |
| 2001 | 8,000 kg/ha | +52.7% |
| 2002 | 7,954 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 12,158 kg/ha | +52.8% |
| 2004 | 8,333 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2005 | 12,296 kg/ha | +47.6% |
| 2006 | 6,000 kg/ha | -51.2% |
| 2007 | 6,290 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 5,660 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 5,792 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 6,722 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 7,054 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 14,374 kg/ha | +103.8% |
| 2013 | 7,194 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 2014 | 15,286 kg/ha | +112.5% |
| 2015 | 7,254 kg/ha | -52.5% |
| 2016 | 5,036 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2017 | 6,898 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2018 | 6,909 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 6,659 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 6,952 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 6,720 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 6,816 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 6,775 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 5,971 kg/ha | -11.9% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 5,971 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,630 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Chad's 5,971 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +112.5% | 7,194 kg/ha | 15,286 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +103.8% | 7,054 kg/ha | 14,374 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +102.7% | 2,583 kg/ha | 5,237 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +52.7% | 5,237 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +52.8% | 7,954 kg/ha | 12,158 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -52.5% | 15,286 kg/ha | 7,254 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,514 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,377 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,690 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,682 kg/ha | 4,600 kg/ha | 6,452 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,997 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 4,230 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,772 kg/ha | 5,237 kg/ha | 12,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,339 kg/ha | 5,036 kg/ha | 15,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,647 kg/ha | 5,971 kg/ha | 6,952 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 80 Philippines 6,235 kg/ha compare
- 81 Honduras 6,047 kg/ha compare
- 82 Dominica 6,042 kg/ha compare
- 84 El Salvador 5,782 kg/ha compare
- 85 Equatorial Guinea 5,347 kg/ha compare
- 86 Papua New Guinea 5,127 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Chad?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Chad was 5,971 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 15,286 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Chad rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Chad ranks 83rd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.9%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Yield. 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.