Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Chad
Chad: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.4339 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Chad, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Chad stood at 0.4339.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Chad peaked at 1.1 in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.3215, in 2012.
That places Chad 78th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Chad, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9023 | -9.8% |
| 1963 | 0.8115 | -10.1% |
| 1964 | 0.853 | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 0.8959 | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 0.8854 | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.9126 | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 0.8112 | -11.1% |
| 1969 | 0.8375 | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 0.9193 | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 0.921 | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 1.03 | +12.2% |
| 1973 | 1.03 | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.8961 | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 0.8722 | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 0.9237 | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 0.9264 | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.9147 | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 1 | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 0.9826 | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 1.1 | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 1.04 | -5.4% |
| 1983 | 0.8967 | -13.7% |
| 1984 | 1.05 | +16.6% |
| 1985 | 0.8153 | -22.0% |
| 1986 | 0.8996 | +10.3% |
| 1987 | 0.8911 | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.7519 | -15.6% |
| 1989 | 0.767 | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 0.8055 | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 0.57 | -29.2% |
| 2000 | 0.6073 | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4984 | -17.9% |
| 2002 | 0.5616 | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 0.524 | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 0.6077 | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 0.479 | -21.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5199 | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 0.5171 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.5055 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.5892 | +16.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3226 | -45.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5421 | +68.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3215 | -40.7% |
| 2013 | 0.4151 | +29.1% |
| 2014 | 0.4273 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 0.47 | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4094 | -12.9% |
| 2017 | 0.447 | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4241 | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3973 | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4137 | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4317 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 0.4181 | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.4339 | +3.8% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 0.4339 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.4868, 89% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Chad's 0.4339 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +68.0% | 0.3226 | 0.5421 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8788 | 0.8112 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.9433 | 0.8722 | 1.03 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9188 | 0.7519 | 1.1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6877 | 0.57 | 0.8055 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.541 | 0.479 | 0.6077 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4176 | 0.3215 | 0.5421 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4243 | 0.4137 | 0.4339 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Chad
More reference data data for Chad
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3078 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 13.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1797 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 14.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5525 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 58.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 61.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9785 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Chad?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Chad was 0.4339 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 in 1981.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3215 in 2012.
- How does Chad rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Chad ranks 78th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).