Yams — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Yams — Area harvested was 25,000 ha in 1990. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Chad is 25,000 ha, measured in 1990. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Chad peaked at 25,000 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 14,500 ha, in 1961.
Chad ranks 18th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,100 ha | 14,500 ha | 16,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,920 ha | 15,500 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,500 ha | 20,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 15 Caribbean 28,734 ha compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,602 ha compare
- 17 Brazil 26,216 ha compare
- 19 Papua New Guinea 21,947 ha compare
- 20 South Sudan 21,922 ha
- 21 Jamaica 10,772 ha 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 yams — area harvested in Chad?
- Yams — area harvested in Chad was 25,000 ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 25,000 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Chad rank for yams — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 18th out of 67 countries with data for 1990.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. 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 Yams — 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.