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 15th of 61 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 14,700 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 14,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 15,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 15,700 ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 15,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 16,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 16,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 15,500 ha | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 15,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 17,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1976 | 17,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 18,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 19,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 22,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 25,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 22,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1987 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 25,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1989 | 23,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 25,000 ha | +8.7% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 25,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 6,534 ha, 3.8× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Chad's 25,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 3.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
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
- 12 Colombia 35,120 ha compare
- 13 Central African Republic 34,892 ha compare
- 14 Brazil 26,216 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 28,734 ha compare
- 16 Papua New Guinea 21,947 ha compare
- 17 South Sudan 21,922 ha
- 18 Jamaica 10,772 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 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 15th out of 61 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.