Yams — Yield in Chad
Chad: Yams — Yield was 9,600 kg/ha in 1990. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Chad, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Chad is 9,600 kg/ha, measured in 1990. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Chad peaked at 9,600 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 7,419 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Chad 26th out of 61 countries with data for 1990, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Chad, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,586 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,724 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 7,755 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 7,823 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 7,733 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 7,800 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 7,516 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 7,532 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 7,500 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7,562 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 7,593 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 7,484 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 7,419 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 7,647 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 7,714 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 7,778 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 7,838 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 7,895 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 8,250 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 8,333 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 8,636 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 8,478 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 9,091 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 9,200 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 9,091 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 9,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,200 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 9,130 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 9,600 kg/ha | +5.1% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 9,600 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,935 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Chad's 9,600 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,663 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha | 7,823 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,643 kg/ha | 7,419 kg/ha | 7,895 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,850 kg/ha | 8,250 kg/ha | 9,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,600 kg/ha | 9,600 kg/ha | 9,600 kg/ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 23 Burkina Faso 11,229 kg/ha compare
- 24 Solomon Islands 10,159 kg/ha compare
- 25 Brazil 9,791 kg/ha compare
- 27 Martinique 9,000 kg/ha compare
- 28 Togo 8,976 kg/ha compare
- 29 Ethiopia 8,953 kg/ha
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 — yield in Chad?
- Yams — yield in Chad was 9,600 kg/ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 9,600 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,419 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Chad rank for yams — yield?
- Chad ranks 26th out of 61 countries with data for 1990.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. 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 — Yield. 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.