Wheat — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Wheat — Area harvested was 831 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Chad recorded 831 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.6% on the previous year and up 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Chad peaked at 11,000 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2004.
Chad ranks 112th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | -18.5% |
| 1963 | 1,800 ha | +63.6% |
| 1964 | 1,850 ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 1,952 ha | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 3,047 ha | +56.1% |
| 1967 | 3,600 ha | +18.1% |
| 1968 | 4,800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 4,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 4,400 ha | -10.2% |
| 1971 | 4,176 ha | -5.1% |
| 1972 | 4,738 ha | +13.5% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | -36.7% |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1975 | 1,400 ha | -30.0% |
| 1976 | 3,150 ha | +125.0% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 11,000 ha | +266.7% |
| 1984 | 2,079 ha | -81.1% |
| 1985 | 4,450 ha | +114.0% |
| 1986 | 861 ha | -80.7% |
| 1987 | 1,071 ha | +24.4% |
| 1988 | 2,300 ha | +114.8% |
| 1989 | 300 ha | -87.0% |
| 1990 | 1,400 ha | +366.7% |
| 1991 | 2,475 ha | +76.8% |
| 1992 | 1,132 ha | -54.3% |
| 1993 | 939 ha | -17.0% |
| 1994 | 1,315 ha | +40.0% |
| 1995 | 2,643 ha | +101.0% |
| 1996 | 1,178 ha | -55.4% |
| 1997 | 1,200 ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 2,348 ha | +95.7% |
| 1999 | 2,500 ha | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 1,875 ha | -25.0% |
| 2001 | 1,875 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2005 | 2,402 ha | — |
| 2006 | 1,865 ha | -22.4% |
| 2007 | 4,500 ha | +141.3% |
| 2008 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,500 ha | -44.4% |
| 2010 | 679 ha | -72.8% |
| 2011 | 3,500 ha | +415.5% |
| 2012 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 665 ha | -81.0% |
| 2014 | 622 ha | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 689 ha | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 871 ha | +26.4% |
| 2017 | 950 ha | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 801 ha | -15.7% |
| 2019 | 862 ha | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 1,003 ha | +16.4% |
| 2021 | 801 ha | -20.1% |
| 2022 | 646 ha | -19.4% |
| 2023 | 725 ha | +12.2% |
| 2024 | 831 ha | +14.6% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 831 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 13,755 ha, 6% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Chad's 831 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 6% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +415.5% | 679 ha | 3,500 ha |
| 1990 | +366.7% | 300 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 1983 | +266.7% | 3,000 ha | 11,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,711 ha | 1,100 ha | 4,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,186 ha | 1,400 ha | 4,738 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,106 ha | 300 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,713 ha | 939 ha | 2,643 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,352 ha | 0 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,314 ha | 622 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 801.2 ha | 646 ha | 1,003 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 wheat — area harvested in Chad?
- Wheat — area harvested in Chad was 831 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2004.
- How does Chad rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 112th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. 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 Wheat — 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.