Includes Chad real Gross Domestic Product growth rate, with latest forecasts and historical data, GDP per capita, GDP composition and breakdown by sector.
Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Chad economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Chad best banks and safest banks are also available.
Basic Information
Government Type: Presidential republic
Capital City: N’Djamena
GDP & Economic Information
Macroeconomy & Sovereign Data
Central Bank | Bank of Central African States |
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Currency | Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) |
International Reserves |
USD 0.15 billion (2018) International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019 |
Gross Domestic Product – GDP | USD 10.9 billion (2018, estimate) |
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) | Intl$ 30.2 billion (2018, estimate) |
GDP Data
Real GDP growth |
2007: 3.3% 2008: 3.1% 2009: 4.1% 2010: 13.6% 2011: 0.1% 2012: 8.8% 2013: 5.8% 2014: 6.9% 2015: 1.8% 2016: -6.4% 2017*: -3.1% 2019*: 3.1% *Estimate |
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GDP per capita – current prices | USD 874.2 (2018, estimate) |
GDP per capita – PPP | Intl$ 2,415.3 (2018, estimate) |
GDP (PPP) – share of world total |
1980: 0.02% 1990: 0.02% 2000: 0.02% 2010: 0.03% 2019*: 0.02% *Estimate |
GDP – composition by sector |
agriculture: 44.8% industry: 14.3% services: 37.6% (2018 estimate) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP) | N/A |
Inflation |
2015: 4.8% 2016: -1.6% 2017*: -0.9% 2018*: 4% 2019*: 3% *Estimate |
Chad
Inflation & Debt
Inflation |
2015: 4.8% 2016: -1.6% 2017*: -0.9% 2018*: 4% 2019*: 3% *Estimate |
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Government Bond Ratings |
Standard & Poor’s: N/A Moody’s: N/A Standard & Poor’s / Moody’s |
Unemployment rate | N/A |
Household saving rates | N/A |
Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP) |
2015: 43.9% 2016: 51.5% 2017*: 49.8% 2018*: 48.3% 2019*: 44.7% *Estimate |
Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP) |
2015: -4.4% 2016: -1.9% 2017*: -0.2% 2018*: 1.9% 2019*: 0.3% *Estimate |
Market value of publicly traded shares | N/A |
Largest Companies | N/A |
Import/Export
Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services) | 35.9% (2018) |
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Shares in world total merchandising export | 0.01% (2018) |
Shares in world total commercial services export | 0.004% (2015) |
Total exports | USD 3.3 billion (2015) |
Export commodities | Oil, livestock, cotton, sesame, gum arabic, shea butter |
Total imports | USD 5.0 billion (2015 estimate) |
Import commodities | Machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles |
Exports – major partners | US 38.7%, China 16.6%, Netherlands 15.7%, UAE 12.2%, India 6.3% (2017) |
Imports – major partners | China 19.9%, Cameroon 17.2%, France 17%, US 5.4%, India 4.9%, Senegal 4.5% (2017) |
Competitiveness & Trade
Current account balance | USD -0.4 billion (2018 estimate) |
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Current account balance by percentage of GDP | -3.4 % (2018 estimate) |
FDI inflows |
2016: USD 245 million 2017: USD 335 million 2018: USD 662 million |
FDI Outflows | N/A |
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser |
N/A United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – World Investment Report |
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014 | N/A |
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015 | N/A |
Best countries for doing business |
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm. Overall ranking: 182 out of 190 countries Subcategories: Starting a Business: 186 out of 190 countries Dealing with Construction Permits: 174 out of 190 countries Getting Electricity: 180 out of 190 countries Registering Property: 131 out of 190 countries Getting Credit: 152 out of 190 countries Protecting Minority Investors: 170 out of 190 countries Paying Taxes: 188 out of 190 countries Trading across Borders: 173 out of 190 countries Enforcing Contracts: 153 out of 190 countries Resolving Insolvency: 155 out of 190 countries |
Global competitiveness ranking |
141 out of 141 countries (2019) |
Index of Economic Freedom |
Ranking: 159 / Score: 49.9 (Repressed) (100=totally free 0=totally repressed) |
Population & Geographic Data
Time Zone |
UTC+1 |
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Total Area | 1,284,000 million sq km |
Total Population |
1990: 5.65 million 2000: 7.48 million 2010*: 10.22 million 2015*: 11.57 million 2020*: 13.12 million *Estimate |
Urban population as % of total population |
1960: 6.7% 1980: 18.8% 2000: 21.6% 2018: 23.1% |
Population median age | 15.8 years |
Population growth rate | 3.23% (2018 estimate) |
Life expectancy | 57.5 years (2018 estimate) |
% of population living on less than $3.10 a day | 66.5% (last available estimate, 2011) |
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index) |
43.3 (last available estimate, 2011) (0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality) |
Freedom House rating |
Not Free Political Rights: 7 Civil Liberties: 6 (2019) (1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating) |
Total telephone subscribers as % of population |
Fixed: 0.1% Mobile: 45.1% (2018) (fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers) |
Internet users as % of total population |
6.5 % (2017) |
Language & Religon
Languages | French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects |
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Literacy |
Total population: 22.3% Male: 31.3% Female: 14% Definition: age 15 and over can read and write french or arabic (2016 est.) |
Religions | Muslim 52.1%, Protestant 23.9%, Roman Catholic 20%, animist 0.3%, other Christian 0.2%, none 2.8%, unspecified 0.7% (2014-15 est.) |
World Rankings
Population | 13.12 M |
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Mercer Cost of living index | N’Djamena: 11th (2019) |
C02 Emissions per capita | 0.05 metric tons per capita (2014) |
Global Finance Rankings & Awards: Chad
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Data Sources:
IMF World Economic Outlook
UN World Population Prospects
World Inequality Report
S&P Global Ratings
Moody’s
Fitch Ratings
IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS)
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
CIA The World Factbook
World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution
Forbes Global 2000