Wheat — Yield in Chad
Chad: Wheat — Yield was 1,628 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Chad recorded 1,628 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 15.6% on the previous year and up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Chad peaked at 3,600 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 492.3 kg/ha, in 2011.
That places Chad 101st out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Chad, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,111 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,273 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1963 | 1,500 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1964 | 1,460 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 1,793 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1966 | 1,707 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 2,222 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 1968 | 1,146 kg/ha | -48.4% |
| 1969 | 1,571 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1970 | 1,568 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 1,556 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 1,733 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1973 | 2,333 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1974 | 3,600 kg/ha | +54.3% |
| 1975 | 3,571 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 1,905 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 1977 | 1,333 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1978 | 1,667 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,867 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 1,633 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 909.1 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 1984 | 600.3 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 1985 | 1,191 kg/ha | +98.4% |
| 1986 | 743.3 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1988 | 1,065 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 1,500 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1990 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,382 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1992 | 2,120 kg/ha | +53.4% |
| 1993 | 2,136 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 2,230 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 999.6 kg/ha | -55.2% |
| 1996 | 2,250 kg/ha | +125.1% |
| 1997 | 3,000 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 1998 | 2,023 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 1999 | 1,434 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2000 | 1,434 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,493 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 2,000 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 2003 | 1,445 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2005 | 1,500 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2007 | 1,865 kg/ha | +86.5% |
| 2008 | 1,800 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 2,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 2,501 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 492.3 kg/ha | -80.3% |
| 2012 | 2,500 kg/ha | +407.8% |
| 2013 | 2,642 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 1,301 kg/ha | -50.8% |
| 2015 | 1,401 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 2,000 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 2017 | 1,968 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 2,244 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2019 | 1,871 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2020 | 1,810 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 1,922 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 1,865 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 1,930 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 1,628 kg/ha | -15.6% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 1,628 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,628 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Chad's 1,628 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +407.8% | 492.3 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,531 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 2,222 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,127 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 3,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,251 kg/ha | 600.3 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,907 kg/ha | 999.6 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,615 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,892 kg/ha | 492.3 kg/ha | 2,642 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,831 kg/ha | 1,628 kg/ha | 1,930 kg/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 — yield in Chad?
- Wheat — yield in Chad was 1,628 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 3,600 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 492.3 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Chad rank for wheat — yield?
- Chad ranks 101st out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. 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 Wheat — 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.